
Mercutio and Romeo: an Analysis of Male Friendship
... the production through hand gestures, body language, tone, and costuming. However, this raised level of sexuality does not necessarily imply that Mercutio has hidden affections for Romeo. In fact, many of ...
... the production through hand gestures, body language, tone, and costuming. However, this raised level of sexuality does not necessarily imply that Mercutio has hidden affections for Romeo. In fact, many of ...
the broken wings of eros: christian ethics and
... to complete us, and such a desire can be love. “The lover desires the object of his/her love and thus lacks that object, but it is the lack that explains the very phenomenon of desire.”10 Now we can desire with a physical passion or a sensual love which is closely linked to the body, and sensual lov ...
... to complete us, and such a desire can be love. “The lover desires the object of his/her love and thus lacks that object, but it is the lack that explains the very phenomenon of desire.”10 Now we can desire with a physical passion or a sensual love which is closely linked to the body, and sensual lov ...
Caravaggio - GLBTQ.com
... decapitated giant, making the painting a somber meditation upon a deeply personal frustration. Caravaggio's Sexuality The painter's sexuality remains a contested issue in portions of Caravaggio criticism. Creighton Gilbert, for example, argues that all of the supposedly homoerotic traits of Caravagg ...
... decapitated giant, making the painting a somber meditation upon a deeply personal frustration. Caravaggio's Sexuality The painter's sexuality remains a contested issue in portions of Caravaggio criticism. Creighton Gilbert, for example, argues that all of the supposedly homoerotic traits of Caravagg ...
Rethinking Relations: Queer Intimacies and Practices
... rethinking and reorienting the normative logic that organizes social relations and in recognizing that engaging with an other does not necessarily follow easy codes of signification, a vital aspect of heteronormativity is challenged. This thesis is a discussion of the normative values and meanings t ...
... rethinking and reorienting the normative logic that organizes social relations and in recognizing that engaging with an other does not necessarily follow easy codes of signification, a vital aspect of heteronormativity is challenged. This thesis is a discussion of the normative values and meanings t ...
aestheticism, homoeroticism, and christian guilt in the
... Basil Hallward paints a portrait of him that captures that beauty. While he is posing for the painting, Basil’s friend Lord Henry Wotton tells Dorian that youth and beauty are the only things worth having in life and admonishes him to live fully, since his own youth must soon fade. Dorian exclaims t ...
... Basil Hallward paints a portrait of him that captures that beauty. While he is posing for the painting, Basil’s friend Lord Henry Wotton tells Dorian that youth and beauty are the only things worth having in life and admonishes him to live fully, since his own youth must soon fade. Dorian exclaims t ...
Roman Homosexuality
... scholarship that could easily be found on most other aspects of ancient Greek and Roman lives, especially after the rise of social history, was simply lacking in this area. Even when sexually explicit material was not deleted from editions, commentaries on the text usually avoided it. Prudish retice ...
... scholarship that could easily be found on most other aspects of ancient Greek and Roman lives, especially after the rise of social history, was simply lacking in this area. Even when sexually explicit material was not deleted from editions, commentaries on the text usually avoided it. Prudish retice ...
A Necessary Conflict: Eros and Philia in a Love
... passionate attachment we feel for one special individual, who is seen as beautiful, desirable and valuable. This will suffice for now. Then there is philia, which is a better term than “friendship”. The modern conception of friendship, assuming there is one, is very different compared not only to th ...
... passionate attachment we feel for one special individual, who is seen as beautiful, desirable and valuable. This will suffice for now. Then there is philia, which is a better term than “friendship”. The modern conception of friendship, assuming there is one, is very different compared not only to th ...
Ritual and Medical Circumcision among Filipino boys: Evidence of
... particularly in regard to ritual circumcision (Tuli). Such violence in reality is criminal sexual assault.12 ...
... particularly in regard to ritual circumcision (Tuli). Such violence in reality is criminal sexual assault.12 ...
The Impact of Father Absence on Adolescents` Romantic
... association with adolescents’ increased amount of romantic relationships (Brown, 2006; Cavanagh et al, 2008; Fomby &Cherlin, 2007; Hao & Xie, 2007; Osborne & McLanahan, 2007; Wu & Thomson, 2001). Specifically, Cavanagh found that adolescents residing in a stepparent family were more likely to be in ...
... association with adolescents’ increased amount of romantic relationships (Brown, 2006; Cavanagh et al, 2008; Fomby &Cherlin, 2007; Hao & Xie, 2007; Osborne & McLanahan, 2007; Wu & Thomson, 2001). Specifically, Cavanagh found that adolescents residing in a stepparent family were more likely to be in ...
paper - Deborah Addington
... could either manifest Eros by having (dispassionate) sex with one’s wife to make more Jews, or one could immerse in Torah study. The two were not seen as compatible, let alone complimentary. Even with the repression of healthy sexuality, Eros is still seen: The passionate desire to unify one’s self ...
... could either manifest Eros by having (dispassionate) sex with one’s wife to make more Jews, or one could immerse in Torah study. The two were not seen as compatible, let alone complimentary. Even with the repression of healthy sexuality, Eros is still seen: The passionate desire to unify one’s self ...
the constructionist historiography of greek erotics1
... meanings in every society and in every culture. Only in modern Western world such construction is articulated by the categories of ‘sexuality’. How to understand the construction of these meanings in societies that haven’t established ‘sexuality’? The work Before sexuality, thinking about this const ...
