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The history of American gender and sexuality is examined here through a case study of the YMCA, the organization devoted to young men. After 1900 the YMCA seemed to grow hostile towards masculine love, reflecting the struggle and shifting societal mores about masculine friendship and intimacy.

Take the Young Stranger by the Hand

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    A Paperback / softback by John Donald Gustav-Wrathall

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/2000
      ISBN13: 9780226907857, 978-0226907857
      ISBN10: 0226907856
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      Book Synopsis
      The history of American gender and sexuality is examined here through a case study of the YMCA, the organization devoted to young men. After 1900 the YMCA seemed to grow hostile towards masculine love, reflecting the struggle and shifting societal mores about masculine friendship and intimacy.

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