In the military, including the Navy, homosexuality was quite commonly encountered.
Friendship (homosexuality) takes shape in the world that lies beyond the horizon
of the domestic sphere and requires for its expression a military
or a political staging ground, it depends for its
meaning upon social action.
1
Military homosexuality is most significant among soldiers and sailors, and is also
expressed in prisons (lower classes). Aristocrats (higher classes) often express
such sexuality of power in political affairs. 2
1
Haggerty, George; "Men in Love: Masculinity and Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century", p. 15
Website Terms of Use