Our culture feminizes the very idea of affection. Heterosexual men who express a need for non-sexual touching are mocked in mainstream culture. Healthy Masculinity must include the normalization of men's need for human contact. Most humans like to be touched.
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Reducing the problem to sex by responding with "go jerk off" reinforces the standard that men do not want physical intimacy itself. We need to start allowing men to express a need for human contact that isn't narrowly construed in sexual terms. It's a vital part of the issue.
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Men are taught to conceptualize the need for touch purely through the lens of their sexuality. This causes an internal conflict which serves to exacerbate the pain of isolation. Allowing men to want and experience physical affection disentangled from sexuality is important.
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Jokes about masturbation in this context are validating toxic masculinity from the left and obstruct the realization of more healthy masculinity. We need to create an alternative to toxic masculinity and normalize it through exposure. That means being thoughtful in opposition.
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