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Tango01 | 29 Oct 2016 3:42 p.m. PST |
… animals aboard early twentieth-century Finnish sailing ships. "Pets were commonly carried aboard Finnish windjammers by crewmembers. This article argues that the explanation for this practice lies in gender hierarchy and power relations in male–male relationships. These relations are perceived through different categories of masculinities according to the theory of hegemonic masculinity. Almost all ocean-going sailing ships had pets. Dogs and cats were especially important to sailors on an emotional level. In homosocial environments, homophobia prevented the physical closeness between men. Therefore, animals provided a safe channel for sailors to exhibit, as well as receive, affection. The presence of animals was part of the sailors' self-image of being close to nature. Sailors in these last sailing ships were living the masculine ideal of the deep-sea seafarer in the golden age of sail. However, sailors were longing for domesticity and therefore created domestic conditions aboard ship, with their pets contributing to that particular home environment." See here link Amicalement Armand |
Frigate56 | 30 Oct 2016 9:44 a.m. PST |
There was a pet bear aboard one British ship at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Poor animal suffered terribly and died. |
Tango01 | 30 Oct 2016 2:23 p.m. PST |
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SaltyDog | 30 Oct 2016 3:08 p.m. PST |
I always remember the Ton Class Minesweepers based in Hong Kong in the 1980's. They all had a little dog at the top of the gangway that would bark at anyone walking past. I think the idea was to wake up the Quartermaster more than anything else! |
nvdoyle | 31 Oct 2016 3:56 a.m. PST |
I think I'm stupider from having read just the abstract. In the interest of maintaining the ability to breathe and walk at the same time, I'll skip the paper itself. |
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