Thoughts in this point? “The loss of platonic, nonsexual, intimate friendships between males has left boys and young men confused. They desire platonic intimacy with other men, but our sexually perverse culture tells them this is an unrealistic expectation...”
“[In a perverse culture], Not only is man’s friendship with a woman expected to [only] be sexual, but his desire for friendship with another man is also expected to be expressed in sexual homoerotic ways...A man is programmed to desire intimacy with another man...”
“He wants *philia.* [This is not *eros*]...[A man] needs an intimacy that exposes him and makes him vulnerable...to challenge him, to correct him, to sharpen him as iron sharpens iron(Proverbs 27:17)”. ~ Rev. Jeffrey Hemmer, Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church. (Man Up, pg.34-35)
