https://bit.ly/34tXaP8
https://bit.ly/3GHQBp8
https://bit.ly/3BbTsp3
https://bit.ly/3uziBJ5
https://bit.ly/3oCmkBR
https://bit.ly/3BbgkFa
https://bit.ly/3gB8ify
https://bit.ly/3uD8xis
https://bit.ly/3gzHSL9
https://bit.ly/34lYwvr
https://bit.ly/3LlVTdl
So there's that.
To sum up, calling someone a lesbian was originally meant to intimate their behavior was like those from the Isle of Lesbos; lewd, forward, and possibly homosexual or bisexual. Unfortunately the distinction between the subtle reference and the thing it was hinting at was eventually wiped out entirely.
The Aegean Sea
Credit: Wikimedia Commons image
Where Are We Now?
Nowadays almost no one remembers the Greek poet, or a little island in the Aegean Sea. It also seems that a lot of people forget homosexuality is older than Christianity, and it might be as old as the human race. Mostly people just know "the L word" means that a girl is never going to like boys.
While accurate, it's sort of missing Lesbos for all the trees.
Amy
A readers' forum post by Amy on Thu, 09/06/2005 - 20:14 | reply to this comment
A readers' forum post by Blue Rose on Mon, 04/07/2005 - 23:58 | reply to this comment
My husband and I have been happily married for 23 years, and I did not take his surname, nor did he take mine. Our three children bear both names, joined by a hyphen.
At first my husband did not like the idea that I did not take his name, but we're still together after 23 years, and for 5 years now (after I "came out" to him as a submissive), we have had a much better relationship, closer than it was before (if that is possible!)