October 6, 2008

Forcing proximity with women and distance from men

While most men are geared -- as far as nature is concerned -- only to have sex with women, and not 'love' them or form emotional and social bonds with them -- as is the case with all mammalian species, many other men are capable of having an emotional/ social bond (love relationship) with both the sexes, although the majority of them, under natural cirucmstances will prefer men over women.

It is the second variety of men, that the society concentrates on changing through its heterosexualisation process. And one of the important tricks that the heterosexual society follows is to cut off proximity of men from other men and force proximity with women. Becasue, it is proximity that eventually leads to romantic bonds.

The heterosexualisation of social spaces, wherein men and women -- on the pretext of their being the same -- are forced into the same living, studying, working, entertainment, etc. spaces, makes sure that men and women find that proximity that can lead to the second variety of men falling in love with them.

But, before that, the society must cut these men off from men, so that they don't develop a romantic thing with them instead -- which would be their first preference. And this is done, not so much physically as psychologically.

How it works is this: They create such a negative hype and hostility against sexuality towards men that men are afraid even to touch each other -- like they do in the West. When its a male space, men find excuses such as hazing and mocking 'gays' to indulge in same-sex eroticism, if not sex, (that is what most men seek in the first place). But when its a heterosexual space, with women in it, then men have to be totally cicumvent about their same-sex desires, because women not only expect men to fall for them, they are the first to 'point out' and thus 'denigrade' the man as 'homosexual' or third gender, when they see even the slightest sign of physical proximity between men, beyond terse handshakes or maybe tense formal hugs. Thus, men do not recognise their sexual interest in each other, even silently (as in male spaces), and for the fear of it coming out, they keep away from each other as far as possible.

And, of course, in a heterosexual space, the pressure to prove your sexual interest in women gets to its extreme. Now, there are no escapes for men.
How it works on the men from the second category, is that they are cut off from other men, but they find it comparatively easy to bond with the women in that heterosexual space.

And, that is how man woman relationships follow, which are then glorified and showcased by the society through all the hype created by the media and entertainment industry. Even, when the percentage of people who, inspite of all these pressures and conditioning, do not form heterosexual romantic bonds is almost as high as 70%

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