to sociologist from Durham University in Britain conducted a qualitative survey
of 40
white male actually in the country to see how they feel about cuddling
with other men so this is really interesting because it highlights
cultural differences between the united states and the UK and here's what they
found
ninety-eight percent of the study's participants all white college aged male
athletes have shared a bed with another guy
and I don't see it as a big deal at all to be out here on Friday right that
shared by we've all
crash in hotel rooms jess and I last night yeah
stole my frickin line dude yeah I know those accusers who ended a write-in in
with your like my hand to hold the reason why I hate when it went ahead and
interviewed a male athletes is because usually male athlete have negative
thoughts
about being affectionate with other men they're considered manly a more
masculine or something
so they're like oh you know that's a stereotype that's the stereotype which
by the way
knowing that stereotyping going into the study by
only choosing this demographic i think is questionable but nonetheless
the results were still interesting okay so here's what they found
%uh they also found that 93 percent
also reported having spooned or
huddled with another man whoa see that
is totally different so have I been
shared a pair a bed with guys before who know you liked going to go nuts
a million tax okay we go on a trip I remember we went to Orlando when we're
in college
they were so we cram six guys into a car drove down there from New Jersey
and then we stayed in one hotel room okay but of course we're poor we
you know like I'm I feel good almost every guy's done that right
with him cuddle together I mean I'm not judging god bless but like
really ninety-three percent Ustream male athletes have cuddled and spooned other
guys
I'm shocked by that number I literally can't believe it is two things I think
that first
you know it's great a generational thing that the younger generation is
completely
the whole gay rights issue is completely taken often escalate in such a way that
making
the world so much more inclusive fantastic but I don't think that 93
percent up
respondents to any survey is this guy above the ground
there are you alive would agree I so I don't think a few percent
right on a survey yep I have a great george bush's approval Rangers delayed
20 bucks at
gradual 14 people had one was the tail was like no doing a good job
yeah it's a good man yeah
so I here is a sociologist mark mccormick's
quote he said we knew didn't babe a straight males were hugging and curly so
this is a phenomenon to be noticed
and we want to understand this phenomenon in more detail how do men
gain from rejecting the homophobia
previous generation and that's what this is really about a look at previous
generations in this type of behavior was considered taboo
but now with younger generations really get we were cuddling what's the big deal
and if you look at the acceptance of same-sex marriage in Britain its kind
amazing
only 29 percent of respondents in Britain say that their against same-sex
a relationship not everybody is not just a few other people so that everyone so
among
people that generation it's gotta be closed much either
yet years from now maybe 93-89 yeah
some chance that there's been a real sea-change
in mentality because Louis a some knows what we
slept on the same bed you know queen bed over whatever
I you'd put pillows between be rude to make sure that the
you didn't have any note at your iPad touching yeah
reno like in the middle of the night your hand surgeon yeah
so now with the rats were being ridiculous there a
yeah so at the same time i loooove can't comprehend cuddling with a guy
I know I can't comprehend it when I also wonder about
I mean I'm not saying that our culture in the US is that different from what
you experience in the UK but there might also be cultural differences that play
because I think about what you would see in the middle east right so armenians
up man it will kiss each other on both cheeks some people might think that
that's super weird maybe a little homo Roddick
in other countries men will hold hands with one another you know what I mean so
there might be a cultural thing a play
I think that changing views on our same-sex relationships
definitely definitely plays a role there's another thing that I think you
guys should take into consideration
the respondent this qualitative study might have also
been trolling %uh the the researchers were further
quote I read from their quota mood they were kinda hilarious and I didn't really
believe that there are being genuine so
10 because I don't have a graphic for it but I'll paraphrase it
I'm he said something like every once in awhile hola
what we'd like we're gonna grab each others cocks but it's not a big deal
i'm just quoting him okay rhonda other girl longer word
but obviously but only for when each other %ah that seems like normal prep
school athletic boy behavior doesn't seem like Charlie I will show you all
enjoy saying israeli but the joint during released and explain the 93 but
as British it just perhaps questionable I will
I live on the campus a prep school my wife teaches there
that's a very white male boy athletic heidi is this whole thing on the
