I wanna hold your (sweaty) hand

Just one illustration of the importance of context:

Last week I attended the wedding of an ultra-Orthodox cousin of mine. As is traditional at such weddings, the dancing consisted of separate men and women's hora circles. I'm sure many of you have participated in such circles before. Have you ever noticed how it's actually kind of strange to hold the hands of two complete strangers for an extended period of time? A gesture that's normally reserved only for those who we are intimately close with, somehow in this context it's completely acceptable to tightly grasp the hand of another, and not let go for quite a while. This is strange without even mentioning the fact that straight men probably never hold the hand of another man for such a long period of time, except in this context.

Then of course, there is the variety of hands to hold that you come across. Among others, there are the cold, limp fish, the iron-grip, the slippery wet noodle-hand, and of course, worst of all - the extra hairy, profusely sweaty bear-hug clutch.