What does sapphism mean?
Sapphism means Lesbianism; female homosexuality..
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/ˈsæ.fɪzm̩/ · noun
Lesbianism; female homosexuality..
Its odd that yᵉ Roman Women did not borrow that horrible Vice from Greece—it has a Greek name now & is called Sapphism, but I never did hear of it in Italy where the Ladies are today exactly what Juvenal described them in his Time—neither better nor worse as I can find.
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Sapphism means Lesbianism; female homosexuality..
Common synonyms include lesbianism.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Its odd that yᵉ Roman Women did not borrow that horrible Vice from Greece—it has a Greek name now & is called Sapphism, but I never did hear of it in Italy where the Ladies are today exactly what Juvenal described them in his Time—neither better nor worse as I can find.
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