Re: School stories

On 03/04/2026 06:16, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2026 19:33:18 GMT, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:33:56 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
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>>> Both Kipling and Lewis wrote about Edwardian English public schools.
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>>> Lewis also mentioned schools in his fiction, most notably in "The Silver
>>> Chair", where he describes authoritarianism in what was ostensibly a
>>> libertarian school.
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>> Kipling wrote about the hazing of the younger students by the older ones.
>> In 'Surprised by Joy' Lewis strongly hints there was a sexual element.
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> Lewis doesn't merely hint. He says quite clearly that there was sexual
> exploitation at the school he attended. There were not merely
> adolescent crushes, but there was systemic exploitation as well.
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I know of people who suffered the same in European schools.

I was a 'pretty' boy too, and had to constantly fend off advances.


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