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	__NOTOC__'''John Edgar Hoover''' was the influential and long-serving director of both the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and its successor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), holding the position from 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935.		__NOTOC__'''[[Wikipedia: J. Edgar Hoover\|John Edgar Hoover]]''' was the influential and long-serving director of both the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and its successor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), holding the position from 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935.

	His tenure was marked by significant campaigns against what he termed "sexual deviance”. This was a part of his broader efforts to root out communism. He viewed both as threats to national stability. Hoover's FBI investigated and persecuted large numbers of government employees, public figures, and political activists, invoking fears of their subversion. Though he never married, Hoover had a close and enduring relationship with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI, leading to widespread rumors about his homosexuality. Hoover's methods and the power he wielded came under intense criticism. His approach to law enforcement left a lasting and complex legacy on American civil liberties, particularly with respect to privacy and personal freedoms.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover</ref>		His tenure was marked by significant campaigns against what he termed "sexual deviance”. This was a part of his broader efforts to root out communism. He viewed both as threats to national stability. Hoover's FBI investigated and persecuted large numbers of government employees, public figures, and political activists, invoking fears of their subversion. Though he never married, Hoover had a close and enduring relationship with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI, leading to widespread rumors about his homosexuality. Hoover's methods and the power he wielded came under intense criticism. His approach to law enforcement left a lasting and complex legacy on American civil liberties, particularly with respect to privacy and personal freedoms.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover</ref>

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	== See also==		== See also==

	*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1612361.htm Architects of Oppression] - 3 part series covering the time period from roughly the 2nd panic onwards.		*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1612361.htm Architects of Oppression] - 3 part series covering the time period from roughly the 2nd panic onwards.
			:*[[Kenneth Lanning]] - 2nd article of Architects of Oppression
			:*[[Ernie Allen]] - 3nd article of Architects of Oppression
			*[[List of CSA/anti-pedophile proponents]]
	*[[Moral_panic]]		*[[Moral_panic]]
	*[[Kenneth Lanning]] - 2nd arctile of Architects of Oppression
	*[[Ernie Allen]] - 3nd arctile of Architects of Oppression
	*[[List of CSA/anti-pedophile proponents]]

	== References ==		== References ==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Child Pornography]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:Law/Crime: Corruption]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Pseudoscientists]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Child Pornography]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:Law/Crime: Corruption]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Pseudoscientists]]

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	*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1612361.htm Architects of Oppression] - 3 part series covering the time period from roughly the 2nd panic onwards.		*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1612361.htm Architects of Oppression] - 3 part series covering the time period from roughly the 2nd panic onwards.
	*[[Moral_panic]]		*[[Moral_panic]]
	*[[Kenneth Lanning]]		*[[Kenneth Lanning]] - 2nd arctile of Architects of Oppression
			*[[Ernie Allen]] - 3nd arctile of Architects of Oppression
			*[[List of CSA/anti-pedophile proponents]]

	== References ==		== References ==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Child Pornography]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:Law/Crime: Corruption]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Pseudoscientists]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Child Pornography]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:Law/Crime: Corruption]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Pseudoscientists]]

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	*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1612361.htm Architects of Oppression] - 3 part series covering the time period from roughly the 2nd panic onwards.		*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1612361.htm Architects of Oppression] - 3 part series covering the time period from roughly the 2nd panic onwards.
	*[[Moral_panic]]		*[[Moral_panic]]
			*[[Kenneth Lanning]]

	== References ==		== References ==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Child Pornography]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:Law/Crime: Corruption]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Pseudoscientists]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Child Pornography]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:Law/Crime: Corruption]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Pseudoscientists]]

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	I am sorry to say that Hoover's repeated media campaigns specifically on the subject of sex crimes against children, well documented in a book I read long ago and the title of which I cannot remember, is just barely mentioned on the internet. My recollection is that, based upon the numerous campaigns quoted at length in the book, Hoover can be considered personally responsible for cementing in the public mind the idea of the dangerous stranger lying in wait for an unsupervised child, having literally created the original "stranger danger" media campaign. I have been able to locate two further references to this role.		I am sorry to say that Hoover's repeated media campaigns specifically on the subject of sex crimes against children, well documented in a book I read long ago and the title of which I cannot remember, is just barely mentioned on the internet. My recollection is that, based upon the numerous campaigns quoted at length in the book, Hoover can be considered personally responsible for cementing in the public mind the idea of the dangerous stranger lying in wait for an unsupervised child, having literally created the original "stranger danger" media campaign. I have been able to locate two further references to this role.

