When he touched Desmond’s back, he was reminded he was with a man and was struck with anxiety. Raython’s father used to say it was alright for a man to be “on the downlow” so long as he was always on top. But Raython’s father had a lot of similar rules, different things that made someone a real man or not. Raython was intensely worried he would violate one accidentally.
From Desmond at College