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Male - Try to squeeze as hard as you can 2 4.88%
Male - Firm hand shake 22 53.66%
Male - Weak hand shake 2 4.88%
Male - Put no thought into it 5 12.20%
Male - Don't shake hands 1 2.44%
Female - Try to squeeze as hard as you can 1 2.44%
Female - Firm hand shake 7 17.07%
Female - Weak hand shake 0 0%
Female - Put no thought into it 0 0%
Female - Don't shake hands 1 2.44%
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Old 10-03-2011, 03:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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In the interview thread the subject of shaking hands in relation to gender came up. I figure most people here probably do it so I decided to add another question to it.

On my mom's side of the family (Estonian heritage, if that matters) they were taught to shake hands very firmly. I have painful childhood memories of one of my relatives who seemed to be trying to break my hand every time we shook hands.

On my dad's side of the family (Canadian/English) they don't have any sort of conduct for shaking hands, but I noticed many of them have relatively weak hand shakes. In general I think this holds true for most of the people here too.

I'd like to see what role location and age play in it as well but that would be a bitch of a poll to make just for shaking hands. So just choose which option best describes you.
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Old 10-03-2011, 03:44 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Weak. So very weak. I get too worried that I'll crush their hand otherwise.
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Old 10-03-2011, 03:52 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I picked firm.
I don't know what it is, but if a guy limp shakes my hand, it's very off-putting.
I don't really find myself shaking hands very often unless I'm dealing with people on a professional level, but I've had a few limp shakers before and it just makes me want to go wash my hands for some reason...

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Old 10-03-2011, 03:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Firm for me as well. I was raised to do it but I think I would have done it anyways. And I agree with everything Freebase Dali said.

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I picked firm.
I don't know what it is, but if a guy limp shakes my hand, it's very off-putting.
I don't really find myself shaking hands very often unless I'm dealing with people on a professional level, but I've had a few limp shakers before and it just makes me want to go wash my hands for some reason...
This pretty much describes me too, though I'd like to add that women who give the dead fish hand also kind of annoy me. It's the 21st century ladies, it's okay to be assertive.

For the record the Acadian side of my family were a bunch of handbreakingly hard shakers but everybody else was simply firm without trying to crush your hand.

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Old 10-03-2011, 04:18 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I hate touching people. With the exception of sex, I find no joy at all, whatsoever, in human physical contact of any kind... suppose I'm ****ed.

If I have to shake somebody's hand(employer during interview, etc). I will, but they more shake my hand than I shake theirs.
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If I have to shake somebody's hand(employer during interview, etc). I will, but they more shake my hand than I shake theirs.
Only at the interview stage and already making the boss do all the work.
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My grandfather instructed me from an early age that a firm handshake is necessary to go anywhere in the world.

I kinda get creeped out by people who do the weak fish; it's like not looking at someone when you are talking to them. Unless you're old or really sloppily hitting on me, don't finger my hand like it's an inattentive cat.
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I hate touching people. With the exception of sex, I find no joy at all, whatsoever, in human physical contact of any kind... suppose I'm ****ed.
Aww, no hugs? Without trying to sound like a perv, I love human contact.
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My grandfather instructed me from an early age that a firm handshake is necessary to go anywhere in the world.

I kinda get creeped out by people who do the weak fish; it's like not looking at someone when you are talking to them. Unless you're old or really sloppily hitting on me, don't finger my hand like it's an inattentive cat.
The image of the worst possible interpretation of someone "fingering a cat" is now seared into my brain.
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