[nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?

[Antonio Guimaraes]

I don’t feel faces except in the case of relying on it as a flirtation device.

Antonio

On Oct 5, 2014, at 12:23 AM, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello.  This is an interesting topic.  I've very rarely touched
> someone's face.  I have done a couple times if they were a close
> friend, or a girl friend.  To me, it would be weird asking people who
> I'd just met if I could touch their face.  Also, in today's society I
> think most people even if they would let a blind person touch their
> face would feel very unconfortable going through that experience.  I
> think the only people I might do it would be either my wife, or close
> family members.  I am currently attending a training center in Chicago
> where many of the adults are newly blinded, or haven't been blind very
> long.  No one at the center to my knowledge has touched each others
> face, I know I've never been asked if someone could touch my face
> while being at the center.
> 
> On 10/4/14, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> It is not that I think it can't be used, because it can, I just see no need
>> to do so unless you just want too.  It is usually a waist of time most of
>> the time.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darian Smith
>> via nabs-l
>> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 5:37 PM
>> To: Roanna Bacchus; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> it would appear  that the majority if not all of us believe that feeling
>> faces to determine looks is a myth.
>>   I would say that my opinion sides with the  majority and in the case of
>> Arielle, I can't really argue with science on this one,  either.
>>  Darian
>> 
>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Marissa I don't feel faces either.  I try to remember people's voices
>> such as friends or family members.  I try to use my imagination to imagine
>> what someone looks like.
>>> 
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