The past is rarely as we imagine it.
As a medieval scholar I can confirm this us 100% accurate and 1000% adorable
More information about Medieval European sexuality can be found in Karras’ thesis, Berkowitz, and Boswell. This link has a collection of works about non-heteronormality in Medieval Europe.
It’s always important to remember that current sexual politics have not gone through a straight line of evolution from point A to point B. Even within the limited confines of Europe alone, sexual politics have never meant one thing to all living society. And that’s not even getting into the rest of the world and how they evolved, and how all that affects life today.
And just fyi; this comic, while cute and extensive, has a lot of holes and misinformation
like most of Humon’s work on sexuality. A man who masturbates to the thought of a woman can very well be gay. Sex between two women can involve penises. Asexuality isn’t defined by ‘people who don’t want to have sex’, and a chaste marriage doesn’t automatically equate to an asexual relationship. Sexual orientations and identities are defined by sexual feelings, not libido or drive. Being aroused by explicit imagery is different from actually being attracted to a specific someone.– Fae
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