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• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I wonder if straight people were ever convicted of buggery with he opposite sex? I wouldn’t be surprised if “buggery” existed solely to persecute homosexuals back then.

  (I was gonna say “non-straight” or “queer” but “homosexuals” read in 30’s English accent sounded funnier to me in my head)

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  • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Found one example in the Wikipedia article about the buggery act of 1533, though it seems like he deserved it. I’m not clear if he was actually convicted.

    In July 1540, Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury, was charged with treason for harbouring a known member of the Pilgrimage of Grace movement. He was also accused of buggery, as he was suspected of raping his own daughter. Hungerford was beheaded at Tower Hill,[6] on 28 July 1540, the same day as Thomas Cromwell.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, that’s dark D: Rapists for sure deserve whatever extra harsh punishments can possibly be doled out, so that part’s cool at least. But yeah, other than that then, seems like historically it’s pretty much just to condemn gay peeps. D:

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  • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sodomy used to be a common add on charge in sexual assault cases. I don’t know if it was ever used outside that context other than to harass gay people. I assume buggery was used the same way.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Good on adding more charges to sexual assault.

      Boo on using any charges to harass gay peeps D:

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• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nice one.

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