The Censure of Same-Sex Kissing Between Heterosexual MenĬentral to the study of men and masculinities is the recognition that many men gain social privilege from their gender (Carrigan et al. We situate these findings within masculinities theory and the meanings associated with heterosexual masculinity in U.S. Thus, we contend that same-sex kissing occurred in a greater range of contexts than previously found. Both types of kisses were generally described as non-sexual expressions of affection, occurred between friends in a range of contexts, and were predicted by positive attitudes toward gay men. We found that 40% of participants had kissed another man on the cheek and 10% on the lips. We utilize a mixed-method study of 442 quantitative surveys and 75 in-depth interviews among a racially diverse group of male participants from 11 universities in order to understand the frequency, context and meanings of same-sex kissing.
2014), we assess the prevalence of same-sex kissing behavior among heterosexual young men in the U.S.
Given this trend of heterosexual men kissing each other in other countries (Anderson et al. 2016), albeit to a lesser extent than the U.K. (Keleher and Smith 2012 Loftus 2001 Twenge et al. and Australia is also present in the U.S. are kissing each other, even though the liberalization of attitudes toward gay people found in the U.K. There is no empirical examination of the extent to which heterosexual men in the U.S. In both studies, it was argued that a decrease in cultural homophobia had enabled men to kiss each other without social censure. Heterosexual same-sex kissing between men is most prevalent in the United Kingdom, with lower prevalence rates in Australia. Recent research has documented the emergence of heterosexual men kissing each other in public settings, while still maintaining heterosexual social identities (Anderson et al.