Offensive hand gestures

Hand gestures across the world
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Hand gestures across the world

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Would you consider this as offensive?
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Yes
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No

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What does this hand gesture mean?

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Offensive: YES
Considered offensive in: England, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa
What it means: same as giving someone the middle finger

Note: palm facing outwards is the correct way to show peace

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Would you consider this as offensive?
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Yes
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No

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What does this hand gesture mean?

Slide 8 - Open vraag

Offensive: YES
Considered offensive in: Turkey, Russia, and Indonesia
What it means: screw you

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Would you consider this as offensive?
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Yes
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No

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What does this hand gesture mean?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

Offensive: YES
Considered offensive in: Belgium, France, Northern Italy, Tunisia
What it means: get of

Note: in Italy, it simply means 'no'

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Would you consider this as offensive?
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Yes
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No

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What does this hand gesture mean?

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Offensive: YES
Considered offensive in: Spain, Greece, and Italy
What it means: Using ‘hang loose,’ or any form of hand gesture that resembles horns, symbolizes…a husband whose wife is cheating on him and it’s public knowledge

Note: amongst surfers this is considered as greeting 

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Would you consider this as offensive?
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Yes
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No

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What does this hand gesture mean?

Slide 20 - Open vraag

Offensive: YES
Considered offensive in: Italy, Greece, Iran and Iraq
What it means: same as giving someone the middle finger

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Would you consider this as offensive?
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Yes
B
No

Slide 23 - Quizvraag

What does this hand gesture mean?

Slide 24 - Open vraag

Offensive: YES
Considered offensive in: Vietnam
What it means: alternative of calling someone the c-word

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Would you consider this as offensive?
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Yes
B
No

Slide 27 - Quizvraag

What does this hand gesture mean?

Slide 28 - Open vraag

Offensive: YES
Considered offensive in: France
What it means: zero or worthless

Note: in Venezuela, Brazil, and Turkey the gesture is actually offensive, especially to LGBT+ people.

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Slide 30 - Video