	Amidst another wave of sex panic in 1947, fanned by sensationalist media reports of sex crimes against children, Hoover wrote another of his hyperbolic editorials. In the article, titled "How Safe is Your Daughter?" he declared "''the most rapidly increasing type of crime is that perpetrated by degenerate sex offenders. . . . Should wild beasts break out of circus cages, the whole city would be mobilized instantly. But depraved human beings, more savage than beasts, are permitted to rove America almost at will.''"		Amidst another wave of sex panic in 1947, fanned by sensationalist media reports of sex crimes against children, Hoover wrote another of his hyperbolic editorials. In the article, titled "How Safe is Your Daughter?" he declared "''the most rapidly increasing type of crime is that perpetrated by degenerate sex offenders. . . . Should wild beasts break out of circus cages, the whole city would be mobilized instantly. But depraved human beings, more savage than beasts, are permitted to rove America almost at will.''"<ref>[http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6283&context=lalrev&sei-redir=1& Only Yesterday: The Rise and Fall of Twentieth Century Sexual Psychopath Laws] by Tamara Rice Lave, 2009</ref>

	<ref>[http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6283&context=lalrev&sei-redir=1& Only Yesterday: The Rise and Fall of Twentieth Century Sexual Psychopath Laws] by Tamara Rice Lave, 2009</ref>

	Perhaps the most telling reference is from former FBI Special Agent Kenneth Lanning, specialist in crimes against children -- whom the old timers here will remember as a frequent source of quotes to the media about "child molesters" during the witch-hunts of the 1980s.		Perhaps the most telling reference is from former FBI Special Agent Kenneth Lanning, specialist in crimes against children -- whom the old timers here will remember as a frequent source of quotes to the media about "child molesters" during the witch-hunts of the 1980s.

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	''The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. The raids and arrests occurred in November 1919 and January 1920 under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.''		''The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. The raids and arrests occurred in November 1919 and January 1920 under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.''

	''[...]''		[...]

	''Palmer, in his journal article The Case Against the Reds (1920), included in a list of those he opposed as "reds": the International Workers of the World, "the most radical socialists, the misguided anarchists, the agitators who oppose the limitations of unionism, the moral perverts and the hysterical neurasthenic women who abound in communism."''<ref name = outhistory>https://wiki.outhistory.org/wiki/F.B.I._and_Homosexuality:_Chronology</ref>		''Palmer, in his journal article The Case Against the Reds (1920), included in a list of those he opposed as "reds": the International Workers of the World, "the most radical socialists, the misguided anarchists, the agitators who oppose the limitations of unionism, the moral perverts and the hysterical neurasthenic women who abound in communism."''<ref name = outhistory>https://wiki.outhistory.org/wiki/F.B.I._and_Homosexuality:_Chronology</ref>

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	'''John Edgar Hoover''' was the influential and long-serving director of both the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and its successor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), holding the position from 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935.		__NOTOC__'''John Edgar Hoover''' was the influential and long-serving director of both the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and its successor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), holding the position from 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935.

