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Old 06-12-2013, 05:49 PM
 
Location: Where I'm At
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Assuming that two men are straight – not that there's anything wrong with being gay (my philosophy on sexuality is live and let live, plus I have one or two gay male friends) – do you think it's "odd" for a straight guy to playfully slap another straight guy on the butt when sports are not involved?

I personally think it's "odd," considering most (but not all) straight guys neither want nor like men's hands touching them anywhere, especially on or near their butts. I just found it "odd" that Chad Johnson (aka Chad Ochocinco, a former NFL wide receiver), an allegedly straight black man (he always sets off my gay-dar, but whatever... ), felt the need to playfully slap his lawyer on the butt in court this week. Go to jail, Chad Johnson - CBSSports

So, do you think it's "odd" for a straight guy to playfully slap another straight guy on the butt when sports are not involved ?
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Old 06-12-2013, 06:05 PM
 
Location: La Jolla, CA
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You've never lived in a fraternity house.
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Old 06-12-2013, 06:09 PM
 
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Oh my, the boys in the frat houses are going to be very upset to hear that they cannot do what they have been doing since before frat houses existed. It is a male bonding, hunter, gatherer sort of primal thingy. Who knows why they do it but they do it and it has no sexual motive because there is nothing sexual about it.

What exactly is "gay-dar"? I do not understand the apparant need to use words that do not even exist.
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Old 06-12-2013, 06:22 PM
 
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Oh my, the boys in the frat houses are going to be very upset to hear that they cannot do what they have been doing since before frat houses existed. It is a male bonding, hunter, gatherer sort of primal thingy. Who knows why they do it but they do it and it has no sexual motive because there is nothing sexual about it.

What exactly is "gay-dar"? I do not understand the apparant need to use words that do not even exist.
It's gay radar; the ability to recognize homosexuals through observation or intuition. Gaydar - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Most (but apparently not all) people know that gaydar is meant to be a harmless joke. Geez...
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Old 06-12-2013, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Back at home in western Washington!
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My boys (one is my bio 17 yr old son, the other is my unofficial 16 yr old foster son) wrestle, punch each other, and yes...smack each others butts. They also both sleep in the same queen size bed. I have never seen any indication that they are attracted to each other (or other boys) sexually.

No big deal to me.
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Old 06-12-2013, 06:33 PM
 
Location: College Hill
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My boys (one is my bio 17 yr old son, the other is my unofficial 16 yr old foster son) wrestle, punch each other, and yes...smack each others butts. They also both sleep in the same queen size bed. I have never seen any indication that they are attracted to each other (or other boys) sexually.

No big deal to me.
I find this odd.
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Old 06-12-2013, 07:23 PM
 
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I find this odd.
Why. Please be specific.
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Old 06-12-2013, 08:01 PM
 
Location: Back at home in western Washington!
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I find this odd.
What part is odd to you? The fact that I can't supply a separate room to each of them or the part that they are as comfortable as brothers around each other?
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Old 06-12-2013, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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You've never lived in a fraternity house.
...or watched a football game, apparently.

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Old 06-12-2013, 09:48 PM
 
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I'm a gay male. My straight friends did this in high school and college. I think this type of male behavior has to do with some kind of primal male bonding instinct, reinforcement of a warrior ethos, or something along those lines. It never seemed homoerotic.
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