... meanings in every society and in every culture. Only in modern Western world such construction is articulated by the categories of ‘sexuality’. How to understand the construction of these meanings in societies that haven’t established ‘sexuality’? The work Before sexuality, thinking about this const ...
Love is a dangerous thing - South African Medical Research Council
... about my girlfriend because the girls are beautiful, you want to try to have her for the rest of your life, but after that they disappoint you by having sex with another guy'. At times, love was perceived to act as a disease, which would “work into” a heart and destroy it1: as one girl whose boyfrie ...
... about my girlfriend because the girls are beautiful, you want to try to have her for the rest of your life, but after that they disappoint you by having sex with another guy'. At times, love was perceived to act as a disease, which would “work into” a heart and destroy it1: as one girl whose boyfrie ...
GREEK "HOMOSEXUALI1Y": WinTHER THE DEBATE?
... and culture. Constructionists argue that "sexuality" as such is not an independent category, objectively definable in every cultural and historical context: each culture determines what is "sexual" and what is not -- indeed, cultures determine whether anything like a concept of "sexuality" exists at ...
... and culture. Constructionists argue that "sexuality" as such is not an independent category, objectively definable in every cultural and historical context: each culture determines what is "sexual" and what is not -- indeed, cultures determine whether anything like a concept of "sexuality" exists at ...
Article - Vibrant – Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
... culture would be fundamental for combating segregation and prejudice, felt that associating “passive homosexuality” with candomblé would somehow diminish its positive image. After all, there were few intellectuals in Brazil as elsewhere at that time who would be prepared to challenge the widespread ...
... culture would be fundamental for combating segregation and prejudice, felt that associating “passive homosexuality” with candomblé would somehow diminish its positive image. After all, there were few intellectuals in Brazil as elsewhere at that time who would be prepared to challenge the widespread ...
Voulgaris_Sexuality and Intellectualism Socrates Chapter
... Classical Athenian Literature: An Illuminating Conversation With Socrates About Love When examining the ideology that distinguishes classical Athenian sexuality in aristocratic intellectual circles, there are no better sources to give us a glimpse of this private world than elite literary sources o ...
... Classical Athenian Literature: An Illuminating Conversation With Socrates About Love When examining the ideology that distinguishes classical Athenian sexuality in aristocratic intellectual circles, there are no better sources to give us a glimpse of this private world than elite literary sources o ...
an apologetic against homosexuality
... c. This was repeated in the Codex of Justinian, which served as the basis for Byzantine law for many centuries to come.8 It should be noted that the laws were often not enacted by Christian leaders (until Theodosius and Justinian), but that later rulers only sought to enforce the laws already on the ...
... c. This was repeated in the Codex of Justinian, which served as the basis for Byzantine law for many centuries to come.8 It should be noted that the laws were often not enacted by Christian leaders (until Theodosius and Justinian), but that later rulers only sought to enforce the laws already on the ...
as Microsoft Word document
... Perverts and “child molesters” were at the heart of gay liberation from the beginning. Der Eigene, roughly translated as “The Special,” suggesting a somewhat elitist mind-set, was joined by a boy-love group, the Gemeinschaft der Eigenen (Community of the Special) in 1903.5 This group was founded by ...
... Perverts and “child molesters” were at the heart of gay liberation from the beginning. Der Eigene, roughly translated as “The Special,” suggesting a somewhat elitist mind-set, was joined by a boy-love group, the Gemeinschaft der Eigenen (Community of the Special) in 1903.5 This group was founded by ...
Higher Love: Elitism in the Pederastic Practice of Athens in the
... homosexuality, but as a facet of society influenced by a panoply of economic, social, and political motivations. This thesis will critically analyze the Attic practice of pederasty in the archaic and classical periods in an economic and political context to determine that is was an elitist practice ...
... homosexuality, but as a facet of society influenced by a panoply of economic, social, and political motivations. This thesis will critically analyze the Attic practice of pederasty in the archaic and classical periods in an economic and political context to determine that is was an elitist practice ...
Pederasty

Pederasty or paederasty (US /ˈpɛdəræsti/ or UK /ˈpiːdəræsti/) is a (usually erotic) homosexual relationship between an adult male and a pubescent or adolescent male. The word pederasty derives from Greek (paiderastia) ""love of boys"", a compound derived from παῖς (pais) ""child, boy"" and ἐραστής (erastēs) ""lover"". In French, however, ""pédérastie"" has been used as a synonym for homosexuality between adult males (see Histoire du mot pédérastie).Historically, pederasty has existed as a variety of customs and practices within different cultures. The status of pederasty has changed over the course of history, at times considered an ideal and at other times a crime. In the history of Europe, its most structured cultural manifestation was Athenian pederasty, and became most prominent in the 6th century BC. Greek pederasty's various forms were the subject of philosophic debates in which the purely carnal type was unfavorably compared with erotic friendships and moderate forms, known as Sophrosyne.The legal status of pederasty in most countries is determined by whether or not the boy has reached the local age of consent, and as to whether such contact is considered abusive to the child.