I beleive it taught from the earliest ages that there is a difference and that a real male would not engage in such activity less he be labeled a "sissy" which if you are a four year old you have been taught there is nothing on the face of the earth that is worse than being a sissy. Society has in bread a bias towards people like us and to be faced with it, a natural human reaction based on the standard upbringing is to belittle what we perceive as being wrong. If you could get most people into an adult conversation and ask " why is it wrong" unless they revert back to chilhood style arguments, they would have to conclude that it is harmless. But good luck in persuadeing people, even the most grown up people can still be very closed minded based on there childhood teachings and will revert to something like " i know I am but what are you--- na na na"