	His tenure was marked by significant campaigns against what he termed "sexual deviance”. This was a part of his broader efforts to root out communism. He viewed both as threats to national stability. Hoover's FBI investigated and persecuted large numbers of government employees, public figures, and political activists, invoking fears of their subversion. Though he never married, Hoover had a close and enduring relationship with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI, leading to widespread rumors about his homosexuality. Hoover's methods and the power he wielded came under intense criticism. His approach to law enforcement left a lasting and complex legacy on American civil liberties, particularly with respect to privacy and personal freedoms.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover</ref>		His tenure was marked by significant campaigns against what he termed "sexual deviance”. This was a part of his broader efforts to root out communism. He viewed both as threats to national stability. Hoover's FBI investigated and persecuted large numbers of government employees, public figures, and political activists, invoking fears of their subversion. Though he never married, Hoover had a close and enduring relationship with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI, leading to widespread rumors about his homosexuality. Hoover's methods and the power he wielded came under intense criticism. His approach to law enforcement left a lasting and complex legacy on American civil liberties, particularly with respect to privacy and personal freedoms.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover</ref>
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	The inveterate communist-hunter J. Edgar Hoover is well known to have kept tabs on political activists, gays, so-called "obscene" material of all kinds, and even sex researcher Alfred Kinsey -- not to mention the special files he kept on those in the media who spoke ill of the FBI, and on any dirt that could be used to get an advantage against politicians and other public figures. What is less well remembered is that from the 1930s to the 1960s, he personally led repeated publicity campaigns on the subject that came to be known as "stranger danger." Hoover also reportedly was an admirer of Anthony Comstock, studied his tactics, and even went to visit him in his twilight years.		The inveterate communist-hunter J. Edgar Hoover is well known to have kept tabs on political activists, gays, so-called "obscene" material of all kinds, and even sex researcher Alfred Kinsey -- not to mention the special files he kept on those in the media who spoke ill of the FBI, and on any dirt that could be used to get an advantage against politicians and other public figures. What is less well remembered is that from the 1930s to the 1960s, he personally led repeated publicity campaigns on the subject that came to be known as "stranger danger." Hoover also reportedly was an admirer of Anthony Comstock, studied his tactics, and even went to visit him in his twilight years.

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	From the beginning and throughout his career, a large part of Hoover's daily work involved spying on and disrupting the efforts of political activists. Later that same year, 1919, Hoover took part in the infamous "Palmer Raids."		From the beginning and throughout his career, a large part of Hoover's daily work involved spying on and disrupting the efforts of political activists. Later that same year, 1919, Hoover took part in the infamous "Palmer Raids."

	<blockquote> ''The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. The raids and arrests occurred in November 1919 and January 1920 under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.''		<blockquote>
			''The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. The raids and arrests occurred in November 1919 and January 1920 under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.''

	''[...]''		''[...]''

	''Palmer, in his journal article The Case Against the Reds (1920), included in a list of those he opposed as "reds": the International Workers of the World, "the most radical socialists, the misguided anarchists, the agitators who oppose the limitations of unionism, the moral perverts and the hysterical neurasthenic women who abound in communism."''<ref name = outhistory>https://wiki.outhistory.org/wiki/F.B.I._and_Homosexuality:_Chronology</ref> </blockquote>		''Palmer, in his journal article The Case Against the Reds (1920), included in a list of those he opposed as "reds": the International Workers of the World, "the most radical socialists, the misguided anarchists, the agitators who oppose the limitations of unionism, the moral perverts and the hysterical neurasthenic women who abound in communism."''<ref name = outhistory>https://wiki.outhistory.org/wiki/F.B.I._and_Homosexuality:_Chronology</ref>
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	Following the lead of Palmer, Hoover would become well known for associating homosexuality, or "sexual deviance," with left-wing tendencies.		Following the lead of Palmer, Hoover would become well known for associating homosexuality, or "sexual deviance," with left-wing tendencies.
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	=== Defender of Threatened Childhood ===		=== Defender of Threatened Childhood ===

