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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
True, with the proviso that it didn't interfere with a man's (or woman's) duty to marry, raise children, and carry on the family line. And in some cultures (like the Hellenic and Roman cultures, and in the medieval Arab world) it was considered okay to play around when you were a young man, and maybe take the dominant sexual role as an adult, but shameful and very low to be the one on the, uh, receiving end.
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The term homosexual didn't even gain prominence until the late 19th century in America.