HST 222 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Reis Notes
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Level of intimacy between men not always sexual, took pleasure in holding/touching. Daniel webster poem (george herbert) indissoluble bonds of fraternal love . All male environments, just leaving home, form new emotional bonds. Similar to women in 19th century boarding schools intense/enduring friendships. Efforts of 18th cen men to sustain youthful friendships men perceived these relationships as fitting into their lives as husbands and fathers. Often wrote they craved physical affection from their male friends & that they felt their mutual love as an overtly sexual experience . Transition from single life (close friendships) married life.
