Nā hoʻomanaʻo o nā lā i hala
nui aʻe kamailio e pili ana i keia manawa
ma mua o ka wā i hala. 

Hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe pinepine mai ka poʻe apologists no ka pili ʻana i ka male kāne ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i ka honua kahiko, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma Roma kahiko a me Helene. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka moʻolelo o ka "homosexual utopia" ma Helene kahiko e Oscar Wilde, ka mea i hoʻopaʻi ʻia no ka sodomy, a ʻo nā hōʻike fragmentary i loaʻa iā mākou ma ke ʻano o nā kikokikona kahiko a me nā hana kiʻi e hōʻike ana i ka ʻokoʻa. I loko o ka mōʻaukala kanaka, ua noho ka male kāne, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kahi hana passive, ma ke ʻano he mea hilahila a me ka marginal. I loko o nā moʻomeheu palaho wale nō, i ka wā o ko lākou emi ʻana, ua loaʻa i nā hana like ʻole ke kaulana, akā naʻe, ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o ka hoihoi i nā lālā o ka wahine like, ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā ʻelele o ka ʻaoʻao. ʻAʻohe wahi a ʻaʻole ma mua o ko mākou manawa i ʻae ʻia ka pilina kāne kāne ma waena o nā pākeke.