Are men as intimate with there friends as girls are? (lemmy.ml)

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I've had female friends and I've had male friends but for some reason I've noticed that females are more intimate and close to there friends then males are. Is this true for all male friends?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

*their

"there friends" would be like... friends that are somewhere else. As opposed to "here friends", I guess

[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I think it would be hard to nail down the overall demeanor. Of course there's the stereotype that men are closed up emotionally and sometimes male toxicity enforces that, but I think it really just comes down to how people develop emotionally and if they feel secure to trust others with those emotions.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

maybe 100+ years ago before gay panic really got going.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'd wager the opposite. I'd say men hug more now.

Source: am secretly a Highlander

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I'm (m) somewhat "intimate" with my friends I'll hug and stuff. But I'll play it off as a joke half the time depending on who. I was fortunate enough to have made really great friends in high-school that I can be more friendly and am secure enough that if anyone said anything it wouldn't phase me

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Adding on to this, I'm more secure when we've had more to drink so a "drunken hug" is more acceptable

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

There was a ~1.5 year old reddit thread that talked about this

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

yes, we're not all incels and taters and fundamentalist wannabe strong men

[-] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Females

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