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Objective/Context: Child sexual abuse has a history, but we still don’t know much about it. This article studies trials for indecent assault and rape of children that occurred in Mexico at the end of the 19th century. Methodology: The analysis reviews periodical publications extracted from the newspaper El Foro. Periódico de Jurisprudencia y Legislación (1873-1899) and the Penal Code of 1871. Originality: Historiography about the topic has focused primarily on the lack of child protection, the influence of gender violence, and the ineffectiveness of the nineteenth-century penal system. This contribution broadens the knowledge of this last aspect, analyzing the trials portrayed in El Foro, by attending to the allegations and disagreements generated during the processes. The article proposes that these controversies represent complex legal discussions, the most frequent being those focused on clarifying the seriousness of these acts, evidencing the underage status, distinguishing between the two crimes, and explaining the causes of the aggression. Conclusions: Besides illustrating different ways of observing the intimate contact between adults and children, the disagreements also show the limits and consensus of the nineteenth-century penal system in Mexico. The permanent interpretation of the law and the impossibility of anticipating all the conditions of everyday crimes mark the limits. The consensus, meanwhile, established a new way of judging and punishing these crimes. Through the Penal Code of 1871 and its trials, the Mexican justice confirmed the danger of these actions, instituted different levels of severity, began persecuting previously ignored gestures and practices, accepted complaints from boys, declared the age of minority as an aggravating circumstance, established that crimes against minors were more serious, and began to be interested in the motivations of the aggressors. Objetivo/Contexto: La violencia sexual infantil tiene historia, pero aún sabemos poco sobre ella. El presente artículo estudia juicios por atentado al pudor y violación de niños ocurridos en México a finales del siglo xix. Metodología: El análisis parte de la revisión de fuentes hemerográficas extraídas del diario El Foro. Periódico de Jurisprudencia y Legislación (1873-1899) y del Código Penal de 1871. Originalidad: La historiografía sobre este tema y período ha destacado la falta de protección infantil, el influjo de la violencia de género y la poca eficacia del sistema penal. La aportación del artículo radica en ampliar el conocimiento de este último aspecto, a partir del análisis de los juicios retratados en El Foro, con énfasis en los alegatos y desacuerdos generados durante los procesos. Se sostiene que estas controversias representan discusiones legales complejas, y las más frecuentes son aquellas enfocadas en esclarecer la gravedad de estos actos, acreditar la minoría de edad, distinguir entre ambos delitos y explicar las causas de la agresión. Conclusiones: Los desacuerdos analizados, además de ilustrar distintos modos de observar el contacto íntimo entre adultos y niños, exhiben los límites y consensos del sistema penal decimonónico en México. Entre los límites, encontramos la incesante interpretación de la ley y la imposibilidad de anticipar todas las condiciones de los delitos cotidianos. Los consensos, por su parte, establecieron una nueva forma de juzgar y castigar estos delitos. Por medio del Código Penal de 1871, y de los juicios que derivaron de este, la justicia mexicana confirmó el peligro de estas acciones, instituyó diferentes niveles de gravedad, inició la persecución de gestos y prácticas anteriormente ignoradas, aceptó denuncias de niños varones, instauró la minoría de edad como agravante, y comenzó a interesarse por descubrir las motivaciones de los agresores. Objetivo/contexto: a violência sexual infantil tem história, mas ainda sabemos pouco sobre ela. Este artigo estuda julgamentos por atentado ao pudor e estupro de crianças ocorridos no México no final do século xix. Metodologia: a análise parte da revisão de fontes hemerográficas extraídas do jornal El foro. Periódico de jurisprudencia y legislación (1873-1899) e do Código Penal de 1871. Originalidade: a historiografia sobre esse tema e período vem destacando a falta de proteção infantil, o fluxo da violência de gênero e a pouca eficácia do sistema penal. A contribuição deste artigo está em ampliar o conhecimento deste último aspecto a partir da análise dos julgamentos retratados em El foro, com ênfase nas alegações e desacordos gerados durante os processos. Defende-se que essas controvérsias representam discussões legais complexas e as mais frequentes são aquelas focadas em esclarecer a gravidade dos atos, reconhecer a menoridade, diferenciar entre ambos os delitos e explicar as causas da agressão. Conclusões: os desacordos analisados, além de ilustrarem diferentes modos de observar o contato íntimo entre adultos e crianças, exibem os limites e consensos do sistema penal do século xix no México. Entre as limitações, constatamos a incessante interpretação da lei e a impossibilidade de antecipar todas as condições dos delitos cotidianos. Por sua vez, os consensos estabeleceram uma nova forma de julgar e punir esses crimes. Por meio do Código Penal de 1871 e dos julgamentos que derivaram dele, a justiça mexicana confirmou o perigo dessas ações, instituiu diferentes níveis de gravidade, iniciou a persecução de gestos e práticas anteriormente ignoradas, aceitou denúncias de meninos, instaurou a menoridade como agravante e começou a se interessar por descobrir as motivações dos agressores.

Abstract Catullus' poem 48 has barely been studied, except as the \"less interesting\" sibling of the family of kiss poems. It continues the characterisation of Juventius as an aristocratic young man in the flower of his youth (flosculus ... Iuventiorum, 24.1), but it complicates this image with agricultural imagery which suggests that the boy is on the cusp of manhood, making a transition from smooth-cheeked spring to bristly summer. Juventius' honey-sweet eyes and kisses like thick crops of the dry beards of grain evoke the 'young man with the first down', a figure with a long and conflicting literary pedigree. A better understanding of the literary background of this imagery illuminates poem 48 as a complex and passionate celebration of the fragility of youthful beauty, but it also reveals more clearly just how the poem participates in the persuasive rhetoric of the kiss poems.