	In the 1930s, there was a nationwide wave of concern about "sexual deviants" which included sensational stories about sex crimes against children and women, as well as police crackdowns against gays, and increased policing of public sexual expression in the form of the Motion Picture Code as well as new laws regulating homosocial activity in bars (prohibiting holding hands or dancing with the same sex, for example). Hoover and the FBI cannot be credited with instigating this wave of sex-panic. However, Hoover "Played an important role in fueling the national hysteria and channeling it into support for stronger law enforcement." In joining the panic, Hoover fully employed his media savy and his well-honed skills in sensationalism. In a high profile article called "War on the Sex Criminal" (September 26, 1937), published in newspapers nationwide, Hoover announced: "''The sex fiend, most loathsome of all the vast army of crime, has become a sinister threat to the safety of American childhood and womanhood.''"<ref>"Uncontrolled Desires": The Response to the Sexual Psychopath, 1920-1960, by Estelle B. Freedman; in [http://books.google.com/books?id=5jTjfFo42E8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Passion and Power: Sexuality in History], ed. Kathy Peiss et. al. (Temple University Press, 1989), page 206</ref>		In the 1930s, there was a nationwide wave of concern about "sexual deviants" which included sensational stories about sex crimes against children and women, as well as police crackdowns against gays, and increased policing of public sexual expression in the form of the Motion Picture Code as well as new laws regulating homosocial activity in bars (prohibiting holding hands or dancing with the same sex, for example). Hoover and the FBI cannot be credited with instigating this wave of sex-panic. However, Hoover "Played an important role in fueling the national hysteria and channeling it into support for stronger law enforcement." In joining the panic, Hoover fully employed his media savy and his well-honed skills in sensationalism. In a high profile article called "War on the Sex Criminal" (September 26, 1937), published in newspapers nationwide, Hoover announced: "''The sex fiend, most loathsome of all the vast army of crime, has become a sinister threat to the safety of American childhood and womanhood.''"<ref>"Uncontrolled Desires": The Response to the Sexual Psychopath, 1920-1960, by Estelle B. Freedman; in [http://books.google.com/books?id=5jTjfFo42E8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Passion and Power: Sexuality in History], ed. Kathy Peiss et. al. (Temple University Press, 1989), page 206</ref>

	=== Advocate of "Cure" through "Persistant Investigation" ===		=== Advocate of "Cure" through "Persistant Investigation" ===

	Hoover took sex-panic a step beyond mere fear-mongering. In a speech in December of 1937, Hoover drew upon the work of the medical community, and particularly forensic medicine, to endorse a new approach to crime:		Hoover took sex-panic a step beyond mere fear-mongering. In a speech in December of 1937, Hoover drew upon the work of the medical community, and particularly forensic medicine, to endorse a new approach to crime:

	<blockquote> ''. . . many of these crimes are those of degeneracy, often committed by persons afflicted with diseases which only recently have been discussed in public. . . . To my mind, crime is as malignant as any cancer, and it is as distinct a subject of health as tuberculosis. . . . The surprising increase of sex crimes within the last few years revealed an urgent necessity for corrective action by every public-minded body. . . . There should be given to the cure of degeneracy the same thought, the same eager perseverance, the same persistent investigation, that has resulted in the lessening of many other dangerous diseases.''<ref name = morris> Morris, C. E. (2002). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00335630209384372 Pink herring & the fourth persona: J. Edgar Hoover’s sex crime panic.] ''Quarterly Journal of Speech'', 88(2), 228–244. doi: 10.1080/00335630209384372		<blockquote>
	</ref></blockquote>		''. . . many of these crimes are those of degeneracy, often committed by persons afflicted with diseases which only recently have been discussed in public. . . . To my mind, crime is as malignant as any cancer, and it is as distinct a subject of health as tuberculosis. . . . The surprising increase of sex crimes within the last few years revealed an urgent necessity for corrective action by every public-minded body. . . . There should be given to the cure of degeneracy the same thought, the same eager perseverance, the same persistent investigation, that has resulted in the lessening of many other dangerous diseases.''<ref name = morris> Morris, C. E. (2002). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00335630209384372 Pink herring & the fourth persona: J. Edgar Hoover’s sex crime panic.] ''Quarterly Journal of Speech'', 88(2), 228–244. doi: 10.1080/00335630209384372
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	=== Background of Hoover's Thought ===		=== Background of Hoover's Thought ===

