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THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
Many scholars today suggt that while all matters of sex were treated as somewhat taboo, tolerance of homosexualy seemed such a foreign ncept that no rerds show the practice as forbidn. This may dite a certa negative sentiment about gay inty. But many stori show that while Seth uld be lled a villao figure, his homosexualy was not what ma him so.
In one tale documented well Richard Parkson's Homosexual Dire and Middle Kgdom Lerature, Hos is eher raped or sced to a sexual enunter. Intertgly, the tale shows that ancient Egyptian culture didn't look down on homosexualy -- somethg heroic Hos engaged himself -- so much as held beg subjugated low teem. NephthysWhile there are fewer tal Egyptian history and mythology about female than male homosexualy, many nsired the godss Nephthys to be a lbian.
Scholars have bated whether the stori of Nephthys, who did bear one son by Osiris, show that the culture held lbians greater teem than gay men, bee they uld still be fertile spe their sexual orientatn. The mother godss and a protector of children, she also red for society's downtrodn, which may be why gay prits ancient Egypt worshipped the y. Acrdg to Richard Parkson's Homosexual Dire and Middle Kgdom Lerature, the y was portrayed to suggt both male and female reproductive power, a topic that has ced bate among male god wily associated wh fertily was Wadj-Wer, a y picted at a pyramid se Abir.