Are Americans men really so conservative compared to Scandinavia or am I just out of touch

So I was massively downvoted in the askmen subreddit because I said that of course it is normal and acceptable for a woman to have male friends while having a bf.... I didn't expect that. I thought reddit was left leaning but it suddenly felt like x for a moment. Now as a Danish man i believe it's normal to have friends of all genders. Are American men really that conservative compared to Scandinavia or is just me who live in a leftist bubble where having friends of the opposite gender is completely normal.