Men don't touch each other anymore

Reason? Homophobia.

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But what about cooties?

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^That's the set up of almost all gay porn these days.

And yet we also get endless things recently (though--maybe notably--more out of the UK and other countries,) about how straight men are more physically affectionate with each other than they have been for decades, etc.

I know working and doing grad studies at a university with most students in the undergrad program being 10 years younger than me, guys mostly seem more comfortable with being physical with each other than I remember even a decade ago. (OK, re-reading that makes me think that people might wonder what classes exactly I'm involved with...) But certainly I think basic signs of affection like hugging each other when you greet are increasingly common.

Okay. Thanks for your input, homophobic bigot.

Why do you deny that you made homophobic statements on here a few months ago?

Then why have you happily admonished public displays of affection between homosexual men in several different threads over the last few months? Noting that it was "disgusting," in one of those threads?

I will return in the coming hours with links to prove it. Not sure why you deny it.

I think the change in male homosocial behavior is linked to both the gradual decrease in homophobia, and another thing that appears unrelated until you look at it: the rise of male physical culture to the mainstream.

For a while, the idealized, almost eroticized male body was exclusively associated with, not so much homosexuality as the idea of "gayness." But gym life, once considered (right or wrong) a distinct part of gay culture, began spilling over into straight mainstream, and with it came a sense of "body" and "body idealism" distinct from notions of the gay world. Before, a man was a man, and that's good, but a man's body was a MAN'S BODY, which must be a gay thing to touch or think about. By letting go of a certain amount of homophobic baggage, men in general have reclaimed their bodies as an organic part of themselves, not as a sexualized other.

"I think the change in male homosocial behavior is linked to both the gradual decrease in homophobia, and another thing that appears unrelated until you look at it: the rise of male physical culture to the mainstream. "

Darque--as you say, they are complete related.
giving goodbye hugs, and being much more affectionate than I remember being at that age.

I think Jasonf is completely right.

Obviously they've been secretly in love with you the whole time.

I kid.

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You ok Liza?

This is that scene in Manhattan Murder Mystery when Angelica Houston says she'll reveal whodunnit as soon as she gets back from the ladies room. But the 'band will never come back.

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