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Originally Posted by martinguerre
except that's not true, will.
Roman stoic ethics had huge body issues, that too much desire or too much anyhing could make a man porous. They didn't believe in two biologically determinate genders...and so this weakening could literally effeminize a man in to a woman. The development of the mind, body, and control of each was the "hardening" process by which a man stayed manly. Anything else meant softening in to a woman.
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I was talking about the current social issue of homosexuality in western civilization...specifically the US. It is said that fourteen of the first fifteen emperors of Rome were homosexual. During the republic period, Cicero declared without challenge that there is nothing illegal about a man taking another to the country in order to enjoy his erotic sensual pleasures. Roman ethics and religion was heavily influenced by the Greeks, who, to put it blatently, loved the man on man action. In the sixth century AD the Roman Empire outlawed homosexuality. This was partly due to the influence of other cultures upon the Capitol City, but mostly due to the spread and influence of Christianity (which is a puritanistic, abrahamic religion).
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Originally Posted by martinguerre
Simple, my ass.
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Whoa, calm down. If you're going to treat me like crap, don't bother reading my posts.