homoeroticism
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homoeroticism
[ho″mo-ĕ-rot´ĭ-sizm] sexual feeling directed toward a person of the same sex. adj. adj homoerot´ic.
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ho·mo·sex·u·al·i·ty
(hō'mō-seks'yū-al'i-tē), Erotic attraction or activity, including sexual congress, between people of the same sex, especially after puberty.
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homoeroticism
Eroticism directed towards people of the same sex.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
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One wonders whether that connection to
homoerotism had anything to do with Borges and Bioy's decision to eliminate it from their version, since Borges in particular is known to have declared time and again his contempt for homosexuality as a literary subject, of for any sexual issues for that matter.
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