We live in a time where we constantly extrapolate behaviors and it has some unfortunate consequences. An adult male who is friendly to a child in a park conjure

We live in a time where we constantly extrapolate behaviors and it has some unfortunate consequences. An adult male who is friendly to a child in a park conjures up immediate and specific fears. Men holding hands in the streets of Tanzania is a source of fascination for tourists. Men kissing each other on the mouth in South Western France suggests something specific for visitors. In the English speaking west we are evolving into a world of behavioral taboos because so many behaviors are seen as heuristics that identify us as something. As Nigel Havers said to Christian Bale's character in Empire of the Sun: Perhaps we should "try not to think so much".