Define acquainted. Is this a professional setting? Yes, I would expect to shake hands (I’m an American woman). Also, it varies by region/culture.
It depends on the context?
Would you shake her hand if she was a man?
Honestly, you probably have your answer right there.Then again everyone’s different, so asking is also fine and probably less awkward than you think.
I’ll either shake hands, nod, fist bump, or hug or whatever if that’s their jam.
Different people want different things in different contexts. Ask them.Women are people. Treat woman how you would treat person.
I bonk person. Woman gets bonk too.
Everyone gets a head nod.
If it’s early enough in the dayn they might get a verbal greeting as well.
Idk, with a guy I might slap him on the shoulder and go, “Sup homie, how’s things?”
Not a big hit with the ladies.
Tell me you don’t have any friends who are women without saying you don’t have any friends who are women… 🙄🙄🙄
Damn, I’ll inform the women who’ve been lying to me apparently 😢
To your point, everyone has unique ways they want to be interacted with. So explore that on an individual basis with anybody. To my point, that type of interaction would be one of the first places I’d test with a guy I was becoming friends with, but one of the last with a woman I was becoming friends with.
Depends. What culture. What setting.
Formal business everyone shaking hand? Yes.
Dance club and she’s dancing on the dance floor? Yes if you can work it into your lawnmower and ziplock moves.
There are women on lemmy too, you know.
No way! Some guy told me here only middle aged men working in tech are allowed on this social media platform, have I been lied to?
Well then what the hell are you doing here? Margot Robbie may do her own personal tech work, IDK. But middle aged man, she ain’t.
I thought the sarcasm was obvious there.
Also, as I said before, I’m here to shitpost and promote Barbie, that’s pretty much it.
But Lemmy is on the internet…
“When you are acquainted with a woman…” assumes everyone here is a man. Extending the question to, “women, how do men greet you or how do you greet men” would have solicited a whole new set of perspectives.
And not specifying where they are / what their culture is shows OP also tends to assume everyone has similar background to them too.
They were referencing the classic meme that “there are no women on the internet”
I like how fistbumps have become more common since the pandemic. I prefer not to hold anyone’s hand so a light fistbump is a nice compromise.
I actually love this. I’ve always disliked handshakes because of the “reading” of them.
I’m a woman & work in a mostly male professional setting. When I meet new co-workers or travel for work to attend meetings with another group of majority men, we always shake hands.
If it is appropriate, like in a formal setting or to reciprocate the gesture if they’re initiating. Definitely don’t squeeze like I do for a man tho… Even then, I’ll let up pressure if it’s a weak male handshake.
Informally meeting people, I typically don’t shake the person’s (man or woman’s) hand unless they’re extending theirs. Just usually like a wave and “Hey, nice to meet you.”
What, you don’t do the Trump power handshake? Grip hard and pull to knock someone off balance to show how manly you are? How is she supposed to know you’re the Alpha in the room?
This is a move only to be attempted if you have complete confidence in your grip strength. Woman here, I have accidentally squooshed men’s hands before. It has happened.
I prefer not to touch strangers so I don’t shake hands if I can get away with it. Most people are content with a smile and wave, especially since covid. I apply this to everyone, but for context I am a woman.
As a guy who doesn’t particularly like touch with anyone i’m not very close with; it’s astonishing how pushy people get or offensive people will interpret not allowing a hug. I expect it’s not super easy for you either, sympathies…from a distance lmao
I haven’t really found anything better than a retort of “please respect my boundaries” though it lacks a bit of tact. Sometimes having bugles in my hands will help though!
nose at belt.
hi, kikoma
:3
I’ll share my perspective as a trans woman cuz I got to see both sides. In professional settings, handshakes are still good, but I’ve gotten way fewer handshakes since I transitioned. Also cuz of corona. I just say hi and wave these days. My ex-father-in-law handled my transition pretty well: he used to shake my hand but switched to hugs. But that’s obviously a move for more familiar settings.
As others said, it depends on situation and local culture. I (American woman) expect to shake hands when meeting someone professionally.
Don’t do that weird thing where you gently pinch her fingertips though. Shake hands normally, like you would with a man. (Unless you like to rearrange each others’ bones when shaking hands with men, in which case ease up a little.)
That’s up to you. In some places, people greet strangers with a kiss.
I’ve lived in several countries and I originally come from one of the kissy places. It’s a mess.
In my brain right now the right protocol is to glitch out, look panicked and wait to see what they do, then awkwardly react to it in the worst possible way.
I would imagine context and culture/local custom are pretty important here.
FWIW it’s been my experience in North America that looking someone in the eye and offering a friendly handshake is alright.
Business setting - always yes
Casual setting - only if I’m trying to be oddly formal for the sake of making her laugh
Otherwise I usually just introduce myself to her, make small talk, exchange socials if she’s cool. Nothing more than that.
This is dependent on where you live. For me it’s handshakes for first meeting, hugs or waves after that, kisses for close friends.
