80 old photographs of men affectionately touching men.

DavidByron2 · 2015-03-17T05:55:24+00:00

I thought the photos were more interesting than the article that linked to them.

http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/touch-isolation-how-homophobia-has-robbed-all-men-of-touch/

The thesis is that turn of the century ideas about homosexuality resulted in a change in how society viewed men touching other men, which led to a modern day physical isolation of men from each other.

It doesn't mention men's similar isolation from children and women.

2015-03-17T12:33:28+00:00

Those pictures are nice.

For the past few weeks I've been thinking about this topic. Not in the context of two straight men, but a gay man and straight man. And them being able to touch each other comfortably and it not be sexual to either of them. Just a strong friendship with affection.

Always found it difficult to have male friends. So maybe that's why. Thanks for sharing these.

DavidByron2 · 2015-03-17T18:52:53+00:00

Interesting. Anyone think they might just be trolling the future? "Hey, lets all pose like gay guys and confuse the shit out of our descendants".

I mean, its unlikely, but would be hilarious if true.

Frittern · 2015-03-17T06:22:37+00:00

Interesting, nice find. Women of that era seemed more stand offish in photos than the men.

Title	80 old photographs of men affectionately touching men.
Author	DavidByron2
Upvotes	21
Comments	10
Date	March 17, 2015 5:52 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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