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Unlikely. When people talk about homosexuality being acceptable in ancient societies they leave out the fact that it was acceptable for barely pubescent boys to

Unlikely. When people talk about homosexuality being acceptable in ancient societies they leave out the fact that it was acceptable for barely pubescent boys to be the receiving partner for adults. So are we going to head down that route in another decade or two when we become even less authoritarian?

MrBuddyCasino 7y ago
In the early phase of the german ecological/anti-authoritarian party "Die Grünen" there was actually a scandal involving pedophilia (see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%BCndnis_90/Die_Gr%C3%BCnen) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%...). So there is this one data point of correlation.
krapp 7y ago
>So are we going to head down that route in another decade or two when we become even less authoritarian? Stupid as it is, anti-gay extremists do make that argument, that the cultural acceptance of homosexuality is a slippery slope towards the eventual normalization of pedophilia and even bestiality. That can be seen as an argument pro Christian authoritarianism of a specific political bent.
- 0815test 7y ago
  In many ways, it is the very opposite: the "egalitarian" model of homosexual relationships was itself a new development and a desirable outcome of the gradual "cultural acceptance" of homosexuality. You can see this even with very recent developments such as same-sex marriage. The polar opposite to that is the ancient, Graeco-Roman model of homosexuality (but also found today in many parts of the non-Western world, and even reflected e.g. in stereotypes about sex in prisons) as simply an exertion of male-on-male dominance and power. (Though, to be fair about it, ancient "fornication" wasn't different either! This is the underlying rationale for why a number of ethical traditions in the Classical world, including Christianity, condemned both sexual practices in very similar terms - both were incredibly far from anything that could be considered "egalitarian" or, in even more modern terms, respectful of "consent"!)
- thrwayxyz 7y ago
  If people want to get fucked by horses it's their business. That you seem to think that's worse than pedophilia or eating meat says more about you than about them.
  - krapp 7y ago
    You need to work on your reading comprehension before continuing to comment on this site.
hnzix 7y ago
Homosexuality is no more equivalent to pederasty than heterosexuality is to pedophilia.
- thrwayxyz 7y ago
  Yes which is why it's halarious when people say that in ancient Greece homosexuality was acceptable. But looks like you and X other people can't read and feel very defensive about something that no one has actually said.

MrBuddyCasino 7y ago

In the early phase of the german ecological/anti-authoritarian party "Die Grünen" there was actually a scandal involving pedophilia (see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%BCndnis_90/Die_Gr%C3%BCnen) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%...). So there is this one data point of correlation.

krapp 7y ago

>So are we going to head down that route in another decade or two when we become even less authoritarian? Stupid as it is, anti-gay extremists do make that argument, that the cultural acceptance of homosexuality is a slippery slope towards the eventual normalization of pedophilia and even bestiality. That can be seen as an argument pro Christian authoritarianism of a specific political bent.

0815test 7y ago
In many ways, it is the very opposite: the "egalitarian" model of homosexual relationships was itself a new development and a desirable outcome of the gradual "cultural acceptance" of homosexuality. You can see this even with very recent developments such as same-sex marriage. The polar opposite to that is the ancient, Graeco-Roman model of homosexuality (but also found today in many parts of the non-Western world, and even reflected e.g. in stereotypes about sex in prisons) as simply an exertion of male-on-male dominance and power. (Though, to be fair about it, ancient "fornication" wasn't different either! This is the underlying rationale for why a number of ethical traditions in the Classical world, including Christianity, condemned both sexual practices in very similar terms - both were incredibly far from anything that could be considered "egalitarian" or, in even more modern terms, respectful of "consent"!)
thrwayxyz 7y ago
If people want to get fucked by horses it's their business. That you seem to think that's worse than pedophilia or eating meat says more about you than about them.
- krapp 7y ago
  You need to work on your reading comprehension before continuing to comment on this site.

hnzix 7y ago

Homosexuality is no more equivalent to pederasty than heterosexuality is to pedophilia.

thrwayxyz 7y ago
Yes which is why it's halarious when people say that in ancient Greece homosexuality was acceptable. But looks like you and X other people can't read and feel very defensive about something that no one has actually said.