"Pederasty" Quotes from Famous Books
... forth. I have chosen the word mainly because "Murd" rhymes to "Burd." The people of Al-Yaman are still deep in the Sotadic Zone and practice; this they owe partly to a long colonization of the "'Ajam," or Persians. See my Terminal Essay, "Pederasty," p. 178. ... — Supplemental Nights, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton
... continues, "the Arab and the Kabyle possess great personal modesty, and with difficulty are persuaded to exhibit the body nude; is it the result of real modesty, or of their inveterate habits of active pederasty? Whatever the cause, they always hide the sexual organs with their hands or their handkerchiefs, and are disagreeably affected even by the slightest touch of the doctor." (Batut, Archives ... — Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis |