07-17-2008, 11:02 AM
Just for some comparative anthropology
I recall Marvin Harris had an study on how some societies had both a wider range of rights to women and a hgher degree of tolerance to homosexual relations. The explaination was that in those societies men and women had to live apart for long periods, and the examples, besides the tribes of Papua and the like, were Berbers (seminomadic shepherds, the women remain at home labouring the fields) Vikings and Spartans. There was also a mention ot Sarmathas. I also remember a peculiar institution to modern Galicia (NW Spain) until about 30 years ago, Men in some coastal villages spent long periods fishing in Ireland and Greenland, so Women at home were allowed (I mean socially aproved) to have a "love" relation with a young girl, usually in the domestic service. This relation had an especial name long forgotten by me.
In essence, what I am saying is that those homosexual relations were the social response to especial circunstances, far away from modern homosexuality.
I recall Marvin Harris had an study on how some societies had both a wider range of rights to women and a hgher degree of tolerance to homosexual relations. The explaination was that in those societies men and women had to live apart for long periods, and the examples, besides the tribes of Papua and the like, were Berbers (seminomadic shepherds, the women remain at home labouring the fields) Vikings and Spartans. There was also a mention ot Sarmathas. I also remember a peculiar institution to modern Galicia (NW Spain) until about 30 years ago, Men in some coastal villages spent long periods fishing in Ireland and Greenland, so Women at home were allowed (I mean socially aproved) to have a "love" relation with a young girl, usually in the domestic service. This relation had an especial name long forgotten by me.
In essence, what I am saying is that those homosexual relations were the social response to especial circunstances, far away from modern homosexuality.
AKA Inaki
