I’m simply saying homosexuality wasn’t much of an issue in much of Africa until missionaries kept pounding the idea. Obviously not having spent time there, I can’t know.
Not as much of an issue certainly but no historical society outside of perhaps hunter gatherer groups were particularly accepting of LGBT. At best they were considered a bit weird but not worthy of direct oppression. At worst they were directly oppressed. Pretty much every society upon reaching feudal relations directly oppressed LGBT people. Europe was worse because ownship was largely petit bourgeois production and an owner needs to pass on their property for society’s sake. Everyone from nobility to a blacksmith needed a legitimate heir or issues happen. Imagine the town’s only blacksmith is gay and then they die. Suddenly the necessary functions of a blacksmith are gone, this is a terrible situation. Especially because in that era trades were largely very secretive so you can’t easily train a new one, you need to find a journeymen traveling across the country to get a new smith.
Basically, the higher the concentration of ownership of property is (the more people disconnected from the Means of Production) the lower the pressure is on the average person to pass on property as less people own it. This creates more relaxeed LGBT view as any given individual doesn’t really need to pass on property. They only have personal possessions but nothing socially necessary to pass.
African societies often had more collective and central ownership so LGBT people were generally treated better however it was still viewed as negative and outside the norm.
I’m simply saying homosexuality wasn’t much of an issue in much of Africa until missionaries kept pounding the idea. Obviously not having spent time there, I can’t know.
Not as much of an issue certainly but no historical society outside of perhaps hunter gatherer groups were particularly accepting of LGBT. At best they were considered a bit weird but not worthy of direct oppression. At worst they were directly oppressed. Pretty much every society upon reaching feudal relations directly oppressed LGBT people. Europe was worse because ownship was largely petit bourgeois production and an owner needs to pass on their property for society’s sake. Everyone from nobility to a blacksmith needed a legitimate heir or issues happen. Imagine the town’s only blacksmith is gay and then they die. Suddenly the necessary functions of a blacksmith are gone, this is a terrible situation. Especially because in that era trades were largely very secretive so you can’t easily train a new one, you need to find a journeymen traveling across the country to get a new smith.
Basically, the higher the concentration of ownership of property is (the more people disconnected from the Means of Production) the lower the pressure is on the average person to pass on property as less people own it. This creates more relaxeed LGBT view as any given individual doesn’t really need to pass on property. They only have personal possessions but nothing socially necessary to pass.
African societies often had more collective and central ownership so LGBT people were generally treated better however it was still viewed as negative and outside the norm.