*climbs on top of table*

LET BOYS BE FRIENDS

LET THEM HAVE INSIDE JOKES AND SMILE AT EACH OTHER AND HUG AND GET EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE WITH EACH OTHER AND ALL OF THE AFFECTIONATE STUFF THAT FRIENDS DO WITHOUT EVERYONE SAYING THAT THEY'RE IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER WHEN THEY'RE FRIENDS

LET BOYS BE GREAT F R I E N D S

I KNOW SO MANY BOYS IN REAL LIFE WHO GET FREAKED OUT OVER GETTING EMOTIONAL WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE CULTURE HAS DICTATED THAT THE ONLY TIMES THAT BOYS CAN BE EMOTIONAL AND SHOW THAT THEY CARE FOR SOMEONE IS WHEN THEY'RE IN LOVE SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T SHOW THEIR DUDE FRIENDS HOW MUCH THEIR FRIENDSHIP MEANS TO THEM AND THAT'S NOT OKAY

LET BOYS IN MOVIES AND TV SHOWS AND BOOKS AND IN LIFE HAVE STRONG FRIENDSHIPS

IT'S WHAT THEY DESERVE

CAN WE PLEASE NORMALIZE MALE FRIENDSHIPS PLEASE?? PLEASE???