Okay, here is a thing I find baffling in 1940s era Steve/Bucky fic - the use of condoms. I don't have a real grasp of gay history during the war (or otherwise), but I feel like that is completely anachronistic. Condoms were for use with ladies so 1. men didn't get STDs and 2. no one ended up pregnant. (Needless to say, the armed forces were not
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I assume they were to be used by gay couples too, even if they couldn't go out like the rest.
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Did your grandfather actually say the part about no matter what kind of partner they chose? That's pretty awesome, not that the whole thing isn't awesome!
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Apparently (as I for experience know is nowadays) as long as they fought for the right side and did what was ordered nobody really cared for who they had sex with.
I remember this specific conversation because he told us about many things , guns and bombings, dead friends and other things, including the one time they had to kill a donkey because were left behind enemy lines and were starving, so he chewed boiled donkey meat, while fighting his way back into safety. he said it was like trying to eat rubber.
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I think today Steve absolutely would use condoms unless he had an agreement with his partner to dispense with them. Unmarked use of condoms in stories set in the late 30s/early 40s still probably won't work for me, though. I think it'd have to be brought up earlier, or mentioned that it was unusual but they were doing it for Steve's (pre-serum) health, for me to not be jarred by it. *hands* Obviously, mileage varies.
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