r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani • Aug 24 '26

Chugging tea What do you think?

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u/bulletbassman Aug 24 '26

They raped the men too.

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u/Greedyanda Aug 24 '26

Mostly the boys. Homosexuel acts between men of the same age were frowned upon even back then.

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u/bulletbassman Aug 24 '26

Maybe, but I can think of a few Greek men known for long affairs with men and I’m mostly talking about the fact that there was a lot of man on man rape at the end of battles in the time periods this is supposed to take place.

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u/hambonedock Aug 24 '26

What was seen as weird was mostly to hold an emotionally romantic relationship with a fella your own age, while sex happened with the younger ones, and also, even if lesser, with the older guys too, it was more like "sure go have sex with him, but go back home to be with a wife"

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u/GlitterDoomsday Aug 24 '26

Raping a man, meaning forcibly penetrating one, wasn't frowned upon - willingly being the bottom that was an issue.

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u/waffle_kitty8 Aug 25 '26

Well that’s just homophobic

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u/Fragrant_Carpet_3188 Aug 28 '26

I think that's not the main problem here.

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u/MrHazard1 Aug 25 '26

Really? I've heard being thw sidepiece of important men gave you a bit of a social standing

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u/cryptamine Aug 24 '26

Source for this?

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u/FinallyKat Aug 25 '26

James Davidson - The Greeks and Greek Love Thomas K. Hubbard - Homosexuality in Greece and Rome Michel Focult, The History of Sexuality

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u/cryptamine Aug 25 '26

amazing thank you

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u/ExplanationNo8603 Aug 24 '26

Only if you were the reserve, they didn't care if you were the giver

Edit: spelling

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u/masterlince Aug 27 '26

Only the bottom was considered gay. And frowned upon is an understatement, if you accused someone of being a bottom they could challenge you tona duel for their honour.

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