>>3981208I've seen old-timey photos of men hugging and touching each other affectionately. That used to be normal for close friends. The reason that's not the case anymore is partly
>>3981221 and partly because women started seeing male friends as a threat and started gay-shaming men for every little thing. That's where the guys who come in here not understanding the concept of liking shotas non-sexually come from. We've also been eroding our cultural trust in each other since the early 1900s. Honestly it's spooky how many problems we have in the West whose roots first became visible during either the onset of feminism or the French Revolution.
Even today, though, men are sometimes very close and intimate with one another, but it's usually under a very specific circumstance. I've had some veteran friends tell me that there's no bond closer than the bond between two men who have served in combat together.
