Camilo2002
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Do you think Louis XVI was gay? He didn't consummate his marriage with Marie Antoinette for several years, he never took mistresses as far as I know. Some historians say he had a medical problem, or was just lazy. Does anyone really think that was the case?
Louis XVI was not gay at all, he was a very shy and simple man, even naive. He could not have sex with Marie Antoinette because he had "phimosis" (a condition where the male foreskin cannot be fully retracted from the head of the penis) this condition turns erections painful and orgasm is very difficult or impossible to achieve. A very simple operation is enough to correct this problem, but Louis was afraid even to speak about it; a serious conversation with his brother in law, Emperor Joseph II of Austria, convinced him to allow the operation. Regarding the mistresses, there is a long list of kings who never had them (the Georges III, V and VI of Great Britain) and nothing suggests they were gay.
Russia's empress Catherine II's husband (future Tsar Peter III) also had phimosis and neded the operation too; Peter did get mistresses after the operation.
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