cisterhood

There emerges when I meet girl friends I have not seen in a while an increased feeling of connection. I feel I am received in a homosocial manner. At the same time, I suspect it is not them acting differently so as to be closer to me, but me being able to receive them better because I feel less of differences between us. And perhaps also because there is less background confounding from sexuality happening. Fascinating.

EDIT: This also raises the scary possibility of men being alienated from each other because they combine homophobia with high background confounding from sexuality. That is, pre-HRT AMAB bodies may make sex so much a priority that being too close feels scary unless the other is an allowed sexual object. Which would be messed up, an intersection of messed up biology and culture…