Physical contact the norm among men in the past

Regarding Ryle Dwyer’s article (Irish Examiner, June 25), the modern reader should understand that in the early 20th century wrestling, biting, mauling and sleeping together was not uncommon among young men, most times with no homosexual connotations.

Physical contact the norm among men in the past

Also common was outward bashfulness towards the fair sex.

Michael M. Galvin

Hornhill

Lissarda

Co. Cork

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