> > As I have said elsewhere, when straight Indian men start saying (I have > multiple data points over the last year) that they miss hugging people, you > know something serious is going on. > > Udhay > > Let me start the thread drift too, by saying that the word "straight" tends to make me uncomfortable, because of the implication of "others" being crooked. To me, it seems almost as bad as saying "normal". I wonder if we could change that (I can't think of a good alternative). Several words which acquired perjorative meanings have been changed, why not this?
I've hugged my gay friends as well as...um....the majority bracket (pompous!) but now, everyone is at arm's distance. Thank goodness, the mental distance has not set in. > -- >
