Quote:So I'll say it again. Its common knowledge amongst ancient historians that in Ancient Rome there was no social prejudice against males having sexual relations with other males as long as they were free men,many famous leaders and powerful men were known to have sex with men and women as did many of the free people. It was a normal thing to happen. Now I'll ask you did a huge amount of gay men just happen to be born then or did people adapt to the culture/environment they lived in? The answer is obvious to me and most people.


What do you think? That a huge spike of gay births randomly happened in Rome around those times or that peoples developed their sexuality and sexual practices based on their culture and environment.


You don't need to write an essay just answer which one you think is true.

 

What if I told you I thought the percentages of people who were openly gay in Ancient Rome is about the same as it is today and that people then simply did not have the moral internal struggle with it as they they viewed being gay as a natural phenomenon.  

 

I know that men were not in any way sullied socially for having relations with another man, but that women were intended to remain virginal until marriage. Slaves were occasionally used as "property" in that period as well.  

 

Since the fall of the Roman Empire, the world has changed dramatically.  Most notably with the rapid growth of the two major religions in the world today (Christianity and Islam), which has created a moral taboo against homosexuality.  It is not hard for me to imagine Ancient Rome being less morally uptight about homosexuality as these major religions really only started to take off towards the tail end of the Empire.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvFl6UBZLv4

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