Ahem.

John Sedgwick, Union Army general was warned by his men to keep his head down while surveying Confederate lines in 1864.

His reply, literally was, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--"

War of 1812, Battle of Queenston Heights, US forces were planning a major assault and they wanted to be organized, so each type of supply was put in a boat of its own. Unfortunately, the boat with all the oars left first and nobody else could cross.

Stupidity is not generation-specific.

Though I do agree it seems to be getting worse.

You might want to read it more carefully:

"Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick identifies a continuum between homosociality and homosexuality, going as far as correlating feminism and lesbian desire: 'it is precisely this broad spectrum of women's homosocial loyalties that Adrienne Rich has referred to and celebrated as the "lesbian continuum"

and the connection from the other article:

7th century BC as an aspect of Greek homosocial culture,[5] which was characterized also by athletic and artistic nudity, delayed marriage for aristocrats, symposia, and the social seclusion of women.[6] The influence of pederasty was so pervasive that it has been called "the principal cultural model for free relationships between citizens."[7]"

There is a casaul relationship between the two, and the normalization of these kinds of behaviors led to the pederast society documented in greece





>> ^luxury_pie:
>> ^shinyblurry:
You don't think there is any connection? It's a historically proven fact:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosociality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece
>> ^luxury_pie:
Way to go comparing apples with pedophiles @shinyblurry.
@quantumushroom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech
not only the canucks, my dear troll.
>> ^quantumushroom:
But wait! Asian kids are bullied far more than gay kids.
When will this trendy save-gays-from-bullying business fall out of favor with the left for a new cause?
Wouldn't it be so much easier if America just banned free speech like the canucks did?
It would be easier than getting rid of government schools.



"In Classical times there appears a note of concern that the institution of pederasty might give rise to a "morbid condition", adult homosexuality, that today's eromenos may become tomorrow's kinaidos, defined as the passive or "penetrated" partner."
Are you referring to this? Would you mind reading BOTH of these articles about the topic?
Would you please mind explaning where - by the power of the everlasting dragon hunting, snake exploding jeesus - you think there is any FACT of the correlation you were implying?
Let me help you with the reading part: "Homosociality, by definition, implies neither heterosexuality nor homosexuality."
Please help me with this?

I mean no offense, but I do think this is kind of over-reaching.

This is almost saying that until the 1990s and the purported age of the 'super model' women did not use their sexual allures to their own advantage.

I think that the 'super model' preceded the 1990s by at least three decades that I can think of--Twiggy in the 1960s and to a lesser extent Edie Sedgwick, who was basically blackballed from the business due to her wild lifestyle.

And, as was noted above, this is fantasy, and we can push the envelope of fantasy much farther now than we could back in the 1950s, so a lot of this is an example of cultural evolution rather than newfound methods of exploitation.

I mean...say that the women weren't dressed sexily, then someone could make the argument that they're being unfairly suppressed and not allowed to express themselves to their full extent due to an oppressive, misogynistic culture.

Thanks for the promote!

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*promote

Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (April 20, 1943 – November 15, 1971) was an American actress, socialite, debutante and heiress who starred in many of Andy Warhol's short films in the 1960s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edie_Sedgwick