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Male characters show discomfort expressing emotions, particularly affection towards another man. Often results in a "hug" with no physical contact, an obviously awkward hug, etc. There's also the version where females can hug with their bodies close but guys hug while their lower halves are far away, so they have to lean over more to hug.
See also: [[Ho Yay]], [[Real Men Hate Affection]], [[Man Hug]]
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* ''[[Elf Quest]]'' uses the "lower bodies separate" version near the end of ''Fire and Flight'', the very first graphic novel. This despite their [[Everyone Is Bi]] policy.
* A particularly confusing example comes from ''[[Young Avengers]]'', where Hulkling and Asgardian, who are a pair of boyfriends, are frequently shown hugging with 45
== [[Film]] ==
* One of the older examples in movies, ''[[Grease]]''.
* An excellent more recent example is a 'hug' between [[Will Ferrell]] and [[Adam Scott]] in [[Step Brothers]]
* In [[The Lord of the Rings]], Legolas and Aragorn have a habit of placing one of their hands on each other's shoulder and looking at each other for a moment.
* Parodied in Groundhog Day where Bill Murray turns his daily meeting with "Ned" into an extended and and quite uncomfortable hug.
== [[Live
* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', "What's With Robert?"
* Chandler and Joey did this on occasion in ''[[Friends]]''.
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* In a ''[[Dilbert]]'' book on etiquette, Dogbert discusses Air Hugging, saying that it is not the best time to reveal your sensitive side, and not to let people see you get the creeps afterwards.
* Discussed in [http://comics.com/herb_and_jamaal/2009-05-05/ this]{{Dead link}} [[Herb And Jamaal]] strip.
* ''[[Zits]]'' had a strip (seen above) where Jeremy air hugged his dad on his birthday, with his mom commenting "Happy male birthday, honey.".
== [[Real Life]] ==
* There's always the patent "reaching out patting each other on the back we're-not-gay-honest hug" which seems to be endemic to all males of a certain age when formality dictates some form of physical embrace.
* A related version to this comes from the infamous instance of the [[Poe's Law|'Christian Side Hug']]. It's a rap. About how hugging frontwise leads to... y'know what? Just google it.
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