Matelotage (French for "seamanship") was a same-sex civil union amongst pirates in the 17th and 18th century. In some cases, matelotage was an economic partnership ("matelots" would agree to share their incomes, and inherit their partner's property in the case of their death)—in other cases it was romantic and sexual. But regardless of the nature of each relationship, pirates took the bonds of matelotage very seriously.
Did you guys know that in the olden times pirates were allowed to marry each other?
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| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 7, 2022 12:12 AM |
Funny how my "Who's Who of Piracy" book didn't include that information!
Gay history is deliberately erased.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 6, 2022 10:16 PM |
Yes I knew this. I researched and wrote a college paper on pirate homo tropes way back in the 90s.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 6, 2022 10:29 PM |
Did terms like ‘bury the treasure’, ‘swab my deck’, ‘that’s a big booty you’ve plundered’ and ‘shiver-me-timbers’ all come from those gay pirate marriages?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 6, 2022 11:09 PM |
OP is there where they got the term, Butt Pirates?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 6, 2022 11:10 PM |
Anal hygiene came from salt water or was non-existent.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 6, 2022 11:15 PM |
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[quote]In Tortuga, a hotspot for buccaneers in the Caribbean, Governor Le Vasseur wrote to France in 1645 requesting that the government send 2,000 prostitutes to the colony, in hopes that the presence of more women would curb the prevalence of matelotage.
Now that would make a hilarious story. A boat full of French whores dumped in the tropics among a colony of literal butt pirates, and their quixotic attempts to break up their gay marriages. I'm thinking Sam Rockwell and Jennifer Coolidge as leads.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 6, 2022 11:36 PM |
Can you imagine the smell of those foreskins???
On the positive side, the odor probably repelled sharks.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 6, 2022 11:38 PM |
This happens today behind closed doors in topflight mens’ pro-sports. Helps maintain cohesion in teams or in divisions, and settle down hormonal young men who would otherwise be getting out their competitive aggression in more unhealthy ways.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 6, 2022 11:42 PM |
I'd pay to see that movie, R7!
Some Indie filmmaker needs to get cracking!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 6, 2022 11:55 PM |
“Olden times”?!?!??!!!!???
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 7, 2022 12:02 AM |
R9 Seems as though the link doesn't work
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 7, 2022 12:10 AM |