	The medical concept of sexual degeneracy dates to the 18th century, when a Swiss physician named Tissot developed a theory that loss of semen would lead to a general breakdown of the human organism (having no semen, of course women were broken down, in a manner of speaking, by definition). The theory had been endorsed by leading physicians of the Victorian era in Europe and the US, including the top US surgeon and inventor of Corn Flakes, John Harvey Kellogg. These doctors believed that masturbation and all other activities leading to orgasm were devastating to both physical and mental health (and yes, they were very religious men, especially Kellogg). Like Hoover's role fomenting child-sex-panic, this profoundly influential medical theory of sexual degeneracy is almost unmentioned on the internet (although there are numerous mentions of Kellogg's anti-sexual obsessions -- which led, for example, to the invention of corn flakes as a food that, it was presumed, would not excite sexual passions). Two excellent books on the subject, both by [[John Money]], are available:<ref> [https://books.google.com/books/about/Lovemaps.html?id=2HsQ9FrHYZAC&redir_esc=y Lovemaps: Clinical Concepts of Sexual/Erotic Health and Pathology, Paraphilia, and Gender Transposition in Childhood, Adolescence, and Maturity] by John Money, 1986</ref><ref> [http://www.amazon.com/The-Destroying-Angel-John-Money/dp/0879752777 The Destroying Angel] by John Money, 1985</ref>		The medical concept of sexual degeneracy dates to the 18th century, when a Swiss physician named Tissot developed a theory that loss of semen would lead to a general breakdown of the human organism (having no semen, of course women were broken down, in a manner of speaking, by definition). The theory had been endorsed by leading physicians of the Victorian era in Europe and the US, including the top US surgeon and inventor of Corn Flakes, John Harvey Kellogg. These doctors believed that masturbation and all other activities leading to orgasm were devastating to both physical and mental health (and yes, they were very religious men, especially Kellogg). Like Hoover's role fomenting child-sex-panic, this profoundly influential medical theory of sexual degeneracy is almost unmentioned on the internet (although there are numerous mentions of Kellogg's anti-sexual obsessions -- which led, for example, to the invention of corn flakes as a food that, it was presumed, would not excite sexual passions). Two excellent books on the subject, both by [[John Money]], are available:<ref> [https://books.google.com/books/about/Lovemaps.html?id=2HsQ9FrHYZAC&redir_esc=y Lovemaps: Clinical Concepts of Sexual/Erotic Health and Pathology, Paraphilia, and Gender Transposition in Childhood, Adolescence, and Maturity] by John Money, 1986</ref><ref> [http://www.amazon.com/The-Destroying-Angel-John-Money/dp/0879752777 The Destroying Angel] by John Money, 1985</ref>

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	=== Expanding Sexual Surveillance===		=== Expanding Sexual Surveillance===

	According to historian Aaron J. Stockham: ''"Beginning in 1937 and continuing until 1977, the FBI investigated gays as potential security risks who could be blackmailed. Numerous men and women were removed from their government and non-government positions because of the information Hoover's bureau dug up. Only Communists were more systematically investigated by the FBI.''<ref name = outhistory/>		According to historian Aaron J. Stockham: ''"Beginning in 1937 and continuing until 1977, the FBI investigated gays as potential security risks who could be blackmailed. Numerous men and women were removed from their government and non-government positions because of the information Hoover's bureau dug up. Only Communists were more systematically investigated by the FBI.''<ref name = outhistory/>

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	It is also worth noting that most of Hoover's sex-related policing was targeted at pornography (including mere nudity) and homosexuality, not specifically sex offenses involving minors. But it must be pointed out that before 1960, the line between "homosexual" and other forms of "sex deviant" or "sex pervert" was very blurry. Speakers were loath to be specific as it was so "dirty" to even mention any aspect of the subject. And sexual contacts between a man and a boy over 11 were often labeled with the same terminology applied to sexual contacts between two men over 30. Today, the broader terms deviant and pervert are frequently treated as if they were merely euphemisms for homosexuality. But the fact is they were catch-all terms applied in relation to a wide range of behaviors including homosexual contacts involving minors, as well as numerous variants of heterosexual conduct.		It is also worth noting that most of Hoover's sex-related policing was targeted at pornography (including mere nudity) and homosexuality, not specifically sex offenses involving minors. But it must be pointed out that before 1960, the line between "homosexual" and other forms of "sex deviant" or "sex pervert" was very blurry. Speakers were loath to be specific as it was so "dirty" to even mention any aspect of the subject. And sexual contacts between a man and a boy over 11 were often labeled with the same terminology applied to sexual contacts between two men over 30. Today, the broader terms deviant and pervert are frequently treated as if they were merely euphemisms for homosexuality. But the fact is they were catch-all terms applied in relation to a wide range of behaviors including homosexual contacts involving minors, as well as numerous variants of heterosexual conduct.


