Yes! Exactly! I actually think it's quite sad that American men can't be openly affectionate with each other. I especially feel bad for immigrants in North America who are from places like the Philippines - and they come over here, and suddenly people are calling them gay. Not, of course, that being gay is a bad thing - but eventually they modify their behaviour in order to fit in with how North America expects them to act...and they lose that ability to be casually affectionate.

It's why it really annoys me at Cons, when the audience "awws" loudly at Jared and Jensen being physically affectionate - I always want to hiss "don't let them know they're doing something out of the ordinary!!" because eventually they'll just stop (I think they already have - if you compare old Con videos to new ones)...and I LIKE seeing friends being affectionate with each other.