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involving not only the muscle boys themselves but
with minors that had been lured into the group.
Police accused several of the muscle men ofindulging
themselves sexually while waist high in water.

Muscle building may seem at first to satisfy only
" the Adonis complex in that it is practiced alone. The
muscle builder is not in competition with anything
but his mirror.

A point is being overlooked. The muscle boys
spend long hours massaging one another’s bodies.
Their contacts with the flesh of other men last far
longer than those enjoyed by wrestlers.

Today, homesexuals with bodies they know will
never become specimens of physical strength, meticu-
lously visit gyms, work out with bar bells, hit the
steam room and go through all the motions.

They are far less interested in developing their
own bodies than in eyeing the development of others.
Voyeurism is only a phase of their complex. Their
ultimate goal is to achieve a sexual relationship with
any of the handsome males they find in these
establishments.

Doug T. has been running a health club in a big
mid-western city for many years. Not long ago he
posted notice that he was closing the establishment
because of his impending retirement. He came to