Choose a topic below and discuss how sexuality played a role in the conflict. 1) Sacred Band of Thebes/ Spartan military life — the role of the Greek military cultures and sexuality 400-280 BCE 2) The Roman mos maiorum (Anti-homosexuality in ancient Rome) —100 BCE — 400 CE 3) The Church and sexuality — Middle Ages — 800 CE — 1100CE 4) Renaissance and Sexuality — Italy and Germany -1380-1600 CE 5) The Bible and homosexuality — 600 BCE — 100 CE 6) The Nazis and the homosexual solution — 1933-1945 7) The AIDS epidemic and its effects on American perceptions of homosexuality — 1979-1989 8) Indigenous Americans and homosexuality (choose a tribe or tribes and demonstrate how their attitudes on sexuality differed greatly from modem ideas) — 100-1800 CE 9) Ancient Egyptians and homosexuality — 3000 BCE — 400 BCE 10) Islam, Christianity and Judaism and homosexuality 11) Any of your choosing with professor approval
Instructions Answer the following questions in essay format. 2-3 pages. APA format. 12 Font limes New Roman only. All work must be properly cited and unless otherwise noted; do not include pure opinion. 1) Outline the basic history of the event(s). You can use a timeline or write it out. 2) Write a brief description of what class(es) are involved in your chosen topic. 3) What attitudes about sexuality contributed to your conflict? 4) How did the cultures ideals, values, and beliefs change or return to tradition during and after the conflict? 5) How did the people involved in your conflict perceive sexuality? Has that changed or stayed the same in that culture in modem times? 6) In what way did your culture’s ideas/conflict on sexuality influence modem American life and concepts of sex/gender/orientation?
