I grew up around a Russian ballet school. Let me tell you something about Russian men: They touch each other. Especially dancers, who are in my experience almost always super tactile people. They rough house like Americans, but they also hug each other, and sit on each otherâs laps, and share blankets when itâs cold backstage.
So I grew up knowing full well that the whole Men Donât Touch thing was puritanical bullshit.
What I was absolutely not prepared for, however, is the super intense effect it has on straight menâs romantic relationships.
Because when you are literally the only person it is okay for your boyfriend to touch, Jesus fucking Christ, that changes the game.
I strongly suspect that a lot of Str8 Dude feelings of entitlement to womenâs bodies, particularly the bodies of their wives and girlfriends, is a direct result of those women being the only non-violent physical contact theyâre allowed to have.
I know for certain that the framing of any and all platonic physical contact as un-manly has been directly responsible for a lot of sexual dysfunction (and then the attendant misery of trying to get that treated at the ripe old age of 22) with at least one of my exes. Itâs a mess when you canât get it up because youâre depressed and want to be held but youâve been brainwashed into thinking what you actually want is sex because being held is for girls.
Amazing how the erectile dysfunction went completely away when he learned the difference between feeling horny and feeling cuddly. /sarcasm
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