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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> | 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. | 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 | 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 attract a woman and to thwart insults to one's heterosexual reputation. | ||
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> | ||