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The interpretation, according to which the sexual meaning of a kiss gradually drove out all other meanings, is open to two obvious objections. First, it glosses over the fact that the kiss had always had an erotic connotation. In ancient times as now, the lips were an erogenous zone, whatever cultural conventions may have implied. There were always problems about using so intimate an act for the purposes of public ritual — that was why the early Fathers were worried about the kiss of peace — and there was always skepticism and distrust of the notion that kisses could unite souls without awaking a desire for the union of bodies.In Paris everyone seemed to touch right cheeks first. And also important, it truly isn't a kiss on the cheek, you are touching cheeks and kissing the air next to their head.