"..dandy"
Posted on 03/26/2019 3:37:42 AM PDT by Loyalist
Twice a month, half a dozen men gather in Plymouth Meeting to help each other work through past traumas.
Their chosen method of healing? Cuddles.
It may seem odd, but members of the Men’s Therapeutic Cuddle Group say the practice has helped them cope with everything from childhood sexual abuse to the loss of family members when they were young.
The two-year-old group draws men from various backgrounds: a 37-year-old Mormon who works as an airport gate agent, a 57-year-old married father of three, a 62-year-old retiree. There is a range of sexual orientations.
At a time when traditional ideas of manhood are facing scrutiny and such terms as toxic masculinity are becoming more widely known through the MeToo movement, the group aims to provide new ways for men to express themselves.
“So often, we’re taught that to be an emotional stoic is the mark of manhood,” said Scott Turner, a 46-year-old interior designer and cofounder of the group. “If you show any emotional weakness or vulnerability, that’s a failure to your title of a man.”
“So often, we’re taught that to be an emotional stoic is the mark of manhood,” said Scott Turner, a 46-year-old interior designer and cofounder of the group. “If you show any emotional weakness or vulnerability, that’s a failure to your title of a man.”
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Seriously.
No homo.
Not gay at all!
"..dandy"
Go rescue a dog or something.
Now that’s funny.
Get a Newfie, problem solved.
A range? There is only straight or homosexual.
Like Andrew "Dice" Clay said: "You either xxxx xxxx or you don't xxxx xxxx"
Okaayyy? More insanity on parade. Lemme guess. Another forum for effeminate crackers to show how far we’ve strayed?
Not soon after the muslims will be attacking our women in the streets and we will be running for cuddling rooms like the swedes and the germans
No there isn't.
“If you show any emotional weakness or vulnerability, that’s a failure to your title of a man.”
Seems like our culture has been consistently saying the opposite for a good 50 years. Meanwhile, “a failure to your title of man.” What a bizarre statement. Who talks like that? What is a failure to a title? What is a title of man? Ugh. Our culture has failed these poor, confused people, just not in the way they think.
They sound like a bunch of fags. Jim.
Sounds like grooming to me.
What do men of color think of these fellas?
Not gay? Interior designer?
That does not compute.
>> There is a range of sexual orientations.
Right, from fags, to homo’s and probably through in a few tranny’s to round out the pathetic group.
Jesus Christ I am glad we don’t have to parachute into Europe anytime soon and save the world from the Nazi’s.
I thought they did drum circles.
“There is a range of sexual orientations.”
so men who have been victimized are being solicited into “hugs” by predatory men. Okay....
No,no,no,not in a million years.
It ain't complicated...that's just the plain truth.
Normal men shake hands.They *might* even give another guy a *quick* hug at a funeral...or a wedding...or at the birth of a child.
Next question!
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