The scientific literature has shown an increasing demand by citizens and society at large to stop using people who have committed sexual violence against children as a reference in academia. However, research has not explored the fact that in some sectors of society, the rejection of individuals who have exercised sexual abuse against children is entirely deliberate. This study analyzes, for the first time, the incoherence of many academics when it comes to their positioning regarding different renowned authors who commit sexual abuse against children, and the consequences of such incoherence according to several citizens. To that end, social media analytics and interviews with 16 individuals aged 27 to 70 years from different professions, including university professors, construction workers and retired lawyers, were conducted. The results show three main consequences of the incoherence of academics who use as a reference authors who have defended and exercised pederasty: promoting social mistrust toward those academics, as there is no coherence between what they say and do; normalizing and promoting pederasty and impunity toward abusers, creating a sense that “anything goes”; and silencing and revictimizing victims, which creates a context of great vulnerability to develop a healthy sexuality.

Seneca's invective against the sexual misconduct in the Roman Empire as part of his decline narrative is a neglected parallel to Rom 1:26-27. Its resonances, however, give more support to Ben Witherington's comment about specifically situating Romans 1 within the context of Seneca's castigation of the lechery in Rome. Moreover, the parallels with Epistle 95 reinforce an excessive lust view of Rom 1:26-27.

Este artículo trata sobre la imagen del prostituto en la cerámica vascular ática del siglo V a.C. Como motivo iconográfico clave e invariablemente presentado junto a dichos individuos, ofrecedores de efímera belleza y placer, aparece el saco de dinero o la ballantia, cuyo significado económico y sexual es casi indudable. Así pues, se realiza el análisis iconográfico de un conjunto de imágenes en base a una novedosa hipótesis de corte multidisciplinar en la cual prima el contexto sociopolítico de la Atenas clásica y la transformación que padece la institución aristocrática de la paiderasteia en dicho periodo debido a la generalización de la plena ciudadanía llevada cabo por Efialtes y Pericles.Abstract This article is about the image of the male prostitute in attic vase painting of the 5th century B.C.E. The key iconographic motif and invariably presented together with these individuals, who offer ephemeral beauty and pleasure, is the sack of money or ballantia, whose economic and sexual significance is almost certain. Thus, an iconographic analysis of a set of images is carried out on the basis of a novel multidisciplinary hypothesis in which prevails the sociopolitical context of classical Athens and the transformation suffered by the aristocratic institution of the paiderasteia in that period due to the generalization of the full citizenship made by Ephialtes and Pericles.

In 2003 the US Supreme Court overturned anti-sodomy laws across the country, ruling in Lawrence v. Texas that the Constitution protects private consensual sex between adults. To some, the decision seemed to come like lightning from above, altering the landscape of America’s sexual politics all at once. In actuality, many years of work and organizing led up to the legal case, and the landmark ruling might never have happened were it not for the passionate struggle of Texans who rejected their state’s discriminatory laws.Before Lawrence v. Texas tells the story of the long, troubled, and ultimately hopeful road to constitutional change. Wesley G. Phelps describes the achievements, setbacks, and unlikely alliances along the way. Over the course of decades, and at great risk to themselves, gay and lesbian Texans and their supporters launched political campaigns and legal challenges, laying the groundwork for Lawrence. Phelps shares the personal experiences of the people and couples who contributed to the legal strategy that ultimately overturned the state’s discriminatory law. Even when their individual court cases were unsuccessful, justice seekers and activists collectively influenced public opinion by insisting that their voices be heard. Nine Supreme Court justices ruled, but it was grassroots politics that vindicated the ideal of equality under the law.

Classical Athenian literature often speaks of democratic politics in sexual terms. Citizens are urged to become lovers of the polis, and politicians claim to be lovers of the people. Victoria Wohl argues that this was no dead metaphor. Exploring the intersection between eros and politics in democratic Athens, Wohl traces the private desires aroused by public ideology and the political consequences of citizens' most intimate longings. Love among the Ruins analyzes the civic fantasies that lay beneath (but not necessarily parallel to) Athens's political ideology. It shows how desire can disrupt politics and provides a deeper--at times disturbing--insight into the democratic unconscious of ancient Athens. The Athenians imagined the perfect citizen as a noble and manly lover. But this icon conceals a multitude of other possible figures: sexy tyrants, potent pathics, and seductive perverts. Through critical re-readings of canonical texts, Wohl investigates these fantasies, which seem so antithetical to Athens's manifest ideals. She examines the interrelation of patriotism and narcissism, the trope of politics as prostitution, the elite suspicion of political pleasure, and the status of perversion within Athens's sexual and political norms. She also discusses the morbid drive that propelled Athenian imperialism, as well as democratic Athens's paradoxical fascination with the joys of tyranny.

A pair of anonymous rhetorical exercises in Greek, dating perhaps to the eleventh century, contain a refutation and a confirmation of the myth of Ganymede, in which the young Trojan shepherd is abducted by Zeus in the form of an eagle to live with him in heaven. This article analyses the opposing arguments about divinity and sexuality in the two exercises, argues that they contain a unique aetiological account of the violet, and situates them in the reception history of Ganymede.

Intergenerational sex between children or youth and adults was historically common, but it is understudied within the historiography of sexuality. There are three reasons that historians of sexuality should pay greater attention to intergenerational sex. First, it was common; second, discourse around intergenerational sex has been a critical site for the production of power; and third, studying intergenerational sex illuminates how sexuality is historically constructed. However, studying intergenerational sex also raises thorny methodological problems around definitions of childhood and consent, the treatment of children's agency, and how to contextualize a practice that was once considered ordinary but is now taboo. Using examples from my research on the writer and notorious pederast Norman Douglas, I address each of these methodological concerns and suggest productive approaches.