gateway touch

A gateway touch is NOT a pc...it is defined as any contact, physicality, and/or touch that sets up, introduces, or leads to another touch, almost always successively more intimate than the previous contact or touch. Exactly like a gateway drug, but is in reference to physical contact.

Gateway touches are often used as an introduction to perhaps a slightly more intimate touch.

Perfect example: John, wanting to put his arm around his date during the movie, stretches, clears his throat, and brings his arm down gently behind his date's shoulder, and gently pulls her towards him, resting his hand on her shoulder protective.