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My Reaction: It is doubtful the extent to which western culture can be said to be accountable for the growth of homosexuality in modern Africa. There likely would be homosexuals with or without western cultural influence. I think the issue is the extent to which it would have constituted a public matter of academic or scholarly interest in an African setting. |
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My Reaction: I think the
male-dominated world-view of African societies might be a more acceptable
source of contempt for homosexuals in an African setting. It would just look
abnormal or insane to say that one intends/wants to have sex with a man in
traditional African society. The question would be "what will you do with all
the women out there”? This does not mean that it might not happen/does not
happen but that why it is abhorred is that women are considered good enough for
sexual needs and satisfaction. The rather hidden issue which our scholar fails
to point out is the homosexuals are associated with people with occult tendencies
and are said to be carried out by people in cults and that the Yoruba world
which the author is studying was noted for occult practices. Again this does
not mean that homosexuals like occults are accepted in the public domain but
that it explains the contempt with it. --- On Thu, 5/12/11, Tracy Flemming <cafene...@gmail.com> wrote: |
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unless, i am really wrong and yoruba can't distinguish men from women.
ken
>> the women out there�? This does not mean that it might not happen/does not
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kenneth w. harrow
distinguished professor of english
michigan state university
department of english
east lansing, mi 48824-1036
ph. 517 803 8839
har...@msu.edu
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