History 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hetaira, Married People, Missionary Position
25 Oct 2018
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History 2181 lecture 2 ideas governing sex and sexuality preceding historical periods: ancient (classical) greece, the christian period, medieval period, renaissance, enlightenment. There was very little interest i(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s se(cid:454)ual desires, urges a(cid:374)d pleasures. Symposium is ancient greece is a place w a lot wine, musicians, prostitutes, bed for sex, orgies, food, etc: was a drinking party for free men to engage in sexual behaviours. Free women (wives of free men) would not be at the symposium: was(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered to be a highly respectable for them to be there. 1/4th of pop were slaves, both men and women. So free women would get married at 12-15. If husband died, then women can remarry and have more children. So marriages were not monogamous, but: when ma(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)itted adulter(cid:455), (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t reall(cid:455) regarded as adulter(cid:455, e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept had a(cid:374) affair (cid:449)ith a(cid:374)other (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s (cid:449)ife.
