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Yes, having anal sex, or even just getting a blowjob from a boy, or something equally perverted could have numerous benefits.
Im sorry but you need to read some of the history here, as you are clearly ignorant of the facts. These kind of relationships mainly functioned as a sort of bonding and teaching environment. I'm not defending it from an absolute moral stance, just that here you totally dont realize the actual facts. Most of the young men who had relationships with older men remained good friends with them later in life.
If you havent rad the ancient greek sources, and the modern commentaries, you dont really have a clue what you are tlaking about in this case.
The point is not wether we believe that this behavior was right, but whether they belived it, and whether it had harmful effects on society--You topic was on moral relativism.
That morality is relative is self-evident to anyone who any exposure to other cultures.. What is taboo in some societies is perfectly acceptable in others. Nudity is generally not considered acceptable to be viewed by children in the USA, but in places like Japan it is not at all discouraged.
On an even more obvious note, morality is relative on an individual and even *context* basis. Many men may think using a prostitute is wrong, but then they may think it is all right in some circumstances, like at a bachelor party.
There do some to be some universal standards of morality, but even then these rules are not hard-and-fast, and change with time.
Thus the example of ancient Greek pederastic relationships. In Greece this was considered an important part of a young man's education and emotional and sexual development. In the modern Western world this is considered harmful. Who is right?
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