M4M Bondage of Straight Men

Before we can desire, we need to be able to imagine. Many straight men carry the weight of a culture that only allows emotional closeness in heavily coded spaces, like the pub or a football match. The softness, the stillness, the permission to be delicate, a platonic form of care from man to man is a need they don’t even know they might have. That kind of tenderness is pushed so far to the margins of their lives before they can even imagine it.

Some lucky ones might find themselves in ropes.

What they experience is a whole new set of sensations: being tied, being with another man in a completely unfamiliar context, and not feeling threatened by it. Touch that doesn't demand sex or tribalism. Silence that doesn't require stoicism. Just a genuine: "What the fuck is going on? Interesting... Maybe I'll do it again"

And when the rope comes off, sometimes we share a drink like if we just played video games. And they begin to process something radical: the possibility of new closeness with another man.