Interesting take. Consider how men's relationships were in the ancient and medieval period. They were brought up together, trained together, and many went on to live in the same households. When they were in the field, so to speak, often for extended periods of time, without the benefit of females, one can't help but think that some form of intimacy didn't happen. The nobility married to increase wealth, lands, or for political benefit more than they did for love. People rarely had a private bedroom as we do.
Could a man be openly bisexual? Would it have been tolerated? The rumors about King Richard the Lion-Hearted came about in modern times from interpretation of medieval writing. But who are we to say what a priest's words meant? Richard supposedly slept with maidens and married women. A bastard son is mentioned although not officially credited to him. Possibly. Might he have been bisexual?
Laurel Hamilton's Anita Blake novels has taken the MMF relationship public. Men have been oogling the FF in the form of porn since early time. The mm or mmf books aren't any different and it's no surprise in my mind that such books have become popular with women.
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Date: 2013-07-18 06:18 pm (UTC)Could a man be openly bisexual? Would it have been tolerated? The rumors about King Richard the Lion-Hearted came about in modern times from interpretation of medieval writing. But who are we to say what a priest's words meant? Richard supposedly slept with maidens and married women. A bastard son is mentioned although not officially credited to him. Possibly. Might he have been bisexual?
Laurel Hamilton's Anita Blake novels has taken the MMF relationship public. Men have been oogling the FF in the form of porn since early time. The mm or mmf books aren't any different and it's no surprise in my mind that such books have become popular with women.