Spooning for success: Over 95% of straight male college athletes admit to cuddling their teammates in bed
- Researchers found that 97.5% of heterosexual, male British college athletes have shared a bed with another
Researchers have found that the majority of male athletes spoon
each other when sharing beds with their teammates.
Researchers found that 97.5% of
heterosexual, male college athletes have shared a bed with another man and 93.5%
admit to having indulged in spooning.
Researchers say the athletes even
spooned with others who were not necessarily close friends.
The researchers say the behavior is common among athletes as
they travel and shower together, but is common among all young men - although
tapers off with age.
The study, published last month in the Men and Masculinities
journal, was conducted by two researchers at Winchester and Durham Universities,
who questioned 40 University athletes.
'In addition to cuddling, participants also engage in
‘spooning’ with their heterosexual male friends,' Eric Anderson and Mark
McCormack wrote.
'Highlighting the prosaic nature of bed sharing for
these participants, most indicated that it was not necessary to be close friends
to share a bed with someone.'
One of the participants said the act was simply one
of friendship.
'I love a quick cuddle, just so you remember
your friends are about and are there for you.'
Another said: 'I feel
comfortable with Connor and we spend a lot of time together. I happily rest my head on Connor’s shoulder when lying on the couch
or hold him in bed. But he’s not the only one. The way I see it, is that we are all very
good and close mates. We have a bromance where
we are very comfortable around each other.'
The researchers say the behavior is
common among athletes as they travel and shower together, but is common among
all young men - although tapers off with age.
'Outside of an undergraduate setting the
numbers are likely to be far less,' Anderson told Vocativ.
'While we know, definitively, that
it is a regular occurrence among 16- to 18-year-olds in addition to university
students, it is not likely to exist whatsoever among 40-year-old men,' he
says.
'This is both a function of the
homohysteric culture that 40-year-old men experienced in their adolescence, as
much as it is a function of the fact that 40-year-old men go home to sleep in
bed with their spouses.'
Experts say the study reflects
changing attitudes to male sexuality.
'We argue that the expansion of
esteemed homosocial behaviors for heterosexual men is evidence of an expansion
of changing conceptions of masculinity in contemporary culture, the researchers
wrote.
Some of the interviewees even admitted
they had no problem with their bedmate
waking up with a morning erection.
'We don’t give anyone s**t anymore,'
said one.
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