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Historically, homosexual penetration of another man was arguably the ultimate act of domination. | Historically, homosexual penetration of another man was arguably the ultimate act of domination. | ||
It is, for example used to emasculate rivals in prison (in addition to satisfaction of sexual frustration).<ref>Hensley, Christopher; Tewksbury, Richard (2002). "Inmate-to-Inmate Prison Sexuality : A Review of Empirical Studies". Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 3 (3): 226–243. doi:10.1177/15248380020033005</ref> Honor-shame cultures also frequently employ sodomy for this purpose, as is e.g. reported in the Christian Bible (Genesis 19).<ref>http://honorshame.com/inhospitality-as-sodomy/</ref> A more concrete historical example would be the gang rape of Lawrence of Arabia by his Ottoman Turkish captors during the First World War.<ref>https://spartacus-educational.com/IRQlawrence.htm</ref> Rape of male prisoners of war was common in the wars that eventuated from the break-up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s (particularly in the Bosnian Civil War), with survivors being shunned in their communities due to strong stigma against receptive homosexuality.<ref>https://balkaninsight.com/2017/05/18/male-victims-of-war-related-sexual-abuse-shunned-in-bosnia-05-18-2017-1/</ref> | It is, for example used to emasculate rivals in prison (in addition to satisfaction of sexual frustration).<ref>Hensley, Christopher; Tewksbury, Richard (2002). "Inmate-to-Inmate Prison Sexuality : A Review of Empirical Studies". Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 3 (3): 226–243. doi:10.1177/15248380020033005</ref> Honor-shame cultures also frequently employ sodomy for this purpose, as is e.g. reported in the Christian Bible (Genesis 19).<ref>http://honorshame.com/inhospitality-as-sodomy/</ref> A more concrete historical example would be the gang rape of Lawrence of Arabia by his Ottoman Turkish captors during the First World War.<ref>https://spartacus-educational.com/IRQlawrence.htm</ref> Rape of male prisoners of war was common in the wars that eventuated from the break-up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s (particularly in the Bosnian Civil War), with survivors being shunned in their communities due to strong stigma against receptive homosexuality.<ref>https://balkaninsight.com/2017/05/18/male-victims-of-war-related-sexual-abuse-shunned-in-bosnia-05-18-2017-1/</ref> The active-passive contrast in homosexuality was also prevalent in medieval Scandinavia and contemporary Latin America.<ref>http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/images/Active.pdf</ref> Pederasty, which is also an instance of homosexual power differentials, has flourished in many lower cultures, e.g. Indians of Noah America,<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/berdache</ref> but also in a number of high cultures, including ancient Greece, medieval Islam, Japan, and Korea.<ref>http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/images/Pederasty.pdf</ref> | ||
There are reports of other middle-eastern cultures, such as war torn post-Gaddafi Libya, making common use of homosexual penetration or the penetration of subjugated men with objects as a means of diminishing the man's social status and will to resist his bondage.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/03/revealed-male-used-systematically-in-libya-as-instrument-of-war</ref> Colonel Gaddafi himself was sodomized with a bayonet before being executed.<ref>https://www.pri.org/stories/2011-10-24/gaddafi-sodomized-video-shows-abuse-frame-frame-graphic</ref> | There are reports of other middle-eastern cultures, such as war torn post-Gaddafi Libya, making common use of homosexual penetration or the penetration of subjugated men with objects as a means of diminishing the man's social status and will to resist his bondage.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/03/revealed-male-used-systematically-in-libya-as-instrument-of-war</ref> Colonel Gaddafi himself was sodomized with a bayonet before being executed.<ref>https://www.pri.org/stories/2011-10-24/gaddafi-sodomized-video-shows-abuse-frame-frame-graphic</ref> | ||