guestaccount1000 t1_j6ap4f4 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:48 PM Reply to Dickens' David Copperfield: Were men more affectionate with each other in the 18th century? by angelojann I have read previously that the obscenity trial of Oscar Wilde was a massive turning point in British culture. The way he has demonised made men more wary of showing public affection, and more suspicious of those men who did. This specific moment is often pointed to as a reason why continental men are often more physical with each other and the British are much less so. Permalink 13
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Reply to Dickens' David Copperfield: Were men more affectionate with each other in the 18th century? by angelojann
I have read previously that the obscenity trial of Oscar Wilde was a massive turning point in British culture.
The way he has demonised made men more wary of showing public affection, and more suspicious of those men who did.
This specific moment is often pointed to as a reason why continental men are often more physical with each other and the British are much less so.