If Hugging Another Man is Wrong...I Don't Want to be Right!

My father has been asking me for hugs and kisses lately.  I'm 39 years old, and I must admit that it has made me feel uncomfortable.  He's a great father; I've not experienced any sort of abuse; I clearly don't mind my mother showing me the same type of affection; but I seem to try to avoid these loving situations with my own dad!  What's the problem?  There are other men that would KILL for their fathers to show an inch of attention to them!  I'm intelligent, educated, well read, and even spiritual, but has society's ignorance towards male affection infiltrated my mentality?  Sorry dad; this is stupid!  I'm blessed to have you; you can have ALL the hugs and kisses that you can handle!  I must be honest though; "Do I believe that showing affection to another man is wrong?"  Of course not!  Or did I?

Who was it that decided male affection is wrong? That it is wrong for a father to hug his son? That guys should feel weird expressing their emotions and feeling for another person or friend? It bothers me so much that we put all of the socially-accepted norms of showing affection on women, when guys have so much of it pent up. Guys NEED it. More-so than women I would say! Guys think about these things and take pain harder because they weigh in what has happened to them and what HASN'T happened to them. Affection included. Guys long for it and it drives them mad! Women take things men say out of context and judge them based on what they see and not really what men FEEL. Men need affection. They need to feel. Don't worry; it doesn't make you gay!  Why is it so wrong?

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