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Originally posted by Hefficide
I am finding myself somewhat troubled. I am a pretty modern and hip guy. But a manicure? A manicure? My idea of a manicure is nail clippers in bed, followed by using a pumice stone to get rid of unsightly finger nail goo.
~Heff
Originally posted by IntastellaBurst
I would also like to clear up a common misconception:
Now, ... some people may think me and The Worm are some kind of fruits if we were to rub eachother's bodies with exotic oils.......
But maybe thats the only way we could get the proper sheen we were looking for .....
.. is it gay to have your muscles glistening in the sun like wet stones on the beach ??? I think not.
Originally posted by IntastellaBurst
I would also like to clear up a common misconception:
Now, ... some people may think me and The Worm are some kind of fruits if we were to rub eachother's bodies with exotic oils.......
But maybe thats the only way we could get the proper sheen we were looking for .....
.. is it gay to have your muscles glistening in the sun like wet stones on the beach ??? I think not.
Originally posted by nixie_nox
...he knows a woman doesn't want to be touched by rough or dirty hands...
Originally posted by Hefficide
Bah, any real man would do what I did and read this thread thinking "What the ruddy Hell does any of this have to do with ME anyway?"
Manschooled folks, manschooled.
~Heff
Originally posted by Hefficide
Bah, any real man would do what I did and read this thread thinking "What the ruddy Hell does any of this have to do with ME anyway?"
Manschooled folks, manschooled.
~Heff
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
I was just reading the thread on 'How to be a Man' or some such thing, and Inchworm's posts reminded me of this. You see in martial cultures homosexuality was, if not encouraged, certainly accepted. In Sparta, I should imagine, like Greece, advancement into the upper ranks could be aided by becoming the lover of a superior officer. After all, women were forbidden to Spartan warriors for most of their time in service. They certainly weren't allowed to marry until they left, assuming they ever survived that long, and survival or protection from the 'frontline' so to speak, could be avoided by 'appealing' to an officer of higher rank. And while I should imagine that some would have frequented brothels or 'camp followers', most would not have been permitted, so for sex, they mostly had each other. As a Spartan would be taken at seven for training, it is likely that this 'system' was instilled fairly early on, passed down from each new intake to the next and considered perfectly normal, which it was, contextully. Much in the same way it was in the British Public School system until very recently, this being the system that created the majority of Officers in the service. Similarly, another military culture, the Prussians were notoriously homosexual, amongst themselves. So my point being, while the female of our species may display for the males benefit, the males are cheifly interested only in impressing each other, because over generations they have been bred this way, with all the heterosexuals getting wiped out on the battlefield, homosexual inclinations gives the survival advantage.