Is everyone involved an adult?
Humanly Held is adult-only. If that boundary is unclear, the request should not move forward.
Is Humanly Held the right fit?
Humanly Held is more likely to fit when an adult wants fully clothed, platonic human comfort in a reviewed trusted space and is willing to move through a slower manual review path before any first session is considered.
Direct answer
The fit is narrow on purpose.
Humanly Held is not dating, massage, bodywork, therapy, medical care, crisis support, escorting, sexual services, private-home matching, or immediate confirmation. The public fit screen exists so people can self-qualify before they spend time on the join flow.
The best next step is clarity first, not pressure. If the category fits, join interest stays available. If it does not, the right answer is a clean no.
Start with the common questions Read the longer right-fit guideDemo-safe fit check
Answer the narrow questions first.
This is a local-only self-screen. It helps cautious adults decide whether the category is even close before they reach the interest form. Nothing here is stored.
Is the request fully clothed and platonic?
Romantic, sexual, or bodywork expectations do not fit this category.
Could this happen in a reviewed trusted space instead of a private home?
The pilot excludes client-home and provider-home sessions.
Are you comfortable with manual review before any first session is considered?
Humanly Held is slower on purpose. The review path comes before confirmation.
Are you comfortable with a visible consent, pause, and stop process?
The category depends on explicit boundaries, not implied comfort.
Do you need immediate or same-day matching?
The current model is not built around instant confirmation.
Is the need treatment, crisis support, or another professional care category?
Clinical, medical, emergency, and crisis needs should not be routed into Humanly Held.
Read the rules behind the screen.
The fit check works because the category rules are already public: right-fit boundaries, safety review, and clarification rules all stay visible.
Scope
Go to the join path When is Humanly Held the right fit, and when is a different category safer?
Humanly Held is the right fit when an adult wants fully clothed, platonic human comfort in a reviewed trusted space and is willing to move through manual review, and a different category is safer when the need is romantic, sexual, clinical, crisis-related, treatment-oriented, private-home based, or built around immediate matching.
Read guide SafetyHow does Humanly Held safety review work?
Humanly Held safety review works by checking scope, adult eligibility, trusted-space fit, companion readiness, consent details, and operator concerns before a first session can move from interest to confirmation.
Read guide SafetyHow should request clarification work before a session moves forward?
Before a session moves forward, Humanly Held should clarify any request that is vague about scope, touch, intent, location, or boundaries, and it should deny the request when clarification would still leave the category unsafe or misclassified.
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