DaddyFresh
Superstar
Blind eye? They were all partaking. He was just the liaison for their debauchery.The cradle of western civilization brehs.
Wonder why people turn a blind eye to the Jeff Epstiens of the world
It's Inherent
Why is Greek Mythology so damn gay?
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Bruh
To be honest, platonic male love (male friendships) were prized over spousal love in most societies. You can see small vestiges of it today when you hear men say that outside of sex with their women, they would rather be with their boys.
There are a number of studies and books that have been written on this. But essentially, modern western culture turned the tide, where men started to place priority in their spousal relationships over all other relationships. And because of this, more men are lonely in adulthood because they forewent nurturing male friendships for spending all their time with their spouse. Judeo-Christian values probably had something to do with this.
But visiting other cultures, like in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, cultures where patriarchy is still the rule of the day, you will still find male friendships put on a pedestal over spousal relationships.
Greeks and Romans took it to a whole other level though by adding a sexual component.
And society is inching closer and closer back to their standards.
There are a number of studies and books that have been written on this. But essentially, modern western culture turned the tide, where men started to place priority in their spousal relationships over all other relationships. And because of this, more men are lonely in adulthood because they forewent nurturing male friendships for spending all their time with their spouse. Judeo-Christian values probably had something to do with this.
But visiting other cultures, like in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, cultures where patriarchy is still the rule of the day, you will still find male friendships put on a pedestal over spousal relationships.
Greeks and Romans took it to a whole other level though by adding a sexual component.
And society is inching closer and closer back to their standards.
Ineedmoney504
SOHH ICEY...WE EATIN
The ancient Greeks did not conceive of sexual orientation as a social identifier as modern Western societies have done. Greek society did not distinguish sexual desire or behavior by the gender of the participants, but rather by the role that each participant played in the sex act, that of active penetrator or passive penetrated.
Speaking Womanese
All Star
I had to study it during my last assignment for Performing Arts.
They used to drink each other’s piss and semen and all that nastiness.
They coined a lot of strong names tho, I’ll give em that.
Nike, Hermes, Hercules, Aphrodite etc.
They used to drink each other’s piss and semen and all that nastiness.
They coined a lot of strong names tho, I’ll give em that.
Nike, Hermes, Hercules, Aphrodite etc.
The Fade
I don’t argue with niqqas on the Internet anymore
founding fathers did this too.. writing borderline over platonic love letters to each other
some philosophers thought gay love was more cerebral because you're loving someones soul rather than their body, so it meant you were smarter than everyone else or more enlightened
yep, you can even see it in photographs or portraits of men of that time period.
They say that the concept of homosexuality as a sexual orientation came about in the mid 1800's and it was then when you started to see a shift away from men expressing platonic love to each other or portraits being made like these.
Concept of sexuality was very different and much more fluid back then . Not only in Greece or even Rome, but in nearly all civilizations/cultures throughout the world (Vikings, parts of the Middle East, and the Aztecs being exceptions).
