I think that American men are very homophobic. You can even see it in the way that most of them dress - sweats, baggy pants, etc. And they are afraid to touch one another, although I do see that starting to change. As someone said, after a certain age, sons are not encouraged to kiss or hug their fathers anymore. Although football players can slap each other on the butt

I think that European men are much more comfortable in their masculinity than American men. They dress better, they even walk better (got that John Travolta strut), they have no problem openly gawking at attractive women (American men can be so obtuse about how to approach a woman), they will hug and kiss one another, etc.

I think that American men have made progress, but they need some work.