I would write about five feet of physical distance ("social" is nonsense). Not so long ago I came across a new concept: skin hunger. It is people's need to touch each other. A psychologist, who is affiliated with the University of Utrecht, who con-ducts research into it. What can we imagine here? I have gained experience with it a few times. I was once visiting a befriended Muslim family, whose youngest daughter I helped with her studies. One time - she was 21 - she suddenly came up to me in front of her family and put her arms around me. I was surprised. But there was no reason to find out. I considered it as a form of impulsive behavior. It was also not continued. It happened to me three more times It was announced once. A young woman first said: I hug you. After this she hugged me in front of other people. The reason for this was special. At the first meeting she said that she had no faith after I introduced myself as a Franciscan. I said the Church must wonder why so many young people are leaving the Church. What is She doing wrong? I saw her eyes became wet, from which I concluded that she had been abused by someone from the Church. In the next talk she said that she had been “mistreated” by someone from the Church, but was “reconciled” by my response. When she said goodbye, she hugged me. When I took her away from her on the first visit and shook hands, she put her other hand on my hand. This also happened when I met her again two days later and shook her hand again. But I also applied systematically once to a young Palestinian about whom I heard when he was a child that he was unwanted. He was six years old. I soon realized what this meant: he was beaten for nothing. Family members could freak out against him. I considered by myself what to do. Given the behavior of family members, talking would not help. Doing nothing was not an option. So I decided every time I came to visit - which was practically weekly - and I saw the opportunity, I put my arms around him. I did this week after week, year after year. Now the question can be asked what the boy thought of this. The answer came when he had just turned twenty, just after my birthday. He gave me a warm woolen vest with the words: thank you for how you had drawn me through my childhood, which he described as fearful. I realize that he doesn't speak English and I don't speak Arabic. It was literally body language, which he understood very well. I realized very well how vulnerable he was. I could do whatever I wanted to him. He couldn't go anywhere. I think it is important to realize this. From the above I can conclude that physical contact is important to people. What does this mean for the corona era? Mandatory keeping distance is intelligible to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But instinctively, it pinches. This has been shown by the royal couple of the Netherlands and the minister for justice and security during his wedding in front of the whole world. The need to touch indicates that people want to feel safe, and shows that a person is a social being. There is also a dark side to skin hunger - for I am writing about this - that has be-come visible in the #MeToo movement. The question arises, how does skin hunger distinguishes from abuse of people? In my opinion, it is about whether you treat each other as subject, skin hunger, or as (lust) object, #MeToo. This is a matter of feeling. You could also say that skin hunger is closeness, but abuse mutilates a per-son into a thing. I would like to emphasize: trust your feelings. This is something that teenagers gradually develop through trial and error. Adults can help them with this by talking to them about this and the confidential way they treat teenagers. It is a whole process, which can start when the child becomes aware of her / his sexuality, at the age of 8 years or even younger. The obligation to keep a physical distance on young people can have negative consequences for them. This is the core of the resistance against the corona rules. Therefore, like food, every human being requires physical contact, where he or she feels comfortable with someone else who is trustworthy and respectful.