>>1111702people enjoy physical contact with those they trust, something like a hug can help one feel less alone and stuff.
>women grope each other, snuggle, call each other cute, etc.that's because no one teaches women boundaries or limits when it comes to to touching especially in Japan where it's even encouraged especially between women as it's called skinship or something like that
this can vary from culture to culture tho if you end up being social with lots of women you can find out their very touchy towards men too especially when it's males are the minority in the group