Chronically Under and Over Touched™: The Hidden Politics of Neglect, Control, and Human Connection is more than a book.
It’s a social, spiritual, and political reckoning.

From neglected school libraries to the saturation of consumer messaging.
From the emotional exile of boys to the unpaid labor of women of color.
From the illusions of whiteness to the lingering residue of colonial rule—this work exposes how touch has been weaponized and withheld across bodies, borders, and generations.

Dr. Simona L. Brickers invites readers to interrogate the architecture of neglect, control, and care across:

• schools

• workplaces

• healthcare systems

• masculinity

• global policy

• the environment

This is not just a critique.
It is a call to remember how to connect—ethically, intentionally, and without exploitation.

Why are some bodies over-watched, over-regulated, and extracted from—touched too often by systems that harm?

Why are others misled into believing they are safe—privileged not by care, but by distance, silence, or false security?

Chronically Under and Over Touched™ asks:
How have we all—across race, gender, class, and geography—been shaped by a world that mistakes dominance for connection and abandonment for neutrality?

This is not just a book.
It’s an invitation to see touch as a right, not a reward.
A reckoning.
A roadmap.
A call to transformation.