Aleister CrowleySome men are born sodomites, some achieve sodomy, and some have sodomy thrust upon them...
About This Quote
In this quote, Oscar Wilde is speaking about the treatment of homosexuals. He describes three different approaches to the question of how people come to identify themselves as gay or lesbian. In some cases, people are born into a particular lifestyle, and they realize only later that it is not for them. In other cases, a person achieves a same-sex attraction, and he or she may not have been aware of the fact that this attraction is part of who they are.
In still others, same-sex attraction is thrust upon a person without their consent. There’s no such thing as a “natural” homosexual.
Source: The Scented Garden Of Abdullah The Satirist Of Shiraz
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