This is for all you men who like to cuddle little boys and girls ... and for all of you who read that sentence and thought ''that's a bit creepy''.

This is for the men secure and aware enough to navigate the minefield of showing other people's kids comfort, affection and encouragement, despite a cultural coercion akin to the slander slung at Muslims.

Society shuns non-family man-child contact. Credit:Peter Braig

Cos that's where we're at folks: when it comes to men and children, we are the terrorist living next door, the suspect who sleeps down the hall, and you have to wonder how this mistrust is being internalised by the little boys and girls looking on.

''What's that dude doing talking to my kid?'' ''He shouldn't be taking pictures here.''