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Personal
Experience
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Portrait
(detail) by
Wilhelm Von Gloeden (1856 - 1931)
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Descriptions of man/boy love in the
popular media rely on stereotypes and sensationalism. Writers
grinding out stories search for easy devices to advance plots and
create attention-grabbing promotional ads. They borrow from
traditional witches and demons, then update and embellish as needed.
Sadly, the journalists we rely on for "unbiased" information -- and the
professionals and political figures they report on -- also frequently
have a
vested interest in heightening and manipulating the public's
natural fears of the unknown. In their work, these
"professionals" often follow a very similar process of borrowing from
and embellishing upon mythology.
The result is a set of distorted images being constantly fed to
viewers, readers and listeners -- with the most grotesquely distorted
and attention-grabbing images being the most heavily promoted.
The antidote to this poisoning of our consciousness is to seek out
first-hand accounts of man/boy love as it is experienced by those who
know it personally, as a boy, a man or both. First-hand accounts
can provide information about social realities that the mainstream
media cannot and will not provide.
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