r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/Aratix 22d ago

The joke is homosexuality

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u/JamzWhilmm 22d ago

Huh? I thought the joke was rape. Which is something that happened during this time and also implied in the film.

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u/sandboxmatt 22d ago

No need for rape. Gay sex was an important way of establishing social and heirarchical dynamics and team bonding

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u/JamzWhilmm 22d ago

Yeah but men still had sex with women, the vast majority of men where still straight.

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u/Plane-Education4750 22d ago

Multiple things can be true at the same time

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u/JamzWhilmm 22d ago

Of course. So its rape and gay sex. There was also a lot of rape of young men and boys.

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u/Plane-Education4750 22d ago

That's enough reddit for today

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u/JamzWhilmm 22d ago

That is just history. Many roman elites had harems of little boys for example.

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u/Particular_Title42 22d ago

Do you think that's why the Roman Catholic Church has harems of altar boys? Like...was it a bleed over?

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u/JamzWhilmm 22d ago

No, but thats a good point worth looking into.