I don’t know, there’s generations of anecdotal experience from private schools. Even when I was a kid 30+ years ago it was a common thing to hear, that rich schoolboys buggered the younger boys*, who then took their turn when they were older. It was a common joke in media from the 60s and 70s, which would suggest that it was happening in at least the 30s and 40s.
Obviously it is anecdotal, and could have just been the joke spreading, but British and American media made the same observation for a long time.
*They buggered each other, because nobody would be crude enough to suggest sex, and especially not love! These boys were the future of the British Empire don’t you know! Stiff upper lip and all that.
I don’t know, there’s generations of anecdotal experience from private schools. Even when I was a kid 30+ years ago it was a common thing to hear, that rich schoolboys buggered the younger boys*, who then took their turn when they were older. It was a common joke in media from the 60s and 70s, which would suggest that it was happening in at least the 30s and 40s.
Obviously it is anecdotal, and could have just been the joke spreading, but British and American media made the same observation for a long time.
*They buggered each other, because nobody would be crude enough to suggest sex, and especially not love! These boys were the future of the British Empire don’t you know! Stiff upper lip and all that.