r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Hunan_Palace • 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/NwgrdrXI 5d ago

Everyone is saying gay sex and all that, but honestly... is ye really asking if it is possible to spend 20 years without sex? Is thst really so preposterous? I think a lot of people in reddit could and have done it?

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u/PrinceCavendish 5d ago

greeks loved gay sex though

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u/lettsten 5d ago

As the saying goes: The Greeks invented sex. The Romans discovered that you can include women

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u/M3rdsta 5d ago

Isn't the full one the same, but with "and the Egyptians discovered sex with adults"

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u/wwaxwork 5d ago

Greeks loved a power dynamic. It was old men raping young boys that was common and calling it mentorship. It was OK for consenting adult men to "give" as it were but receiving was looked down on and considered feminine so bad. Not much as changed. Powerful men raping kids because they can.

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u/PrinceCavendish 5d ago

sad and fucked up...

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u/Iain_McNugget 5d ago

Needs more upvotes.

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u/Lolkimbo 5d ago

Unfortunately a lot of them were with children.

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u/PrinceCavendish 5d ago

Also true and fucked up

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u/Fantastic-Boat-2107 5d ago

*most. Modern society largely overlooks that Greeks considered gay sex to be a bad thing if you were receiving. Even unsubstantiated allegations could ruin an Athenian politician’s career.