In the locker room, men who may commence cuddling can quickly be labelled with homophobic slurs such as ‘faggot’ and the like. It is not that they do not ‘want’ to cuddle, rather their lack of physical intimacy with each other has more to do with being judged by their fellow peers. Peers, Language and Vernacular as a Barrier And this has been the norm for centuries even as gender roles have steadily solidified over the years. Public and private displays of affection in-between men have traditionally been restricted to a quick and cordial handshake or a fist bump, at most. Since these are all intrinsically matriarchal actions, men were ‘taught’ from an early age, to appear more ‘manly’ by rejecting such ‘non-masculine’ acts. the mother breastfeeding her baby, cuddling the infant and hugging the child to sleep. Here, the very concept of cuddling stems from the mother figure, i.e. In fact, so deep-seated is this belief that for most of the 20th century, at least, most men have eschewed the very concept of cuddling other men for fear of being thought of as effeminate or overtly ‘feminine.’ Since time immemorial, men have been told that cuddling is for ‘wusses’ and ‘weak’ men (transliterated to reflect modern vernacular).
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