Keepin' It Greek

In Sedgwick's essay from "Between Men" I was interested in the dynamic presented by her concerning the ancient Greeks, where she linked them to today's homophobia. She says: "The continuum between 'men loving men' and 'men promoting the interests of men' appears to have been quite seamless" (1686-87). Earlier she mentions that the same system that suppresses homosexuals is the same system that oppresses women. Even in relation to the Greeks, taking on a boy as your apprentice still gave him power over women as well as slaves. Tue Sedgwick is arguing against homophobia, but I might need some clarification on what she is trying to say in relation to her larger essay.It seems to me that today's gripe with homosexuality is in some aspects incomparable to the system of learning and transferal of power that the Greeks established.