• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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          2 months ago

          Ha, yeah, I get it. “lol they gay” is usually a joke. In this case it is not, as you mentioned:

          In Sparta […] the cropping of the bride’s hair and transvestism likely aimed to transform her temporarily into an adolescent Spartan boy – a less threatening figure to the groom, who probably had made his own transition to adulthood via a close emotional and sexual relationship with an older male

          It is just what was up

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                2 months ago

                Super gross. I always heard the joke of Ancient Greece being very pedophilic but didn’t know it was true. Super duper gross. Thanks for the info, though.

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                    2 months ago

                    I did not know that. Can you give me a source on that? I would love to learn more about how modern Christians get the Bible wrong.

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                  The Spartans actually typically denied this was a part of their culture, so they were pretty aware outsiders didn’t wanna hear about it.