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===Sexuality and the Third Reich===

===Sexuality and the Third Reich===

I read something once about sexuality in the Third Reich.  The main point was that in the name of totalitarianism, Hitler wanted the state to control everything about a person's life, an obviously important aspect was sexuality.  For a time prostitution was illegal, but this was changed. Homosexuality like pre-legalized prostitution were used like any legal infraction—simply as excuses for the state to involve itself with persons whose other views and activities appeared not in alignment with its totalitarian agenda. --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 10:36, 17 December 2008 (EST)

I read something once about sexuality in the Third Reich.  The main point was that in the name of totalitarianism, Hitler wanted the state to control everything about a person's life, an obviously important aspect was sexuality.  For a time prostitution was illegal, but this was changed. Homosexuality like pre-legalized prostitution were used like any legal infraction—simply as excuses for the state to involve itself with persons whose other views and activities appeared not in alignment with its totalitarian agenda. According to the book, homosexuality in itself was not really offensive to the Nazi leadership and that the big picture is overlooked in claiming that it was.  --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 10:36, 17 December 2008 (EST)