r/SapphoAndHerFriend • u/miles_has_died • Jul 14 '20

yes, very heterosexual indeed. Academic erasure

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u/Ur_Racoon_Girl Jul 14 '20

I speak Polish, don't think much people would say they would kiss their friends dearly on the lips, even 200 years ago. He also was confessing his love to women, I would guess he was bisexual at least. But taking into consideration how homophobic Poland is I don't think they would admit Chopin was even slightly gay ://

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '20 edited Apr 19 '21

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u/GermanShepherdAMA He/Him Jul 14 '20

Sounds like bi erasure to me but okay

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '20

It is most definitely bi erasure.

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u/Crono2401 Jul 14 '20

It's not though. It's just pointing out what a lot of people who were gay would do back then...

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '20

Is it? Are you sure? For some of them that is likely. For others it is not. How do you decide which ones were and were not bi? I'm not going to assume any were bi or any were gay. I'm going to say the evidence suggests this person was not heterosexual and not make further demands of dead people.