08-26-2023, 10:33 PM
In the Thread Ideas page, a Guest had mentioned the concept of The Bathhouse. This Guest had mentioned it being inherently different from something like the Longhouse, considering that it is "an escape from the toil and misery" of Longhouse conditions, and abides by a different structure. I will quote the rest of his post:
The Bathhouse appears to be an enclave of society, somewhere secluded where the abilities of Man are (ostensibly) unimpeded. Confer to what Paglia said in Sexual Personae:
This is the apparent mystique that the Guest attributes to The Bathhouse, which promises a subtle freedom. In reality, it is a squalid atmosphere that wastes each individual down to their basest qualities.
I have already expressed reservations about this idea, with reasons relating to Zoomer asexuality: does the symbol of the Bathhouse really relate to homosexual desire today? is it simply an anachronism which has lessened in significance overtime?
Despite these qualms, I have chosen to create the thread, so that the Bathhouse Question can be dwelled on longer. Those who posted originally in the Thread Ideas page are invited to elaborate their positions further.
Guest Wrote:The Bathhouse is a false paradise in which the only goal is physical pleasure. Addiction and hunger is the foundation of The Bathhhouse, primarily for sex, but other vices like drugs and eating are common. Addiction always entails escalation, and naturally the satyrs of The Bathhouse are always seeking new highs. The social structure is predatory and brutal where one must abuse or be abused. Young boys are the most vulnerable to abuse, due to the inherent physical weakness and lesser mental faculties of childhood.
[...] It is by definition a patriarchy since there is a hierarchy in which women are totally absent. Externally, The Bathhouse presents itself as a place of friendship, joy, and compassion, where men from all walk of live live in harmony and understanding. As all who enter soon find out, it is a hellish dungeon where the strong and the wealthy torture all below them for no other reason than to feel good.
The Bathhouse appears to be an enclave of society, somewhere secluded where the abilities of Man are (ostensibly) unimpeded. Confer to what Paglia said in Sexual Personae:
Quote:Male homosexuality played a similar catalytic role in Renaissance Florence and Elizabethan London. At such moments, male bondingenjoys an amorous intensity of self-assurance, a transient conviction of victory over mothers and nature. For 2,500 years, western culture has fed itself on the enormous achievements of homosexual hubris, small bands of men attaining visionary heights in a few concentrated years of exaltation and defiance.
This is the apparent mystique that the Guest attributes to The Bathhouse, which promises a subtle freedom. In reality, it is a squalid atmosphere that wastes each individual down to their basest qualities.
I have already expressed reservations about this idea, with reasons relating to Zoomer asexuality: does the symbol of the Bathhouse really relate to homosexual desire today? is it simply an anachronism which has lessened in significance overtime?
Despite these qualms, I have chosen to create the thread, so that the Bathhouse Question can be dwelled on longer. Those who posted originally in the Thread Ideas page are invited to elaborate their positions further.