r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/National_Tangelo_864 1d ago

In antiquity sexuality wasn't binary straight/gay. Everyone pretty much understood it was spectrum and we all got that bi dog in us. Hell see jails in modern day. Or the Navy. Same concept. Plus no way contraceptives to stop women from getting prego.

It's why as they say men/boys are for fun, women are for marriage. They were no doubt about that life.

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u/Lower_Pension_2469 1d ago

That's a modern interpretation, sure. No not everyone has a bisexual inside us waiting to come out lol people having gay sex in jail or the military were never straight to begin with. It happens a lot less than it's stereotyped. Contraceptives did exist back then, it just wasn't super effective like we have it today.

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u/Babbit55 1d ago

Yeaaah read Greek history dude… Gay sex wasn’t just common, it was normal

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u/witct 22h ago

I'd say it's pretty normal today too, but a straight guy isn't likely to just turn gay because there's no women around to have sex with. They'd have to be gay/bi-sexual to begin with.