hen men are put together in a womanless society, they develop close bonds with each other. These bonds are often affectionate and on some level sexual. The bonds are different in nature according to the circumstances. In prison men often treat each other sexually very cruelly. In the military and war where buddies depend on each other for their very lives, the bonds are very supportive.

Whether or not it is fair to read anything sexual into the relationship between the men in the above pictures, I cannot say for a certainty. However, in the one of the left, the smaller guy is sitting on the lap of the larger guy, and each has his arm tightly around the shoulder of the other. For sure these are the kind of pictures of men you may not often see in peace time unless the men are drinking. A strange quirk of the male psyche is that usually he has to go to war, score a touchdown, or get shit-faced drunk to hug his buddies. (To see another World War II picture, Click Here.)