My heart is broken into pieces that can never be mended. Instead, my husband threatened that if I said anything he would take my daughter away and I would never see her again. I tried to confront my husband and my daughter but they didn’t seem to care. My daughter did not resist, in fact she was laughing in a manner that suggested she was enjoying it. To say that I was shocked is an understatement. Roman society was patriarchal, and the freeborn male citizen. 1 The primary dichotomy of ancient Roman sexuality was active/ dominant /masculine and passive/submissive/feminine.
Latin lacks words that would precisely translate 'homosexual' and 'heterosexual'. I came home one day to find my husband touching my daughter in a very romantic way. Homosexuality in ancient Rome often differs markedly from the contemporary West. At first I just assumed it was the normal father- daughter relationship but later, I realized it was more than that. They gave each other strange glances during dinner and very long hugs before going to bed. She was given everything she asked for, they were close.Īfter few months of living with him, I started to notice a queer relationship between my husband and my daughter. She was very happy since she was been treated like a princess. Her step father took her to driving classes after buying her a posh car. Whitney was already done with high school and thus, she was at home waiting to go to campus.
