Posted by Tiggy. on October 30, 1999 at 18:45:52:
In Reply to: depends on the homosexuality posted by Cory on October 30, 1999 at 17:43:23:
Bear in mind that 'Public Schools' in England means the posh private usually boarding schools.
Male homosexuality used to be rife in those. I know someone who said he doubts if he would have become homosexual if he hadn't been lonely at his boarding school.
Quentin Crisp said that the mostly the ones who were engaging in homosexual acts at his boarding school, were heterosexual, and that the homosexual boys were too romantic to do much!
It's well known that when a lack of females occurs among groups of animals, they will quite often turn to having sex with those of the same gender - though some of this evidence comes from observing animals in already unnatural conditions such as science labs. or zoos, which I guess are the animal equivalent to prisons. However it is known to happen in the wild too.
Ancient cultures used to use homosexual rape as a way of humiliating the enemy, after they had won a battle. The Ancient Greeks drew a sharp distinction between active and passive homosexuality - there's double standards for you!