Talk:Obscene gesture

Another, possibly more larger scaling insult

Is the thrusting of one's hand, through a clasped or clasping other hand, with one's index finger curled, but extended and third (middle finger) slightly extended, but also curled, whist grasped by the opposing hand behind the wrist, with a wiggling up and down motion of the hand. That signified "up the anus, with lots of room to move" in Saudi and similar, potentially without the wiggle of the hand, in other cultures that were exposed to Arabic cultures. One will suffice it to say, give that insult to an Arab who has a knife, one would rapidly find said knife drawn with serious intent.Wzrd1 (talk) 03:32, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Bras d'honneur

Should the Bras d'honneur gesture be added to this page? It fits in this vein. SorlaSplorns (talk) 17:09, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Contradiction between sources regarding thumbs-up in Iran

This article claims that the thumbs-up gesture is considered obscene in Iran. Because the claim is written in the present-tense, it indicates that this is still, as of now, the case in Iran.

However, the paragraph on Iran in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb_signal#International_usage claims that this symbol has lost its obscene meaning, and its usage has merged with that in the West. It should be noted that this claim is unsourced.

The latter claim contradicts the one in this article. Both must be evaluated, and one removed.

Anecdotally, a middle-aged man who grew up in Tehran told me that the thumbs-up gesture was considered obscene. However, considering he left Iran around thirty years ago, this may no longer be the case. 71.105.169.58 (talk) 19:53, 24 December 2024 (UTC)