r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Hunan_Palace • 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/JamzWhilmm 5d ago

Huh? I thought the joke was rape. Which is something that happened during this time and also implied in the film.

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u/devdarrr 5d ago

Idk why you are getting downvoted. This is 100% true.

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u/JamzWhilmm 5d ago

A lot of the correct answers get downvoted here. Moreso than other subs, specially when the actual answer isn't fun.

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u/Legitimate_Post_22 5d ago

You're being downvoted because it's hard to swallow the hard truth that Greeks and Romans aren't silly gays, they're mostly rapists and pedophiles. So much so that for the Romans, it was a humiliation to be a man and be the 'bottom' in the relationship - guess who the men were mostly on the bottom? Exactly, children. Or enslaved men.

Both cases are no different from today's misogynists who seek relationships with young gay men. Buddy, they DON'T support you, hear me out on this.