There’s something that I really hate about this characterisation. Just because it’s foreign to me doesn’t mean I have to describe it as “weird”.
There are countries where it’s totally normal for men to walk around holding hands. It’s not normal on my culture, but it’s something so benign, we don’t really have to paint it out as weird or erotic. I thought we wanted man to be more expressive, more open, more emotional.
There are worse cultural quirks to be called weird, like marrying kids at 12 years old or owning land.
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There’s something that I really hate about this characterisation. Just because it’s foreign to me doesn’t mean I have to describe it as “weird”.
There are countries where it’s totally normal for men to walk around holding hands. It’s not normal on my culture, but it’s something so benign, we don’t really have to paint it out as weird or erotic. I thought we wanted man to be more expressive, more open, more emotional.
There are worse cultural quirks to be called weird, like marrying kids at 12 years old or owning land.