It's not simply that they can't be friends, they can't understand the basic idea of 'brotherhood' or even that guys will often consider another dude to be awesome because either they're a badass, a thoroughly decent human being, have a kickass work ethic, are effortlessly cool, balance their sensitive and tough sides, or are consistently awesome to their family or girlfriend, etc, etc. For them everything has to have a suppressed sexual element because thats all they can understand. They think of everything in terms of sex, money, and status and nothing deeper exists beyond that (Tumblrina types, most women are better, and some far better).
They spend so much of their time critiquing men and masculinity but then display a complete lack of awareness of what it actually involves.
It's not simply that they can't be friends, they can't understand the basic idea of 'brotherhood' or even that guys will often consider another dude to be awesome because either they're a badass, a thoroughly decent human being, have a kickass work ethic, are effortlessly cool, balance their sensitive and tough sides, or are consistently awesome to their family or girlfriend, etc, etc. For them everything has to have a suppressed sexual element because thats all they can understand. They think of everything in terms of sex, money, and status and nothing deeper exists beyond that (Tumblrina types, most women are better, and some far better).
They spend so much of their time critiquing men and masculinity but then display a complete lack of awareness of what it actually involves.
Two bros being bros are more "gay" to an outsider than most gay relationships.
Many guys I know are more openly affectionate, both physically and verbally, with their boys than their women and that's just how many of them roll.