The Edwardian era was the last golden age of same-sex snuggling for both men and women!
I think it should be reinstituted. I say this as a person who doesn't even snuggle very much.
(which would have to be called The Buddy Book, wouldn't it?)
(It would.)
The switch from semi-acceptance to powerful cultural repugnance would be really, really hard.
I'm just fascinated by the idea of people keeping a genuinely platonic friendship alive in the face of active societal discouragement, because that is not at all how most of our narratives of emotional bonding and resistance go.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2022-05-19 08:05 pm (UTC)I think it should be reinstituted. I say this as a person who doesn't even snuggle very much.
(which would have to be called The Buddy Book, wouldn't it?)
(It would.)
The switch from semi-acceptance to powerful cultural repugnance would be really, really hard.
I'm just fascinated by the idea of people keeping a genuinely platonic friendship alive in the face of active societal discouragement, because that is not at all how most of our narratives of emotional bonding and resistance go.