Ancient Athenians and Romans practiced forms of pederasty, but the nature, acceptance, and social context of these practices were complex and differed significantly between the two cultures, as well as from modern understandings of the term.Ancient AthensPederasty (Greek paiderastia, literally "love of boys") was a widespread and often institutionalized social practice among the elite in many Greek city-states, including Athens and Sparta.A Social and Educational Institution: Athenian pederasty was typically an official, acknowledged relationship between an adult male citizen (erastes, "lover") and a freeborn adolescent male (eromenos, "beloved"), usually in his teens (roughly 12-19). It functioned as a mentorship, in which the older man provided the youth with education, social guidance, and a moral compass, helping him transition into full citizenship.Sexual Component: The relationships often had a sexual dimension, typically involving non-penetrative sex (intercrural intercourse). Penetration of a freeborn boy was generally considered demeaning and was a point of legal and social concern.Social Status and Norms: The older man was expected to be the active partner, while the youth was the passive partner. The relationship was expected to end when the younger male reached adulthood, and he would then go on to marry a woman and have children, at which point he would ideally take on an erastes role with a younger boy. While idealized in some philosophical and poetic contexts (like in Plato's Symposium), the practice was also subject to criticism and legal regulation.Ancient RomeRoman society had a different approach to same-sex relations, largely shaped by a "conquest mentality" and a focus on status and dominance.Active vs. Passive Roles: For a Roman man, masculinity (virtus) was tied to taking the active, penetrating sexual role. It was acceptable for a freeborn Roman man to have sex with other males (as well as females) as long as he was the active partner and the passive partner was a social inferior, such as a slave, a former slave, a prostitute, or an entertainer.Rejection of the Greek Model: The formalized, idealized Greek model of pederasty between two freeborn citizens of different ages was largely rejected by the Romans. A specific (though vaguely documented) law, the Lex Scantinia, aimed to protect freeborn Roman youths from being forced into a passive sexual role.Slavery and Prostitution: Roman "pederasty," to the extent it was practiced, primarily involved the sexual exploitation of enslaved boys or male prostitutes. These individuals were considered infames (socially marginalized) and were excluded from legal protections.Changing Attitudes: Attitudes shifted over time, with the rise of Christianity in the late Roman Empire eventually leading to the criminalization of all forms of homosexual intercourse.In both societies, the power dynamic was inherently asymmetric, and sexual relationships between an adult and a minor were normalized within their specific cultural contexts, though the specific norms and moral frameworks were very different from modern views.
12:00 The use of mercenaries
14:00 The brand of Jesus is used by Western governments since the time of Constantine to to sell their snake oil
15:00 Reform school
Vincent Bruno's wants to use anything but marriage as a practice of conceiving and rearing offspring.
16:00 Bastards are not marriageable.
17:00 Blacks are mostly unmarried parents which is why blacks have a higher crime rate. Nothing to do with race.
18:00 Christians think they are too cool for rules.
Christianity is a lie going back to the 4th century.
19:00 Will the Pope always be American?
20:00 US foreign policy
21:00 White Nationalists have given up their anti-war credentials because they think they can win.
Constantine's political purposes in adopting Christianity
22:00 First Seven Ecumenical Councils
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_seven_ecumenical_councils
Sharia
23:00 European victims of US foreign policy
24:00 How to defeat the neocons
Tucker: World War Is Coming Soon
https://youtube.com/shorts/GF4GsxXTI4A?si=b7N-BSTIHrgN9fXB
25:00 The Thucydides Trap
26:00 Most white men are not of men of fighting age because the average of Western nations is 40 and rising.
27:00 The problem of widespread bastardy
28:00 Unprincipled Christians
Trump dynasty
29:00 White Nationalists - dumb enough to cut off their noses to spite their faces - would be prepared to pretend to believe in Christocrap to pass a Christian Amendment to abolish the First Amendment for the privilege of kicking Jews, Muslims and non-whites around, or worse.
31:00 How Christians "won" the argument
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