07-01-2009, 07:00 PM
Of course homosexuality existed in ancient India as it existed in every other human culture & exists today, what kind of dumb question is that.
The rest is the usual Freudian like fluff about "repression" bla bla bla.
Most traditional cultures tolerated homosexuality but they did not accept it as being on par with heterosexuality or encourage it which makes sense considering the survival of the species depended on heterosexuality before invitro fertilization. Even the Greeks who are all made out to be enthusiastic homosexuals by motivated gay activists had people opposing it. In "The Laws" Plato says that homosexuality is "para phusin" or "against Nature", just one example.
The rest is the usual Freudian like fluff about "repression" bla bla bla.
Most traditional cultures tolerated homosexuality but they did not accept it as being on par with heterosexuality or encourage it which makes sense considering the survival of the species depended on heterosexuality before invitro fertilization. Even the Greeks who are all made out to be enthusiastic homosexuals by motivated gay activists had people opposing it. In "The Laws" Plato says that homosexuality is "para phusin" or "against Nature", just one example.