[ **up: [[Folkways]] | [[Gender--China]]** ] --- # A woman’s waist (Chinese folkway) > A woman’s waist is very sensitive and important, and only those close the woman (e.g. her husband, family, etc.) can casually touch her waist; anyone else who does so isn’t respecting the woman. In the same sense, a man’s head is very important, and only elders can touch their head; if anyone else touches their head like they would a child’s, it’s a sign of disrespect, since it would mean they find them inferior and don’t believe they deserve the same level of respect as an adult.[^1] [^1]: Xi Zixu, *[[Xi Zixu. 'Kaleidoscope of Death', 2018.|Kaleidoscope of Death]]*, trans. Taida Translations, 2020, chapter 46, https://taidatranslations.wordpress.com/kaleidoscope-of-death/kod-chapter-46/.