• wick
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    4 hours ago

    I heard from Stephen Fry that British soldiers used to walk with their arms linked together like sweethearts until Oscar Wilde was jailed for homosexuality and they all stopped doing it.

    • Aqarius@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      IIRC, it’s still common to see male friends walk holding hands in the Middle East for the same reason.