As a woman, I feel free to protest that men today are pilloried for something that was rational and honorable in Greece at the height of its civilization.

Never, ever forget that some the things going on at the height of a civilization's power and sophistication are logically responsible for its downfall, and that some of the things going on in primitive backwaters are logically responsible for its eventual ascendance.

History is is very clear that sexual decadence and degeneracy precede falls, not rises.