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Remember not to place these men in the same socio-economic and cultural categories you grew up in. This comes from the same culture that believes it is not homo
by jscheel 11y ago
Remember not to place these men in the same socio-economic and cultural categories you grew up in. This comes from the same culture that believes it is not homosexual to penetrate another man (receiving is what makes you effeminate to them). IIRC, this was the same for pederasty in ancient Greece.
- afarrell 11y agoI believe Rome too. I've wondered for a while if this is a long holdover from the short-lived Alexandrian empire.
- anigbrowl 11y agoWhy assume it must originate from a single source? It doesn't seem odd to me that similar social structures might emerge of their own accord under similar social conditions rather than necessarily being learned behaviors from other cultures.