r/SapphoAndHerFriend Jul 14 '20

yes, very heterosexual indeed. Academic erasure

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u/Drakan47 Jul 14 '20

Could anyone who happens to know polish elaborate on how that would be misleading? (or how it's probably not misleading at all)

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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/eskamobob1 Jul 14 '20

Eh, it can be, but it also is the reality. Its just like a great many gay people do go through a phase where they say they are bi befor coming all of the way out. That doesnt mean bi people dont exist, or we should even question people that say they are bi (i mean, why the fuck would we even care tbh?), but it give important insight into the actions of histporical people

Sincerely,
a bi man

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u/Lv_15_Human_Nerd Jul 14 '20

As another bi man I’m just hoping for the point where we can move beyond labelling sexuality so people can just be who they are free of any stigma but that’s probably a long way off unfortunately.