Welcome to the Club:The Rise & Fall of the Männerbund in Pre-War American Pop Culture

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[1]Jeffrey P. Dennis

We Boys Together: Teenagers in Love Before Girl-Craziness [2]

Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press

“I, state name here, [but everyone just repeats Stymie’s name], a member of good standing of the He-Man Woman-Haters Club, do solemnly swear to be a he-man and hate women and not play with them or touch them unless I have to and especially never fall in love and, if I do, may I die slowly and painfully and suffer for hours or until I scream bloody murder.” — The Little Rascals[1] 

“Wherever love and sex prevail, women will command sooner or later.” — Julius Evola, L’Arco e la Clava.

“If you let Andy [Hardy] get too crazy about girls, you lose your audience!”...

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Jan 5th 2019
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