Crossing the lines: the story of three homosexual New Zealand soldiers in WW2
New Zealand History
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Homosexuality in the Armed Forces During the War
The story of harold robinson shows that homosexual men found ways to manoeuvre in their private lives during the war time. The homo social nature of relationships in the armed forces during war time a really was really quite large. It meant that bonds between men were very, very close. You had your mate, ah, and there was an intense intimacy That led to profound friendships, mateship bonds between men on an interpersonal and a platonic level. These bonds could also provide a cover for sexual intimacy between men. For some men, that homosocial environment led to sexual experiences that might be defined as experimental or situational situation. A, for others, it perhaps confirmd the nature of
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