Saira Khan looks incredible as she channels Kim Kardashian by slipping into a plunging black swimsuit for sizzling photoshoot He is now expanding his research to see how these attitudes are affected by race and social class. 'It doesn't feel that it threatens my masculinity or heterosexuality - instead it is becoming part of acceptable masculinity and heterosexuality.'ĭr Anderson's research is published online in the journal, Archives of Sexual Behaviour. 'In this respect, men are catching up with women who regularly use a kiss as a sign of affection to a female friend.'Īdi, who is heterosexual, added: 'My first experience of kissing a man was at uni and I was a bit taken aback, but now it feels like a normal act of friendship. 'We then began our research and realised that the way men tell each other that one has made it into their circle of close friends is to kiss. PhD sociology student Adi Adams, who helped Dr Anderson with the research, said: 'We noticed that more and more men were kissing each other in clubs or after scoring a goal as a form of celebration, and many would put pictures of themselves kissing their friends on Facebook.
'It seems generally younger people are becoming more and more open minded with each generation.' 'The kiss is a sign of affection in student social spaces, a sign of victory on the pitch, or celebration at a nightclub but it does not have a sexual connotation in any of these spaces. 'Men are kissing each other in university clubs and pubs, in front of their peers, and for many it serves as an occasional, exuberant greeting or banter when partying. 'At these universities, overt homophobia has reduced to near extinction, permitting those men to engage in behaviour that was once taboo. I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for more than a year and she doesn't think anything of it when I kiss my guy friends.'ĭr Eric Anderson, from the university's department of education, said: 'Heterosexual men kissing each other in friendship is an offshoot of what happens when homophobia is reduced. 'Physical contact with your friends helps to bring you closer. He said: 'I am comfortable to kiss my friends in situations such as their birthday or when someone scored a goal or just if we are having a laugh. They found that 36per cent of respondents had also engaged in sustained kissing, initially for shock value, but now they occurred just for 'a laugh'.ĭaniel Eagles, an undergraduate at University of Bath, said he did not have a problem with kissing his male friends. Social norm: Male university students now see nothing wrong with showing friendship to another man through a kiss on the lips