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if homosexuality were a disease or related to genes, then you would have homosexuals in every place and time. however this is not the case. in most times and places, homosexuality is a rare case it at all it exists. only when the West gave freedom to homosexuality and started educating ppl that it was normal, that it has started to increase.
Er, what? It very much was and is the case, everywhere from ancient China and Greece to modern day Iran (whatever the leadership there might like to pretend).
Actually, attitudes to homosexuality have changed very little from ancient times. Homosexuality was a capital offence within the Roman army, for example, (for much the same reasons given in regard to ban in the US armed forces until recently), but had widespread acceptance outside it including widespread homosexual rape of the vanquished. Attitudes also varied from place to place and culture to culture even across fairly small geographic areas, as today; homosexuality was forbidden in Sparta yet the Theban Sacred Band (who were just as kick-ass as the Spartans) was comprised of pairs of male lovers. One difference, though, was the absence of the 'effeminate' stereotype perpetuated today - there were too many gay and bi 'role-models' likely to stick a spear through your gut without a moments hesitation if you offended them. Alexander the Great springs to mind.
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