--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Maybe [Sodom and Gomorrah] isn't really…" description: "\"Maybe [Sodom and Gomorrah] isn't really about homosexuality, but about rape. If the angels had been female, and the men of Sodom said they wanted to 'k..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/alex-sanchez-28999_angel_maybe-sodom-and-gomorrah-isn-t-really-ab_32524.jpg" --- # Maybe \[Sodom and Gomorrah\] isn't really about… ![“Maybe [Sodom and Gomorrah] isn't really about homosexuality, but about rape. If the angels had been female, and the men of Sodom said they wanted to 'know' them against their will, would people claim that the story shows heterosexuality is a sin?” quote by Alex Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/alex-sanchez-28999_angel_maybe-sodom-and-gomorrah-isn-t-really-ab_32524.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/alex-sanchez-28999_angel_maybe-sodom-and-gomorrah-isn-t-really-ab_32524.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/alex-sanchez-28999_angel_maybe-sodom-and-gomorrah-isn-t-really-ab_32524.jpg) > “Maybe \[Sodom and Gomorrah\] isn't really about homosexuality, but about rape. If the angels had been female, and the men of Sodom said they wanted to 'know' them against their will, would people claim that the story shows heterosexuality is a sin?” [Alex Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-sanchez/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The passage suggests the biblical story of Sodom is often misinterpreted as condemning homosexuality, when its core issue may be sexual violence and non-consensual acts. **In simple terms:** Reexamines Sodom’s moral focus. Key Takeaway Violence, not orientation, is central. 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Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-brand/it-would-have-been-convenient-to-be-gay-just-because-of-the-grooming/) [Russell Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-brand/) > [There is so much pressure on women to be heterosexual, and this pressure is both so pervasive and so completely denied, that I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-frye/there-is-so-much-pressure-on-women-to-be-heterosexual-and-this/) [Marilyn Frye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-frye/) ## More by Alex Sanchez > [Anyone who expects a person to change something as private and personal as who they hold in their arms at night needs to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-sanchez/anyone-who-expects-a-person-to-change-something-as-private-and/) [Alex Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-sanchez/) > [You're going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. 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