I think it would be hard to nail down the overall demeanor. Of course there's the stereotype that men are closed up emotionally and sometimes male toxicity enforces that, but I think it really just comes down to how people develop emotionally and if they feel secure to trust others with those emotions.

*their

"there friends" would be like... friends that are somewhere else. As opposed to "here friends", I guess

I'm (m) somewhat "intimate" with my friends I'll hug and stuff. But I'll play it off as a joke half the time depending on who. I was fortunate enough to have made really great friends in high-school that I can be more friendly and am secure enough that if anyone said anything it wouldn't phase me

There was a ~1.5 year old reddit thread that talked about this

yes, we're not all incels and taters and fundamentalist wannabe strong men

Females

I tell my boys I love them. Kisses on the forehead before we part too.