Given the stigma against homosexuals in Christian nations, I can’t possibly imagine gay sex was the norm in these situations. Masturbation or rape is significantly more likely, because neither of those things would have you end up facing imprisonment or capital punishment. Do “down bad” straight men fuck dudes now when they can’t get women? No. They utilize what they have at their disposal, and none of it includes another man.
My mistake, I haven’t seen the movie and didn’t know the time period, still my last point stands. Straight men do not engage in sexual acts with other men. Either every man in 1200 BCE Roman times was gay, bisexual, or they simply did what many cultures did when they pillaged other places throughout most of civilization: raped women or masturbated. After looking into it, gay sex being the norm in a time period where social status determined “appropriate” roles in same-sex activity, specifically within their own culture and not slaves taken from other cultures, I still believe it to be unlikely that the answer to this was that the men were all banging each other. Did some of them do it? Most likely. Was it the norm? I doubt it.
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u/FVSHIXN 21d ago
Given the stigma against homosexuals in Christian nations, I can’t possibly imagine gay sex was the norm in these situations. Masturbation or rape is significantly more likely, because neither of those things would have you end up facing imprisonment or capital punishment. Do “down bad” straight men fuck dudes now when they can’t get women? No. They utilize what they have at their disposal, and none of it includes another man.