Why does everyone make jokes about Greek men being g*y? I don't understand. Why do you think that is?

Question

Why does everyone make jokes about Greek men being g*y? I don't understand. Why do you think that is?

Answer 1

I hope that you are under 15 and doing childish questions . If you're older then that you have no excuse on being an idiot!!!! Yia sou.

Answer 2

It probably stems from the ancient Spartan practice of pederasty, which involved pairing young boys with older, non-related male mentors. These relationships involved a sexual component, as the Spartans considered it natural to be attracted to the ideal, athletic male form towards which the society as a whole aspired.

To suggest that Greek men today are affected in any way by this ancient tradition is foolish, although I'm sure there are just as many g*y men in Greece as in any other part of the world.

Answer 3

You are wrong! Not everyone makes silly jokes about Greek men being g*y! Only a few FYROMIANS make jokes about it, because no one pays enough attention to them, don't you think?

;-)

Answer 4

Isn't that true for Englishmen too? Is that also the reason why so many English women marry Greeks?

Answer 5

What are you talking about? Greek men are the best lovers in the whole world.

Answer 6

choose your identity first boy

first you were "just another macedonian" and now you are a british guy????

we all dont care what people say,cause whatever they say,Greek men are hot,and not g*y at all...

(not the ancient the present ones)

Answer 7

iam afraid the only joke here is your silly inmature question.....iam sure every one will agree with me...is this what you and your freinds talk about?greek men?..lol who is g*y?   WE TALK ABOUT OUR WOMEN HOW WE GONA...make love to them.

Answer 8

Goes back to a VERY strong value on women being virgins before marriage, and remaining faithful to their husbands (that´s a bad thing...isn´t it? ;)

Supposedly, the men have to look somewhere to satisfy their needs...that´s my understanding, anyway.  Stereotypes are what they are...sadly.

Answer 9

It's because Greek men are the only ones who are men enough to take it and not be insulted. There's no effect in calling g*y men g*y, or the ones with fewer manly qualities; you have to find really masculine, but not macho! types for this. And the target of jokes are the objects of other people's jealousy.

Greek men are more manly than many others, that's all I know.

Answer 10

People that say that are obviously stupid because every country has g**s and their country does not consist of 100% straight men.  Of course there are some Greek men that are g*y as in every other country, but noone should bass on g**s because g**s are human too.

And anyone who says that all Greek men are g*y is obviously jealous cuz our men are s**y and any woman thats not blind and visits our country will know that.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=blMi7pjpo1Q

Answer 11

Wasn't your nickname Just Another Macedonian a few days ago?

EDIT: I thought so.

Answer 12

Because in Ancient Greece, it was OK to be g*y. g**s were not persecuted and driven into hiding. In fact ALL expressions of s*x were accepted, people were not ashamed of s*x, their bodies or their desires.

Christianity took care of all that, and put things ion their rightful place. Can you imagine what the world would have been like if that had continued? We might have missed out on the dark ages altogether!

Answer 13

I read this with interest because I had never heard of greek men being g*y but the g*y man friend I went to kefalonia with a few years ago was so confident he was going to score.

He didn't not one greek man even looked at him and believe me my friend is a 5 star hunk.

I think this myth is so busted.

Answer 14

not many greek men are g*y, but many greeks assume everyone else is, esp the english. of course there is an ancient tradition going back to the myth of ganymede and there is a tradition of homosexuality in 4th Century Greece . MOdern greece is very intollerant, cf recent nonsense surrounding g*y marriage/ civil unions and also the legal case about using the name "L*****n".