pederasty

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Psychology

 

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May 6, 2011

 

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It was commonly believed there was no love greater or bond no stronger than the chaste pedestry because of the tremendous will and restraint shown by the adult (Percy 118). The Spartans were documented as making pedestry a state requirement of all adult men. Aristotle claimed that Spartans encouraged this behavior as a means for control of the population by directing love and sexual desire away from procreative channels (Bleibtre- Ehrenber)...
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Aristotle claimed that Spartans encouraged this behavior as a means for control of the population by directing love and sexual desire away from procreative channels (Bleibtre- Ehrenber). Plato however wrote to devalue and finally condemn sexual intercourse with young boys saying "generally in countries which are subject to the barbarians, the custom is held to be dishonorable; loves of youths share the evil repute in which philosophy and naked sports are held, because they are inimical to tyranny; for the interests of rulers require that their subjects should be poor in spirit, and that there should be no strong bond of friendship or society among them, which love, above all other motives, is likely to inspire, as our Athenian tyrants learned by experience; for the love of Aristogeiton and the constancy of Harmodius had a strength which undid their power" (Plato, Symposium)...
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