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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon
So you're saying sexual preference used to be a do and now it's a be?
Do they suggest how or why this change came about?
It's interesting, because if you define it as something one does rather than something one is, then it might be easier to define it as sin.
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It really had a complex description; it quoted one southern gentleman as bemoaning his masturbatory tendencies polluting his love for his wife.
There wasn't a discussion of sexual preference. In fact, people until the latter half of the twentieth century didn't see it in those terms. I get the feeling that some people were more "bi", not exclusively "homo". Historically, bisexuality was a more common occurrence, and exclusively "homo" was rare. But I'm using improper terminology. The author is quite effective.