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"If you should see grown men walking hand in hand, igore it. They are not queer" I think this is still "normal" for guys to walk around hand in hand in arab co
by la_fayette 5y ago
"If you should see grown men walking hand in hand, igore it. They are not queer"
I think this is still "normal" for guys to walk around hand in hand in arab countries, although it is a serious crime to be homosexual...
- oh_sigh 5y agoSeems fairly straightforward that there is nothing sexual about holding hands. In fact, here in America, it's common to see friends (who are both women) holding hands. But you'd almost never see two male friends do it.
- f6v 5y agoHave the Italians already settled in the US when this was written? Seems like they have a habit of warm greetings as well.
- oblio 5y agoThere were gangster wars between branches of the Italian-American organized crime families back in the 1930, so... :-) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellammarese_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellammarese_War
- ChrisClark 5y agoI saw it a lot in China too, and one of my friends would grab my hand while we were walking out for some food. It did feel wrong to me at first. But as it happened over and over again it started to just feel friendly, nothing more.