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Old 03-14-2010, 01:09 PM
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Incorrect ... homosexuality was seen as superior to heterosexuality and not as equal ... basically male homosexuality was the best , heterosexuality second best and female homosexuality the third one in place
This is bit of an overbroad statement, too. At least in classical Greek culture, sexual relations between adult males was often considered inferior. It's true that some male-male relationships were considered superior to male-female merely because males were considered superior to females. But in general, it was the older male-younger male relationship that was approved of, and not always even then.

A major problem arises in using a modern social constructs like "homosexuality" or "heterosexuality" and applying them to cultures that recognized quite different constructs.
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