PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoLET'S GO GAY THEBANSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1165
arrow-up1165imageLET'S GO GAY THEBANSlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareKandalinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days 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-up3·10 days agoFor children, a woman; for pleasure, a young boy; but for true paradise, a melon.
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 days agoChoosing to believe he was talking about boobs. And that by young he meant 20.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days 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…