Men's Group

I don't know much about Japanese culture (I did study some history and mythology), but sounds similar to Middle Eastern norms, as far as contact between males. It does cast an ugly light on how we relate to other men. One of the things I used to present was pictures of what many perceived as attractive men. When I asked male participants to rate them; they couldn't. However, when I had pictures of less than attractive or ugly men, and asked them to rate them; no problem! What I was demonstrating was how men are uncomfortable expressing anything which could be seen as expressing attraction for another male. In reality, of course, if you can rank the unattractiveness of someone, it means you have a standard of what is and isn't attractive and you should be able to easily rank attractiveness.