PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoLET'S GO GAY THEBANSlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down19
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkLET'S GO GAY THEBANSlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoIn Plato’s Symposium they say something along the lines of “You fuck a man for the soul, a woman for the body (Ew disgusting)”
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoFor children, a woman; for pleasure, a young boy; but for true paradise, a melon.
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoChoosing to believe he was talking about boobs. And that by young he meant 20.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months ago12 was the minimum for Greeks, ~16 was preferred, 20 was getting a bit old if you weren’t a Theban. The past is… not a pleasant place. Of course, they also often married girls around that age too…
In Plato’s Symposium they say something along the lines of “You fuck a man for the soul, a woman for the body (Ew disgusting)”
For children, a woman; for pleasure, a young boy; but for true paradise, a melon.
Choosing to believe he was talking about boobs.
And that by young he meant 20.
12 was the minimum for Greeks, ~16 was preferred, 20 was getting a bit old if you weren’t a Theban.
The past is… not a pleasant place. Of course, they also often married girls around that age too…