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		rumcajz on Aug 29, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A majority of US teens are taking steps to limit s... Yes, there have been a lot of concern about novels spoiling girls.

oblio on Aug 29, 2018 [–]

Not only girls. They were thought as "unmanly" for a while. Men were supposed to read technical and historical books, not "girly" novels. There's even a quip from Napoleon about it.

m1573rp34130dy on Aug 29, 2018 | [–]

[re:] louis l'amour... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_L%27Amour

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