These may seem like startling displays of same-sex affection and innuendo for a pair of heterosexual teenage boys - even despite their blow-dried Justin Bieber bangs - but Eric Anderson, an American sociologist, says it's part of a larger trend among teens and young adults. On the boys' respective profiles they leave each other comments reading, 'I love you,' sometimes in all-caps, along with teeny-tiny heart icons. It culminates with a shot of the British teens holding up their shirts to reveal their tanned, washboard stomachs and the elastic waistbands of their designer underwear. Then, a few snapshots into the Facebook photo album, the baby-faced 16-year-old softly kisses his friend on the cheek. It starts with 'John' hugging 'Leo' tightly.
