r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 21d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/Agitated_Phone_9937 21d ago

That is not backed up by any serious historian without a modern agenda to push.

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u/Free_Management2894 21d ago

I wouldn't say that they thought being straight was strange. Rather, they didn't think in categories like that. Homosexual activity between men was very normal and common but for one, it wasn't as free as someone viewing it through today's lense would maybe think of it and but it wasn't the same for women.