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Boys Beware
1961 · Film · documentary · 10 min
Directed by Sid Davis
This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
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It's an analogy founded directly on history. In the past, it was common to not see a distinction between male homosexuality and pedophilia. I'm absolutely certain some people still see the world that way. In short, it doesn't have to make sense, because it's historical fact.
To see this in film, watch the Sid Davis classic "Boys Beware":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Beware
> The film equates homosexuals with child molesters and hebephiles, repeatedly describing homosexuality as a mental illness. True to the stereotypes of its time, the gay men in the film have mustaches, sunglasses and/or bow ties.
https://archive.org/details/boys_beware - Original
https://archive.org/details/BoysBewarecolorizedVersion - Colorized
https://archive.org/details/BoysAware - Remake