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== Gay acceptance and male-male intimacy == | == Gay acceptance and male-male intimacy == | ||
There is much historical evidence that male-male intimacy has declined with the acceptance of homosexuals. For example it used to be not uncommon for heterosexual men to exchange love letters.{{ | There is much historical evidence that male-male intimacy has declined with the acceptance of homosexuals. For example it used to be not uncommon for heterosexual men to exchange love letters: | ||
{{quote|You know my desire to befriend you is everlasting, that I will never cease, while I know how to do any thing.|Lincoln to his friend Joshua Speed}} | |||
{{quote|I wish, my Dear Laurens, it m[ight] be in my power, by action rather than words, [to] convince you that I love you.|Hamilton to John Laurens}} | |||
Further, heterosexual men in Western countries used to hold hands, and boys used to cuddle more often.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X17730386</ref> Plausibly these activities acted as costly dominance signals as well. John Ibson documented this change with hundreds of photos taken throughout the past century.<ref>https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo3771153.html</ref> | |||
Explanations include that the expectation that men can be gay increases the fear that other men could be gay and thus male intimacy could lead to a greater risk of being regarded as gay (male intrasexual competition). Also decreasing gender segregation max have motivated more male intrasexual competition.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053535711000321</ref> | Explanations include that the expectation that men can be gay increases the fear that other men could be gay and thus male intimacy could lead to a greater risk of being regarded as gay (male intrasexual competition). Also decreasing gender segregation max have motivated more male intrasexual competition.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053535711000321</ref> | ||