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(08-09-2013, 09:51 PM)Ildur Wrote: I don't want to get into a historical discussion, but homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome wasn't as wide as many people seem to think. I blame wikipedia for the misinformation, though the fact that the greek word for 'lover' and 'friend' were the same probably complicates the interpretations.
I have no idea of how widely accepted it was on Japan, though.
Really? Even in Platos, "The Symposium", he writes about homosexuality. They go on to describe it as more natural and more manly than actually being with a woman. I am paraphrasing here, but he wrote something like "what is more masculine then wanting to be with someone who is masculine as well". I probably butchered the hell out of it, but its pretty much the same thing. Though I know they were talking a lot about boy/old man relationship. Even the men in the play are all attracted to Socrates and Alcibiades is literally head over heels for him and spends the entire time trying to get in his pants.