As well as feeling the need to ‘correct’ the natives’ ‘morals’ (an odd thing to want to do when you don’t exactly have the high ground as an invader ruling with massive cannons), we also introduced the laws to ‘protect’ ourselves and our soldiers and officials from being ‘corrupted’ by natives who might turn military camps into ‘replicas of Sodom and Gomorrah’19 whilst they were over there away from their wives. Essentially a big part of why homosexuality was outlawed in these countries was because we were worried we might like it.
