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“So fierce was the persecution of homosexuals that its memory is still sedimented in our language. "Faggot" reminds us that homosexuals were at times the kindling for the stakes upon which witches were burned, while the Italian finocchio (fennel) refers to the practice of scattering these aromatic vegetables on the stakes in order to mask the stench of burning flesh.”

“In the new patriarchal code that was developing in concomitance with the witch-hunt, physical impotence was the counterpart of moral impotence; it was the physical manifestation of the erosion of male authority over women, since "functionally" there would be no difference between a man who was castrated and one who was helplessly in love.”

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