Some scholars argue that the term "homosexuality" is problematic when applied to ancient cultures since, for example, neither Greeks or Romans possessed any one word covering the same semantic range as the modern concept of "homosexuality". Furthermore , there were diverse sexual practices that varied in acceptance depending on time and place. In ancient Greece, the pattern of adolescent boys bonding with older males in sexual fashions did not constitute "homosexuality" since such relations were seen as phases in life, not permanent orientations, since later on they commonly marry females and reproduce. Other scholars argue that there are significant continuities between ancient and modern homosexuality. The author has made adapted and expanded portions of this book available online as A Critique of Social Constructionism and Postmodern Queer Theory. Many historical figures, including Socrates, Lord Byron, Edward II, and Hadrian,Roman Homosexuality By Craig Arthur Williams, p.60 have had terms such as gay or bisexual applied to them. Some scholars , such as Michel Foucault, have regarded this as risking the anachronistic introduction of a contemporary construction of sexuality  foreign to their times , though other scholars challenge this .
Some scholars argue that the term "homosexuality" is problematic when applied to ancient cultures since, for example, neither Greeks or Romans possessed any one word covering the same semantic range as the modern concept of "homosexuality". Nor did there exist a distinction of lifestyle or differentiation of psychological or behavioral profiles in the ancient world. However , there were diverse sexual practices that varied in acceptance depending on time and place. In ancient Greece, the pattern of adolescent boys bonding with older males in sexual fashions did not constitute "homosexuality" since such relations were seen as phases in life, not permanent orientations, since later on they commonly marry females and reproduce. Other scholars argue that there are significant continuities between ancient and modern homosexuality. The author has made adapted and expanded portions of this book available online as A Critique of Social Constructionism and Postmodern Queer Theory. Many historical figures, including Socrates, Lord Byron, Edward II, and Hadrian,Roman Homosexuality By Craig Arthur Williams, p.60 have had terms such as gay or bisexual applied to them. Some scholars have regarded uses of such modern terms on people for the past as an anachronistic introduction of a contemporary construction of sexuality that would have been foreign to their times . Other scholars see continuity instead .
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