Novelist Orhan Pamuk asks in The Guardian “why do beautiful scenes inspire us to kiss?”
Millions of people who live outside the west – and especially those who, like me, live in Muslim countries – never get to see two lovers kissing on the lips in everyday life (of course, you do not necessarily have to be lovers to kiss on the lips)
I hadn’t considered before how western an act a public kiss can be. It’s been ubiquitous for me for as long as I can remember, both in real life and in television and movies.
