01-15-2010, 11:33 AM
in 'homosexual', 'homo' is latin for 'same'... but the word 'homo' is also latin for 'human' -- but, even this homo is not 'male' per se, but comes from the concept 'out of the earth' -- 'humus' --
this word 'homosexual' is probably a modern word created by a psychologist. there was no such distinction made in early times -- you did sexual things, but you weren't patterned out as some unique thing. like, in rome, julius cesar was called 'both husband and wife', because of how he got it on, but not 'gay'. 'gay' didn't exist as a concept, in the way we use it.
this word 'homosexual' is probably a modern word created by a psychologist. there was no such distinction made in early times -- you did sexual things, but you weren't patterned out as some unique thing. like, in rome, julius cesar was called 'both husband and wife', because of how he got it on, but not 'gay'. 'gay' didn't exist as a concept, in the way we use it.
(01-15-2010, 11:14 AM)billy Wrote: first off, keep to the topic and no name calling.
scrufuss posting Homo sapian in another thread made me think;
i can understand homosexual being a male who goes for males.
home being man
but why are lesbians called homo sexual.
serious answers only.