The preacher Bernadarino of Siena, who was particularly attentive to the changes afoot, went so far as to link male ornament and finery to the growing practice of sodomy, since pretty young men would attract unwanted attention from their elders. Women's insatiable desire for fine things, he claimed, also promoted homosexuality because it led to rapid escalation in the cost of dowries, and that, in turn, delayed weddings. In their sexual frustration, young unmarried men had begun to turn to each other to satisfy their lusts.

— Legal Plunder by Daniel Lord Smail (Page 18 - 19)