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Two people hold hands, apart from in the case of a handshake:

to express friendship or love
to guide a child
to keep together in a crowd
for emotional support

Whether friends hold hands depends on culture and gender: in the Western culture this is mainly done by women and small children. In arab countries it is also done by men.

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+Two people '''hold hands''', apart from in the case of a [[handshake]]:
-'''Coercion''' means the use of [[violence]] or other kinds or force, or the threat of such force, to dictate the actions of others.  Libertarians and some others have a special pejorative meaning of coercion, implying that the use or threat of force is one of the ones they disapprove of.
+*to express [[friendship]] or [[love]]
+*to guide a child
+*to keep together in a crowd
+*for [[emotion]]al support
+Whether friends hold hands depends on [[culture]] and [[gender role|gender]]: in the Western culture this is mainly done by women and small children. In arab countries it is also done by men.
-Rights and systems of [[law]] are generally backed by the threat of force.
-Coercion is often used to political ends, both by [[state]]s and by other entities.
-Coercion (primarily in the specialized sense) is opposed by [[anarchism|anarchist]]s, [[libertarianism|libertarian]]s and [[pacifism|pacifist]]s.
-Some consider that [[corporation]]s may exert coercive force through control over scarce [[resource]]s, such as food, water, housing, and others which inviduals would consider essential to maintaining their lives, as in the concept of the [[hydraulic economy]].
-See also: [[hydraulic economy]], [[intimidation]], [[libertarian socialism]]