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To: Politicalmom
State authorities are investigating whether younger boys taken from a polygamist ranch in West Texas were sexually abused by older boys, not adults, a state official said today.

It's quite possible. C. S. Lewis, of all people, has a discussion of the topic in his Surprised By Joy -- buggery was a very common phenomenon at his school.

Lewis' comment was that the boys on the "pitching" end of things weren't really homosexuals, so much as they were looking for an outlet for their sexual urges. Most of the "catchers" acted as such for the benefits that accrued, rather than for any sexual satisfaction. Lewis differentiated those from the "tarts," who would offer themselves up to whomever was atop the power structure. The effective power structure, such as it was, was controlled by the boys rather than the adults at the school.

In this case, I think the atmosphere in the FLDS compound was probably incredibly sexually charged ... and the boys would have been shut out of it by the older men who had access to the girls. And thus their outlet would have been ... other boys.

9 posted on 05/01/2008 11:08:23 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb

“And thus their outlet would have been ... other boys. “

The FLDS should have put more Sheep on the ranch.


33 posted on 05/01/2008 12:41:27 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (I reserve the right to misinterpret the comments of any and all posters)
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To: r9etb
In this case, I think the atmosphere in the FLDS compound was probably incredibly sexually charged ... and the boys would have been shut out of it by the older men who had access to the girls. And thus their outlet would have been ... other boys.

The same thing happens in Islamic cultures, particularly with Arab men and boys.

97 posted on 05/01/2008 6:25:08 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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