A Rebbe Classic culled from the far reaches of the internet:There is a famous story which occurred when I was at YU in the mid-70's. Rabbi Heshy Reichman was giving a talk to a number of students about these subjects (Negiah), and one of them claimed that this sort of hand-holding was indeed "pareve". The student asked something to the effect of "Do you really think I'm going to haveinappropriate thoughts just because I'm holding my girlfriend's handwhile we walk down the road?"
Rabbi Reichman's response was, "If you can walk down the road with your girlfriend, while you're holding hands, and not have inappropriate thoughts, then you need a new girlfriend!"
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