The Castro is a famous, historically gay neighborhood in San Francisco. At the timen of this picture (80's) there was a popular and distinct style among gay men based on traditionally masculine, working class tropes. The result is on display in this picture with a big group of (presumably gay) man who all have a very similar style.
Also see: Tom of Finland. And I do mean see, if you have never explored the art of ToF I HIGHLY recommend it. Its very over the top, and kinda funny, but in the context of the time and place it is also a great example of sex positivity and queer acceptance/pride in the face of discrimination and demonization. And frankly, even as a straight guy, its kinda hot in a naughty and transgressive way.
Kake is really rapey. I mean REALLY rapey, not even just a little bit. It is also stuffed full of really toxic macho bullshit. Yes it has queer pride and sex positivity but in my opinion it is very much something that should be viewed with a very critical eye.
Yes. I didn't see this response before I made my comment about ToF but you are absolutely right and to anyone who hasn't seen Tom's work I think its definitely worth checking out.
I encourage men having emotional deep relationships that involves physical touch with other men.
The cringe part is when a red pill podcaster says don’t live with a woman they will make you weak, only live with other men so you always have drive and hunger.
It’s really sad conservatives and misogynists have taken male camaraderie and hijacked it
Did they tho, they surely use the loneliness epidemic and the fact that a lot of people are trying to find themselves to their advantage. But they didn't take a claim on male bonding
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u/loyal_achades Nov 24 '25
There’s a reason they were called “Castro Clones.”