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===Gay acceptance and homosociality=== | ===Gay acceptance and homosociality=== | ||
Paradoxically, there is evidence that homosocial intimacy, the intimacy between heterosexual males, has declined with the acceptance of homosexuals. For example it used to be not uncommon for heterosexual men to exchange love letters: | Paradoxically, there is evidence that male homosocial intimacy, the intimacy between heterosexual males, 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|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}} | ||