re: #63 engineer dog

older men were expected to take younger men under their wing, and sleep with them, engaging in what might delicately be described as a non-penetrating sex practice

One of the theories I’ve heard about why homosexual relationships became so iconic in Greek culture has to do with the idea that these relationships created a way to bring younger men into extant military units—you came in as Bob’s lover, and he was responsible for you, and people would cut you some slack because they respected Bob.