y interest in masculinities and gym work started in my mid-20s. I recall sitting at the pec deck machine in the gym in 2008. Looking at the burly gym bunnies conversing, laughing and yes, touching each other, made me wonder: Why are overt displays of homosocial tactility permitted in the gym? Does such tactility extend to further (and arguably, more covert) espousals of a more emotional and sexual nature? What do they want to communicate through touch? Since that day I was motivated to answer these questions. In 2020 I started my investigation