	=== Shaping the Myth ===		=== Shaping the Myth ===

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	== See also==		== See also==
	*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1612361.htm Architects of Oppression] - 3 part series covering the time period from roughly the 2nd panic onwards.		*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1612361.htm Architects of Oppression] - 3 part series covering the time period from roughly the 2nd panic onwards.
			*[[Moral_panic]]

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	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Child Pornography]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:Law/Crime: Corruption]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Pseudoscientists]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Child Pornography]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1950s]][[Category:History & Events: 1960s]][[Category:History & Events: 1970s]][[Category:Law/Crime: Corruption]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Pseudoscientists]]

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	'''John Edgar Hoover''' was the influential and long-serving director of both the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and its successor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), holding the position from 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935.		'''John Edgar Hoover''' was the influential and long-serving director of both the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and its successor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), holding the position from 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935.

	His tenure was marked by significant campaigns against what he termed "sexual deviance”. This was a part of his broader efforts to root out communism. He viewed both as threats to national stability. Hoover's FBI investigated and persecuted large numbers of government employees, public figures, and political activists, invoking fears of their subversion. Though he never married, Hoover had a close and enduring relationship with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI, leading to widespread rumors about his homosexuality. Hoover's methods and the power he wielded came under intense criticism. His approach to law enforcement left a lasting and complex legacy on American civil liberties, particularly with respect to privacy and personal freedoms.		His tenure was marked by significant campaigns against what he termed "sexual deviance”. This was a part of his broader efforts to root out communism. He viewed both as threats to national stability. Hoover's FBI investigated and persecuted large numbers of government employees, public figures, and political activists, invoking fears of their subversion. Though he never married, Hoover had a close and enduring relationship with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI, leading to widespread rumors about his homosexuality. Hoover's methods and the power he wielded came under intense criticism. His approach to law enforcement left a lasting and complex legacy on American civil liberties, particularly with respect to privacy and personal freedoms.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover</ref>

	Below is a description of his contribution to the opression of the MAPs, published in Boychat<ref> [https://www.boychat.org/messages/1342291.htm Architects of Oppression: Hoover and the FBI pt 1] Posted by shy guy on 2013-April-13, boychat</ref>. Quoted in full with replacement of dead links.		Below is a description of his contribution to the opression of the MAPs, published in Boychat<ref> [https://www.boychat.org/messages/1342291.htm Architects of Oppression: Hoover and the FBI pt 1] Posted by shy guy on 2013-April-13, boychat</ref>. Quoted in full with replacement of dead links.

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	His tenure was marked by significant campaigns against what he termed "sexual deviance”. This was a part of his broader efforts to root out communism. He viewed both as threats to national stability. Hoover's FBI investigated and persecuted large numbers of government employees, public figures, and political activists, invoking fears of their subversion. Though he never married, Hoover had a close and enduring relationship with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI, leading to widespread rumors about his homosexuality. Hoover's methods and the power he wielded came under intense criticism. His approach to law enforcement left a lasting and complex legacy on American civil liberties, particularly with respect to privacy and personal freedoms.		His tenure was marked by significant campaigns against what he termed "sexual deviance”. This was a part of his broader efforts to root out communism. He viewed both as threats to national stability. Hoover's FBI investigated and persecuted large numbers of government employees, public figures, and political activists, invoking fears of their subversion. Though he never married, Hoover had a close and enduring relationship with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI, leading to widespread rumors about his homosexuality. Hoover's methods and the power he wielded came under intense criticism. His approach to law enforcement left a lasting and complex legacy on American civil liberties, particularly with respect to privacy and personal freedoms.

	~~The following~~ is a description of his contribution to ~~MAP oppression~~.		Below is a description of his contribution to the opression of the MAPs, published in Boychat<ref> [https://www.boychat.org/messages/1342291.htm Architects of Oppression: Hoover and the FBI pt 1] Posted by shy guy on 2013-April-13, boychat</ref>. Quoted in full with replacement of dead links.

	== Architects of Our Oppression: J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI~~<ref> [https://www.boychat.org/messages/1342291.htm Architects of Oppression: Hoover and the FBI pt 1]~~		== Architects of Our Oppression: J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI ==
	~~Posted by shy guy on 2013-April-13, boychat</ref>~~ ==

	=== Passing the Victorian-Puritan Torch ===		=== Passing the Victorian-Puritan Torch ===