The nature of male friendship in Elizabethan England can be described as a different type of male friendship than the one used today. One reason that male friendship in Elizabethan England can be described as a different type of male friendship than the one used today was as a result of male friends who kissed each other even though not having sexual feelings for each other. An incident involving two male friends who holded hands together in public in Elizabethan England further illustrates that male friends were not questioned of their sexuality or their rapport. For example, other people in Elizabethan England did not judge the manners that the male friends exposed in public. In fact, male friends hugged each other, in research conducted
