HST 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: New Haven Colony, The Adventures Of Roderick Random, Zoophilia
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Lecture 3 - male deviance in colonial america. Male sexual privilege evident in other sexual crimes. 18th century: term sodomites came into play to describe gay men; recognizes sexual identity is a real thing (even if it upsets the heterosexual order) Bestiality and sodomy are placed in the same legal category when writing laws. Both acts are punishable by death, and requires the animal to be killed in the case of bestiality. Labels them as violations of the natural order. Really only prosecuted when there"s evidence of non-consensual sex and penetration. Evidence: a pig was born with one eye, george spencer had one eye, so they thought he had gotten the pig pregnant. There were witnesses; this guy is always running around with his member out - his pants were ripped.
