Guess I’m too used to being in a modern work envirnoment.
I’ve never met a man or woman who refused to shake hands when introduced — and if they did it would be an insult.
Where I am from it is normal that some people will not touch the opposite gender, so it’s not a problem. In America, I explain it to them or any man accompanying me explains it to them. So far no one has given indications of being insulted, just surprised. They think of it as “some Middle Eastern custom, I guess”.
>>>I’ve never met a man or woman who refused to shake hands when introduced — and if they did it would be an insult.
I’ve seen it. Orthodox Jews from Postville, IA do not shake hands with the women who work in a store in a nearby town that I go to in the course of my work.
“I’ve never met a man or woman who refused to shake hands when introduced — and if they did it would be an insult.”
Howard Hughes (and Howie Mandel) wouldn’t/don’t shake hands. But there were/are reasons for that :-))))))))))))