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CMV: The assumption that two men who share a close bond/intimate connection are homosexual is gender coding and contributes to toxic masculinity culture

I have been thinking about this for a long time and I am pretty conflicted. On the one hand I hear complaints about assuming that a heterosexual man and woman can't spend time together if they're married to other partners, but I hear similar assumptions that men who share a strong bond with each other must be homosexual. It feels unfair to myself, as a heterosexual man, because I think it locks me out of potentially meaningful relationships with other men. It seems like that relationship will be judged by more conservative folks, but assumed homosexual by more liberal folks.  

I hope I have explained my perspective enough...
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> The assumption that two men who share a close bond/intimate connection are homosexual is gender coding and contributes to toxic masculinity culture

Isn't then the real reason an even deeper underlying assumption: that being in a homosexual relationship is something bad/undesirable?

Perhaps that's what's contributing to toxic masculinity culture?