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Did it? Some cultures surely put meaning into it but did all of them?
by Jcowell 5y ago
Did it? Some cultures surely put meaning into it but did all of them?
- replygirl 5y agoi think we're just talking about western culture, more specifically american culture, which was founded on and has spent most of its history confronting anglican and protestant values
- zozbot234 5y agoIt's not just "some" cultures, either. Long-term affectionate bonds, along the lines of marriage for people of different genders, or other forms of quasi-affinal kinship (e.g. sworn brotherhood, compadrazgo etc.) for same-gender pairings are effectively a human universal. Sexual orientation doesn't even enter into this all that much, the ubiquity goes beyond that.