grabbing each others like her baby I miss that
solo K Singh Negi on both cheeks very culturally embryos that a and I i do
that I'm Turkish so I come from those like other words
but we don't know Tom innu
right next little no no no no spooning a sexual but I don't care if it's a male
or female like
you I'm not gonna spoon with a woman that I am don't have
interest in me I'm sure I'm saying it's not like 00 hey it's Mike and house pool
with a rope
for you know what i'm saying on a rather I'm going to your mom let me school with
your mom with the
what do I want the full gallery wrap over notion holding a sexual
we didn't call you gay and you want to be god bless your bike got worse
right on the I don't care but you're not just I'm straight guys cut I dunno maybe
I'm wrong but
grazing super quick another thing I started thinking about was
okay do I see myself splitting with any of my female friends
and I remember like I it didn't end up happening but I wanted to go Joe with
one my female friends we shared a bad
and when I should like I wanna spoon you so hard tonight right you know
for her but like seeing here so what I believe me the two of us are
very very strongly I believe you are no
okay and then she spoon me an entire %uh be me a little bit so I really hard
right
really okay anyway feel like I've gotta know I could say we were spotted it
would definitely not be sexual to you guys a girl like her for girl cuz they
do anything they did everything go OK to be affectionate with one another or
another place a bit of a hit with a better place if we could be more
affectionate other if macho didn't mean right guns and weapons in all this
happened we so
the isolation spoon we should end this god damn show this Friday at well over
here and bother yeah he is no biggie that's totally different rather
okay I'm I'm a
yeah i won final out well a direct quote from
one other athletes in this as study he says I feel comfortable with Connor
this is mad he has a friend in conduit scuttlebutt
and we spent a lot of time together I happily rest my head on Connor shoulder
when lying on the couch or hold him in bed
but he's not the only one the way I see it is that we are all very good and
close mates we have a romance where we're very comfortable around each other
in O'Connor read that as they go
procurement the only one yeah I energetic you I talk talk about this a
lot built read carefully but that
that you know because we obviously did
mean don't even have a big issue whatsoever with gay man or gay women or
whatever and
like the sex part of that I go I get
I get a hundred percent right and to me was always
stood out to me think I get uncomfortable with is tenderness
with another mail not a US why we can't be affection women matter clearly
different how they deal with each other in
and women I imagine it doesn't surprise me at all that a lot of women stone but
it seems boring and I would feel
we're at now if somebody were I'm sure somebody word
if somebody were and a friend of mine were in trouble or sad
we're capable of being incredibly kind
and and outwardly emotional with each other and good friend of mine like
cried as I was login abortion that would make me even vaguely uncomfortable I
love your area form
but the idea I'll the
the romantic things that I associate with the win with a woman happening with
the guy
that is always so that's why the story surprised me so much it is
that part is what I would it would almost be the last thing that I would do
yeah so it's a its it's fascinating how the human mind works P
and that's why we love doing the show because there's a line there that is
weird and
indescribable like so when I hug a male friend of course almost all the time
later and see prayers we hug it out oh that's good to see you
you know I guess imagine a situation that's emotional like the one is bentsen
striving
buddy a the i do. Jesus RJR Ben coming in saying hey you wanna spoon
yeah there's not even a minute I'm just kinda happens you know you made everyone
you know that the degree to which that is inconceivable
israeli measurable I write a real city at the real story is what is going on
with this sporty person sample size and then researcher
what what's is this really a story here is this sry I do we not understand
British culture that much that were also shot ahead of more actually a note by
the way I mean obviously this study has serious limitation so I don't think that
it's a representative sample of be asleep all white males that live in
Britain
I and and so it's this is it not representative in such a small sample
I don't think that this is a good thing about allo 0
we also have a row to save some lovely it is true we'll see id
yet because I L three guys at the park playing ball together then afterwards
flyer each other's arms a little bit well have a Gatorade and then go on a
date with girls and so even if it isn't ninety-three percent
and its 13 percent still will still be a sea change their own like if you start
to see if that's significant percentage of guys cuddling together or straight
but while like to also I I guess is we're kind of older generation we would
be like that is
amazing but it's not a bad not a good thing yeah probably is almost certainly
good to hear
and so you know more power tool
spoon lol