a-swarm-of-crabs: misanthropemom: petermorwood:rainnecassidy:thehumon:The past is rarely as we
a-swarm-of-crabs: misanthropemom: petermorwood: rainnecassidy: thehumon: The past is rarely as we imagine it. As a medieval scholar I can confirm this us 100% accurate and 1000% adorable “Back in the day” frequently doesn’t mean what the people who say “back in the day” would like it to mean… That last one. Iirc, sodomy didn’t specifically mean homosexual activity until the 19th century, when it became a specific illegal practice with a specific definition. Before that it just meant sexual deviant, and before that it just meant general sin and debauchery -- source link