We Boys Together: Teenagers in Love Before Girl-Craziness

by Jeffery P. Dennis

Book Overview

Teenage boys are wild about girls.When their hormones kick in at puberty, they can think of nothing else, and thats the way it has always been-- right? Wrong. Before World War II, only sissies liked girls. Masculine, red-blooded, all-American boys were supposed to ignore girls until they were 18 or 19. Instead, parents, teachers, psychiatrists, and especially the mass media encouraged them to form passionate, intense, romantic bonds with each other.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826515576
• ISBN13: 9780826515575
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"