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Good_Burning_Plastic comments on Open Thread, Apr. 27 - May 3, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 29 April 2015 08:03:58AM 3 points [-]

Not when the "passive" partner was a mature adult man, IIRC.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 30 April 2015 04:37:58AM *  5 points [-]

Sort of, the passive partner had to have lower social status then the active partner. For example, at least in Rome, using slaves as the passive partner was common.