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Today I learned about the "village homosexual" in Tahitian culture who is always available when there are no women. (lemmy.ml)

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@todayilearned Today I learned about the "village homosexual" in Tahitian culture who is always available when there are no women.

Screenshot is from David Gilmore's* "Manhood in the Making".

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* No, not that David Gilmore.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago

The rest of the paragraph quoted is "They are esteemd Valuable friends in that way and it is said, tho I never saw an instance of it, that they Converse with Men as familiar as weomen do—this however I do not aver as a fact as I never found any who did not detest the thought"

So it seems to me there were known femboys in the village and there were people having sex with them but majority of men were still homophobic and looked down of it.

Thats a pretty charitable interpretation of James Morrison's journal paragraph. I can't find a free copy of davids book so I'm not sure if he cites from something else in that chapter.