Why do so many gay men believe Greek men to be gay ? Okay here’s the deal :

I saw the movie ” 300 ” in 2007 … while I was in a forum it was being circulated by gay men , neo cons and others that Greek men are gay , Ancient Greeks practiced homosexuality and that the 300 Spartans were gay lovers … that the word Lesbian came from the Greek Island of ” Lesbos ” because they believed Sapho to be a Lesbian ( ? )

I went on YouTube and typed ” Sexy Greek men ” … there were videos all over of ” GayEros ” and whichever

I thought Greek men were hot so I was sadden that perhaps they were gay and so I gave up

Fast forward one year later in 2008 and I got an email from a friend of mine … so there were a lot of gay groups in Greece with ” fag hags ” and the ” fag hags ” got more attention from Greek men than the gay guys themselves ???

I thought this was all a joke and ignored it for a while … then I decided to go to Greece … the amount of straight/hetero men in Greece was SHOCKING … oh my gosh it seems like I was lied to

Then I got another message that the 300 Spartans were not gay lovers … they mistaken them for the 300 Sacred Band of Thebes

Then I learned that not all Greek states were the same … some in Ancient Greece were purely homosexual , some mostly , others partial , some mostly straight/hetero and others purely straight/hetero

Usually in some states in homosexuality in Ancient Greece ( gosh I phrased that SO wrong LMAO but who cares … ) first they got married and then started to have homosexual relations … I found this was the other way around in Sparta and other Greek states … they started at 7 or 10 ? Through 20 ( where they got married and impregnanted the women ) and at 30 they would finally see their wives faces ( and since there were sons or daughters ” offspring ” would not be as important I think )

Here is something about sexual stereotypes about Greek men — > http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Dec/islands.html

It goes like this ” The 2 Greek men are sleeping with each other and the Greek woman is cleaning and cooking for them ”

I LOLed at that ( gosh it seems I can’t write today proparly lol !!! )
Sadly right now I knew how wrong I was

But I still don’t get it … why do so many gay guys believe that most Greek men to be gay ?

Quick answer – ignorance and stereotypes are the base of these people who believe that most Greek guys are gay.

Sex and relationships between men have historically been different to how they are today, and in ancient Greece sex between the same sex seemed to have been a fairly traditional part of life – as varied as you state. Gay life varies today around the world, some countries kill gay people just for being who they are, whereas there is a growing acceptance of equality now in many places of the world.

There’s still homophobia, in its more recent meaning of the word, rather than that coined by Psychologists where it meant a fear. Such prejudice influences people to believe untruths and to distort their perception of others, as well as the past.

In summary, men in Greece are likely to have the typical sexual orientations that people around the world have, they are homo sapiens after all. The media often distorts things too, and this also influences perception.

But prejudice and bigotry still remain in the narrow minds of many. It’s great that you’ve been to Greece and explored more of the reality.

Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob