Timeline for Why is it socially not acceptable to point at someone with your finger?
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| Sep 4, 2020 at 16:53 | comment | added | OldPadawan | I don't think that philosophical point should be discussed here :) but in some Asian cultures I know (I worked with Asian people and in some parts of Asia for many months, years ago), there's a big difference between "humans" and "animals". | |
| Sep 4, 2020 at 16:41 | comment | added | Tanath | "you only point your finger at an animal." You say that like humans aren't animals. | |
| Sep 4, 2020 at 4:43 | comment | added | nick012000 | @Jontia Here are some stock images depicting the pose: stock.adobe.com/au/… shutterstock.com/image-photo/… | |
| Sep 3, 2020 at 17:43 | comment | added | DaveG | An additional symbolism of pointing your finger is the implication that you are higher in the hierarchy than the person you are pointing at. There's an implication that you have the right to issue orders to the person being pointed out. | |
| Sep 3, 2020 at 17:14 | history | edited | OldPadawan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 3, 2020 at 12:52 | comment | added | Diane M | To further explanation about weapon image : when raised at face level and gesturing a fishing like gesture, it evocates punishment with a rod toward slaves. The evocation of power in the stick remains today, which is the reason many tv show journalists hold a pencil, despite having nothing to write. The symbols of pointing and power confound and could explain why index pointing can be considered authoritative and rude by some. | |
| Sep 3, 2020 at 8:09 | comment | added | Jontia | @nick012000 that might be quite a localised cultural reference. I have literally never seen that happen. | |
| Sep 3, 2020 at 6:31 | history | edited | OldPadawan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 3, 2020 at 2:18 | comment | added | nick012000 | "Pointing your finger at someone is seen as either an adversarial gesture or threatening one." I think it can also be a complementary or encouraging one, depending on context, especially if it's the "finger guns" gesture from the hip with both hands. A sort of "go get 'em, sport" gesture. | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 17:03 | history | answered | OldPadawan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |