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Most other societies have no problem being affectionate in public. People hold hands, friends embrace, greet each other with kisses, you name it. Here it is so rare we even have a term for it!

The use of the word most here is quite generous.

Not to stray too far off topic, but the amount of physical contact has been measured across many countries and cultures and Anglo societies (UK, USA, Canada, Australia) bring up the rear together with a few others radically religious countries, which I like to believe we are not.