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Our primary focus is the concept of intimacy, especially in the context of adult American male relationships. We begin with an examination of comradeship, a nonintimate form of friendship, then develop an account of the nature and value of intimacy in friendship. We follow this with discussions of obstacles to intimacy and of Aristotle's views. In the final section, we discuss the process of men attaining intimacy.

Intro -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Origins of the Modern Bromance -- Research Methodology -- The Dodgeball Profile -- Situating the Researchers -- References -- 2 Friendship -- Sociological Perspectives on Friendship -- Evolutionary Perspectives on Friendship -- Online Friendship -- Defining Love -- Love Without Sex -- Chapter Conclusion -- References -- 3 Homosociality -- Homosociality -- Homosociality as Dangerous -- Homosociality in Sporting Culture -- Homosocial Intimacy -- Expression and Love Between Men in the Late Twentieth Century -- Twenty-First Century Expressions of Love -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 4 Theorizing Masculinity -- Social Constructionism -- Hegemonic Masculinity -- Critiques of Hegemonic Masculinity -- A Third Wave of Masculinity Theorizing -- Inclusive Masculinity Theory -- Three Cultural Conditions to Inclusive Masculinities -- Stage 1: Homoerasure -- Stage 2: Homohysteria -- Stage 3: Inclusivity -- Chapter Conclusion -- References -- 5 Illustrating the Bromance -- Illustrating the Bromance in Film -- Illustrating the Bromance in Sociological Studies of Men -- Illustrating the Bromance in This Ethnography -- Bromances Compared to Friendship -- Distinguishing Bromances from Romance -- The Difference is Sex -- Bromance and Non-exclusivity -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 6 Building the Bromance -- Shared Interests -- Emotional Intimacy -- Love -- Positive Mental Health Impacts of Having a Bromance -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 7 Cuddling and Spooning -- When Two Guys Share a Bed -- Cuddling Other Men, This Study -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 8 Kissing -- The First Study of Straight-Men Kissing, England -- The Second Study of Straight-Men Kissing, Australia -- The Third Study of Straight-Men Kissing, America.

Introduction: Anthony Bacon and the uses of friendship -- Intimacy: Nicholas Faunt, faith and the consolations of friendship -- Instrumentality: the prison, liberty and writing friendship in the space in between -- Institutionality: Nicholas Trott, the Inns of Court and the value of friendship -- Instability: service, love and jealousy in the Essex circle -- Conclusion

The masonic utopia of friendship -- Friendship in ritual -- Confronting the specter of sodomy -- "New but true friends" : the friendship network of Philippe-Valentin Bertin du Rocheret -- Friendship in the age of sensibility -- Friendship under fire : freemasonry in the French Revolution

Largely neglected by historians who assume that its heyday passed in Europe with the demise of the Old Regime, Freemasonry in fact became a mass phenomenon among German (and French as well as American) middle‐class men in the nineteenth century. Masonic secrecy made possible a form of sociability which allowed men to experience intimate relations with each other. Within the lodge, men could experience the emotional drama of the rituals while, both in public and in the family, men increasingly sought to comply with the ideal of a man ruled by reason. Masonic rituals entailed the implicit message that the most important presupposition for civility, moral improvement and a 'brotherhood of all men' was male friendship.

Introduction. Honesty, transparency, and sight: some introduction -- Chapter 1. Genesis 38: "Lest we become a laughingstock" -- Chapter 2. David, Jonathan, and Saul: being good at being a man -- Chapter 3. 2 Samuel 13: rape in the royal house -- Chapter 4. Genesis 12, 20, and 26: Bromance in the Bible -- Chapter 5. Judges 19-21: The warrior God and his Levite soldier -- Chapter 6. Judges 4 & 5: Always mothers, never friends -- Conclusion. Toxic for women: conclusions on biblical hegemonic masculinity.