Especially Jefferson. Not Franklin though. Benjamin Franklin in a letter to a young man listed 8 reasons why an older mistress was preferable to a younger one.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Also people thought Washington was gay so...

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Who did? He was married to Martha with no accusations of homosexuality.

Also not really sure how this is a response to what that guy said.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Never had kids with her and she was a widow.

Is where it started. You’ll find various opinions on it/his inner circle.

Potentially he wouldn’t be interested in raping little girls.

[–] Tuuktuuk@anarchist.nexus 1 points 2 minutes ago

And little boys?