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{{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}} | {{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> | 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> | ||
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> | |||
More homosocial behavior can also be found in contemporary cultures that ban male homosexuality, e.g. it is not uncommon to see men holding hands in Saudi-Arabia. | |||
Such homosocial behavior plausibly acts as costly dominance signals as well, in a sense, playing with fire and signaling high confidence in one's ability to thwart insults to one's heterosexual reputation and to attract a woman. | |||
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> | ||