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Gay Marriage Among Pirates

Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:51 pm
Posted by DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:51 pm
Who knew

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Sailors at sea have always been prone to what sociologists call “situational homosexuality.” All-male crews, at sea for weeks or months, cut off from the rest of humanity, turned to each other for sexual release. Pirates, most specifically the pirates active in the Caribbean beginning in the 1600’s, had formalized unions between consenting adult men.

The term used for this was matelotage a French word with the meaning of “seamanship” stemming from the word matelot which meant “seaman” or “sailor.” The French government showed concern for their sailors turning to a homosexual lifestyle, so much so that in 1645 the French governor of Tortuga requested hundreds of prostitutes be shipped to the New World to lure the sailors out of each other’s arms.

Posted by jimbeam
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:52 pm to
Navy jokes inbound
Posted by Mason Dixon Swine
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:52 pm to
Aggy board
Posted by yellowfin
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:52 pm to
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The term used for this was matelotage a French word with the meaning of “seamanship” stemming from the word matelot which meant “seaman” or “sailor.”


AKA Butt Pirates
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:53 pm to
Terd Ferguson can tell you about it when he was in the submarines in the navy. What goes on underwater stays underwater
Posted by Tigerbait357
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:55 pm to
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
Nocatee, FL.
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:56 pm to
I definitely know I ain't gay then.
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:59 pm to
Not Gay
Posted by Ripley
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 10:59 pm to

So this is probably where the phrase "polishing each other's swords" comes from.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:00 pm to



Posted by arcalades
USA
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:06 pm to
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your gay
I hope the boob was distracting this person from correct word usage
Posted by Ted2010
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:08 pm to
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requested hundreds of prostitutes be shipped to the New World to lure the sailors out of each other’s arms. 



Hence the term "yo ho ho."
Posted by ctiger69
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:09 pm to
Yay mental illness.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:09 pm to
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seaman


Heh heh....heh heh...
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:13 pm to
In the British Navy, there was a huge difference between private homosexuality on land and sex at sea. Sex at sea could be a death sentence .

Also, somewhat related and I may have a post that goes in more depth into this in the future, but for as reputedly homosexual the Greeks were, anal sex was a huge huge huge no no with males or females.... unless they were a slave.
Posted by Rouge
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:14 pm to
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Who knew
Reddit knew
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:17 pm to
I'd rather fap the rest of my life than corn hole a dude.

I've gone months without sex before and never thought about fricking one of my buddies.

They were gay or bi already.
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 11:32 pm to
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Also, somewhat related and I may have a post that goes in more depth into this in the future, but for as reputedly homosexual the Greeks were, anal sex was a huge huge huge no no with males or females.... unless they were a slave.


Wait...so what did they do if not buggery?
Posted by Eightballjacket
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Posted on 2/24/19 at 12:01 am to
Anyone who volunteered to ram the cannon was considered suspect.
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
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Posted on 2/24/19 at 12:07 am to
Man, I'd bet those were some fricking nasty bastards...throw in some anus and tapping you really have a funky smelling situation.
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