hugs and another dastardly meme

I was going to write an insightful post about this article about the need to hug and the sad unacceptability of most non-sexual touch, but I think the author says a lot of what I'd try to write, and doesn't stumble miserably over his words as I might :P

What made me think of it was the sexual orientation quiz from a few posts back - hardly scientific, but I found it interesting that some of my most resolutely straight friends still came out as "a little bi" - I'm guessing because they didn't tick the selection for "absolute revulsion" re: hugging a member of the same sex.

I especially find it sad that so many straight men don't seem to feel like they can hug their male friends without being suspected of The Gay. Never having been a straight man, I can't begin to understand what is going through their heads, but I pity them.

See? Hardly well-written or insightful at all. That's what you get from someone who has been writing mostly SQL statements for the past three days :P So sad - I even had to use this little internet toy to design my perfect rock band:

( I AM the band )