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Reflections on gay male porn. (Essay).

The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

| July 01, 2003 | Helms, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2003 Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"Not even a ship under full sail is as beautiful as a young boy's ass."

Latin inscription over the entrance to a ruined villa outside Rome

IF PROSTITUTION is the world's oldest profession, pornography is surely one of its oldest pleasures. The Greeks and Romans were certainly aficionados, as Greek vase painting and the frescos at Pompeii attest. Imagine offering a guest a cup of wine which, once drained, showed a couple in flagrante delicto (male-male as well as male-female), or inviting a dozen guests for dinner in a dining room whose walls were covered with paintings of copulation (mostly male-female, but not always). Pornographic images also appeared ...

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