Posted on 04/09/2011 5:03:49 PM PDT by Renfield
Because he died with a few jugs makes him gay?
My Great Grandpappy living in the Arkansas Ozarks was often seen with nothing but a jug in hand. Didn’t make him gay. Happy maybe . As long as the revenuers stayed away.
His head was pointed east instead of west.
THEREFORE
He must have had sex with other men.
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Was he a happy caveman or was he a homosexual caveman?
LOL!
Is that hole for gerbils, or for porkulous?
He also had the tools of the prehistoric florist at hand and carbonized remnants of neolithic corsages.
A) Possibly true
B) Possibly a bad joke on the most hated man, or an ousted usurper, in the tribe
C) Possibly a disabled man, unable to take part in ‘manly’ pursuits, so was buried, not as a statement of his sexual role, but in honor of the working role he fulfilled
D) Possibly he was a terrible lover, so the women demanded he be buried that way to ridcule his lack of sexual prowess
If I wanted to spend the time, I could come up with other, plausible, scenarios.
Thank God I discovered just how political, and politically correct, Anthro (even way back then...even worse, now) was/is while I was still Lower Division, and still had plenty of time to switch majors to something more objective.
I like the scenario in post #15.
As a living historian I often hear people say “oh, I would never have done that.” I point out to them that they are judging people of the past by their 21st century standards and biases.
You see this all the time in womens and queer studies, also in archeology and anthropology. They make up the story to fit their preconceived ideas.
How do they know this skeleton was a ‘man’?
Queer Eye for the Cave Guy?
Nice application of the scientific method there, I gotta say.
The only theory that can be put forth based on the available evidence as given is that the subject was effeminate. No weight can be given to any hypothesis that he was gay without more evidence.
Where do they dig up these so-called 'scientists'? ...pardon the punnery.
It’s a terrible problem when you’re the only one.
It certainly adds a new horror to seal hunting.
And to whale flensing.
“You see this all the time in womens and queer studies, also in archeology and anthropology. They make up the story to fit their preconceived ideas”
E X A C T L Y.
LOL. It’s insane when you think about it. These people would laugh them to scorn for their “queer first” mentality.
I thought the same thing.
It was probably an insult to him to bury him that way, but people will see what they want to see. If they are looking for anything to support homosexuality, they will find it.
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