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"There is LITERALLY nothing gay about it" (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[+] Fizz@lemmy.nz -64 points 9 months ago (5 children)

That's not true. Homosexuality has always considered bad and sexual relations with another man were considered gay.

A few years ago buzzfeed decided to give their perspectives on history and invented this false narrative that people in the past were more tolerant of gays.

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You could just do some basic fact checking yourself. There is an entire wiki entry on Homosexuality in ancient Rome. And Greece. And China

The conquest mentality and "cult of virility" shaped same-sex relations. Roman men were free to enjoy sex with other males without a perceived loss of masculinity or social status, as long as they took the dominant or penetrative role.

The ancient Greeks did not conceive of sexual orientation as a social identity as modern Western societies have done. Greek society did not distinguish sexual desire or behavior by the gender of the participants, but rather by the role that each participant played in the sex act, that of active penetrator or passive penetrated.

Opposition to homosexuality in China rose in the medieval Tang dynasty, but did not become fully established until the late Qing dynasty and the Chinese Republic.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I did dig into this and it turns out I was on the right track. A few Modern "historians" have been trying to revise history with some skechy interpretations of ancient literature thinking it meat that figures were gay or approving of gay relationships. While ignoring all the other literature and context.

If you dig into each of the examples in your link you'll find no evidence.

Ancient Greeks and Roman's hated gays and all throughout their literature they use gay as an insult. That thing about only the bottom being gay is also horseshit. If you lay at all with a man they considered you a homosexual.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

What's your opinion on the Sacred Band of Thebes?

Sorry, app glitched and replied to wrong comment.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 7 months ago

Thebes was a strong end to the sacred band saga. I thought it did a good job tying up the story ends. It turns out the real sacred band was the band of friends we made along the way.

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 9 months ago

i mean have you looked in classical history at all?

[–] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago

You sure are giving a lot of power to Buzzfeed, unless this is sarcasm.

Surely this is sarcasm, right?

[–] cashews_win@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Metatron fan who watched the LGBTQ+ video recently?

You should read the Reddit badhistory post about that video - it debunks a lot of what he said and points out all his omissions.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

Holy shit. If you're a troll, top marks. I legit laughed out loud.