• Aceticon@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Generally no, probably because many males when they end up in physicality make it some kind of dominance thing (playfully violence that’s just a little too much, “higher position” touches like hand on top of shoulder or physically leading other people and even the good old “measuring somebody one the firmeness of their handshake”). It’s not casual and friendly when there’s measuring and testing of others involved.

    Outside close family, the only environment I’ve been in were things like hugs were normal was the Theatre world.