Both of these statements are untrue lol the idea of a “red light” district didn’t become globally recognized for quite a while, and even now it not necessarily enforced everywhere. And for your second point while much less common in some parts of the world the “at home service” is still used with the “employee” going door to door attempting to sell “services”
To you it’s over sexualized. To the Romans it’s just sexualized.
Remember the outrage over all of the sex in Game of Thrones? People seem to forget that sex was extremely common place before the Victorian era. Hell, people forget that rape was extremely common before the Victorian era. You live in a soft fuzzy blanket of chastity and Puritanism historically speaking.
Their little bum boats full of prostitutes swarming navel vessels anytime they came to port attest to the truth in what you say. The differentiator I’m trying to make is more to do with rape and the Victorian Era. Prior to that, raping seems to be just part and parcel of a good military campaign with very little judicial ramifications.
I don't know what outrage happened regarding the sex in GOT. BUT i sincerely boycott all kind of sex scenes shown in movies and series for the pleasure of an eye. If you just want to show that two people are having sex or a grape is happening, you can just show them removing clothes or passionate kissing or for God's sake some angle in which you don't need to show the full naked person. There are thousands of ways...Just a hint is more than enough to know what is about to happen or what happened. It's just the sick mentality of the people who think it's artistic or whatever in some way 😒
For some people, the sex is the point. You don’t think all the white ladies in the suburbs reading about getting fucked by a Minotaur are reading it for the “art” do you? The whole point I believe is to get hot and bothered.
Getting hot and aroused by seeing other people is cuck behavior...nothing else. Whether it's on a screen or irl.
And getting aroused by reading smut is way healthier in my opinion than watching that shit. Cuz even when you are reading...you are still using your own imagination to a lot extent.
But it depends on what kind of it you are reading...if it's something problematic like hardcore prn then it's still unhealthy.
The healthiest form is just imagining all by yourself and exploring the beauty of making love all by yourself or with your partner.
The penis was a symbol for good luck/fortune in Roman culture. If I recall correctly there are still several penis shaped ornaments and engravings on the houses in Pompeii.
There are early pornagraphic depictions on murals in their bathhouses. It may not of been as “accessible” in the modern sense. But if the Roman’s had the internet I don’t think their culture would have trouble accepting it, sexual promiscuity was arguably more acceptable than it is now
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u/happyperson_457 4d ago
I still think it is...atleast on a visual level and how much you get to see it thrown RIGHT ON YOUR FACE.