So I read this very interesting article y'day (http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653?GT1=43002) and essentially what it addressed was a Biblical defense of homosexuality. Now this won't be a response about that article but merely a thought that resulted from it. This article addressed something that I hadn't realized until now. There are no lesbians in the Bible. Now I checked myself just to be sure but yeah no mention of lesbians. Men yes, women no. And then I thought to myself y? Is "lesbianism" not as "offensive" as the "sodomy" mentioned in the Bible. I mean a whole town burned because of the "sodomy" going on. And then I realized maybe its because you can't have two powerful forces in a relationship. Allow me to expound. In the beginning God makes man from dust and breathes life into him and decides that he needs help so he creates all these animals but he decides he needs more help so he makes him a woman. How you ask? By creating her from man's rib and calling her woman b/c she came from him so that they could be man and wife. (Gen 2: 7-25 KJV) Now in the Bible as well as in other cultures it is understood that the man is the head of the household and the woman should bend to his will yadda, yadda, oppression and subjugation, which leads me to believe that homosexuality btwn 2 women isn't referenced in the Bible b/c as a woman the amount of influence and impact is less than that of a man's so essentially who would care if you fight over who does the laundry. BUT two men would mean too much power in one relationship and according to gender roles one would have to submit to the other. Which leads me to believe that the issue is more so related to who gets to call themselves the boss and the possible misrepresentation of a man's "role" in a relationship.
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Special, after reading your post you bring an interesting detail about the Bible that I think many people over look. Being the scholars that we are, I have to challenge your analysis and raise some additional questions of my own. The Bible states that "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination" Leviticus 18:22. Much of the old testament, uses the term "man". But understand when it refers to man, it is used to identify the population as a whole, both men and women. With that being said, I think homosexuality when, discussed in the bible, refers to both men and women. So, I think that lesbianism is referred to indirectly. What is also interesting about lesbianism and culture, is that in the U.S. people are generally more comfortable with lesbians then gay men. I think they are more concerned with the act of penetration then the love and commitment that goes into these relationships. What do you think?
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