Chickenhawk

[J Cullen]

"Chicken hawks," also was used to refer, by the way, to Army 
helicopter pilots in Vietnam. A chopper pilot's memoir with that 
title was pretty vivid, as I recall.


>On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, mike larkin wrote:
>
>>  I lead a sheltered life here in Connecticut, and i was surprised when
>>  someone just told me the term "chicken hawks" originally referred to
>>  older men who prey sexually on young boys.  Is this true?
>
>As far as I know.  It seems to apply especially to older men who prey on
>very poor teenage boys living on the edge, and offering them money if
>they'll go down on them when they're clearly desparate for cash.
>
>Michael