Why did homosexuality have rules and why was it age structured? In…

Question Answered step-by-step Why did homosexuality have rules and why was it age structured? In… Why did homosexuality have rules and why was it age structured? In our readings, Ezra said that males were meant “to do” and females were meant “to be done.” This reminds me of the idea that women are hollow and imperfectly made males.Homosexuality was seen as a threat to the purity of the land. Male citizens of the upper class were not allowed to be penetrated, but freeborn or lower class were allowed to be penetrated. The insertive partner would be punished but not the man who was penetrated. If homosexuality was looked down upon, then why was only one in the act punished?If a man played the receptive role, then there was a blurring of boundaries since men were seen as superior and women were “meant” to be penetrated, making them lower and submissive. It was interesting to me that homosexuality was age-structured. It was common that an older male would penetrate a younger male. Why was that not seen as wrong or taking advantage of the younger male? Or was it?   Arts & Humanities Religious Studies RELG 319 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)