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To: blam

And finally, to address this nonsense about Sappho creating "lesbianism" and whatnot, it's based on the fact that she was the teacher or mistress of a group of young women, in much the same way as Socrates was the teacher and master of a group of young men. This does not necessarily mean she engaged in sexual relationships with women (and in fact she was married). Nonetheless, this idea has been propigated for several centuries now-hence the origin of the word "lesbian".


23 posted on 06/25/2005 8:14:30 PM PDT by marsh_of_mists
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She ran a school to teach young women how to become good wives.


67 posted on 11/17/2005 2:15:29 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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