Homocel hypothesis: Difference between revisions

Among hundreds of Ancient Roman writers, only Ovid wrote that having sex with a woman was better than having sex with a man.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Rome#:~:text=By%20the%20end,pleasure%20is%20mutual</ref> The Romans associated homosexuality with misogynist attitudes towards women, namely that women were too combative and demanded gifts too much, whereas with a boy or a man, sex was free and without conflict. According to Wikipedia, "Juvenal indicates the ''pusio'' was more desirable than women because he was less quarrelsome and would not demand gifts from his lover."<ref>[[wikipedia:Homosexuality_in_ancient_Rome#:~:text=Juvenal%20indicates%20the%20pusio%20was%20more%20desirable%20than%20women%20because%20he%20was%20less%20quarrelsome%20and%20would%20not%20demand%20gifts%20from%20his%20lover.|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Rome#:~:text=Juvenal%20indicates%20the%20pusio%20was%20more%20desirable%20than%20women%20because%20he%20was%20less%20quarrelsome%20and%20would%20not%20demand%20gifts%20from%20his%20lover.]]</ref> While only anecdotal, the term '<nowiki/>''pusio''<nowiki/>' sounds very similar to the term '''pussy''.' The wording of this passage sounds oddly similar to the modern day complaints men have about women only caring about money, which may imply that men turn to other men for sexual gratification, realizing that women do not 'want it,' and only use men for their resources.