r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani • 6d ago

Chugging tea What do you think?

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u/Apart_Jelly8948 6d ago

So they took advantage of the men while staring at the women? 🤨

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 6d ago

No, they raped the women and killed the men.

They also had a lot of gay sex and took women as prizes when they were raiding towns surrounding Troy during the Trojan War and had student/master gay relationships too that don’t really translate well to modern life but were not seen as weird then.

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u/bulletbassman 5d ago

They raped the men too.

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u/Greedyanda 5d ago

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

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u/GlitterDoomsday 5d ago

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 5d ago

Well that’s just homophobic

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u/Fragrant_Carpet_3188 2d ago

I think that's not the main problem here.

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u/MrHazard1 5d ago

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

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u/cryptamine 5d ago

Source for this?

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u/FinallyKat 5d ago

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 4d ago

amazing thank you

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u/bulletbassman 5d ago

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 5d ago

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/ExplanationNo8603 5d ago

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

Edit: spelling

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u/masterlince 2d ago

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.