Homosexuality Among Nobility in Revolutionary France?

[Ceres]

Anyone know anything at all about this topic? How accepted it was? If it was more acceptable for men than woman or vice versa. If homosexuals were out of the closet? Any book suggestions that might enlighten me would be GREAT. I give Karma for information :lol:

[Ben Gruagach]

You might find some titles and authors in this bibliography (http://www.uwm.edu/~jmerrick/).

Good luck in your research!

[Ceres]

I started hunting around and found some interesting stuff: Among the nobility, it was acceptable so long as the men didnt flaunt their lovers. Among the bourgeoise and peasant class, it was considered a sick thing to desire those of your own sex and they were reviled. There wasnt much said of lesbians in any class. Among all classes, it was thought of as a sexual thing and not much was said about romantic relationships with the same sex.

The term homosexual was starting to be used around 1810, but more common was the word inversion to describe homosexual behavior.

Sexuality in general was thought to be a medical matter and doctor's advice was very common, though how much of it was taken no one knows. It was thought that pregnancy was a relief for women from their sexual appetite and without that break, they were doomed to (horrors of horrors) nymphomania.