Eric Raymond has a good discussion here of just how culturally contingent models of homosexuality are.
“Models” of heterosexuality are also culturally contingent.
The essay is interesting but not altogether convincing. Socrates would not recognize pederasty as a category distinct from romantic homosexuality, as the author does.
Socrates would not recognize pederasty as a category distinct from romantic homosexuality, as the author does.
Not in the sense that Eric uses the term. In particular, he wouldn’t consider consensual homosexual relations between people of comparable ages in any way normal.
“Models” of heterosexuality are also culturally contingent.
The essay is interesting but not altogether convincing. Socrates would not recognize pederasty as a category distinct from romantic homosexuality, as the author does.
Not in the sense that Eric uses the term. In particular, he wouldn’t consider consensual homosexual relations between people of comparable ages in any way normal.
Your wording was ambiguous.