Men's harems: how is everything arranged in them? Modern followers of Cleopatra force the strong floor to clean and prepare food.
The harem of women in the 21st century is not surprising: in some eastern countries, women are still equated with animals, and no one sees anything reprehensible in the fact that one man lived with a lot of wives. This form of relationship is called polygamy, but there is also the opposite kind of relationship - polyandry. This is a kind of "harem on the contrary," where one woman has the right to choose every night a new man from among her constant admirers.
The most famous owner of the male harem
Caesar's mistress, Queen Cleopatra, was far from being faithful to the great commander. Egypt and Rome were aware of their passion, as they regularly visited each other, but commoners and could not imagine what passions seethed between two such vivid historical personalities.
As soon as Caesar left the province of her beloved, she sent the news to her sister, Princess Arsinoe. It was Arsinoe Cleopatra hiding her harem of six hundred beautiful young people. However, to Caesar did not learn anything, after one night on the king's bed, the young man was executed, so getting into the harem was a step not to success, but to death. When Caesar finally learned the truth, he retired and took Arsinoe in chains to revenge.
Scandalous queen of India and her husbands
At the beginning of the III millennium BC. Indian ruler Draupadi shocked contemporaries with her decision to take as husband five men at once. All of them were brothers to each other, which was the reason for the war with neighboring peoples, who consider Draupadi, the daughter of King Panchal, a true libertine, which is corrupting the foundations. At that time, the woman had no right to look at the man and spoke to him only as "lord", so the strong sex bellicose received the news of the seditious wedding.
Initially, Draupal was planning to marry only the third brother, who was called Arjuna. When he learned that his brothers were as much in love with his bride as he was, he suggested that she live with one large family. Every evening a new husband visited her and each of them she gave birth to one son. Not all her husbands were ready to put up with Draupala's strong independent character, so one day Yudhisthira's elder husband lost it to his enemy's bones.
Loving Asian rulers
Residents of Asian countries are associated with meek geishas, able to entertain men with singing, pleasant conversation and dancing. The paradox, but it was in China that the most female lovers of male harems lived. The first one was Wu Zhao. At thirteen she became the concubine of the ruling emperor, but after his death, Wu Zhao entered into an intimate relationship with his son, executed all the other favorites and assumed the title of Empress.
Having achieved power, she chose talented and devoted advisers, allowing herself to relax and plunge into the world of pleasure. Each of her concubines had a tall (more than 2 m) growth and a strong physique. According to Wu Zhao's own admission, she forgot about the state and the burden of power in their arms. The bloody brutal empress used men after the amusement: from her seed and blood she made facial and body masks to prolong youth.
Emperor Tsang Wu's sister, Princess Shanyin followed the example of her predecessor. She envied her brother, who had thousands of concubines, and eventually managed to convince him that he should give her a harem of men. Brother gave Shanyin 30 of the best warriors of the empire, but she turned out to be the most real nymphomaniac, that's why there were so few men. Every night dozens of concubines came to her bedroom, but she complained and complained that no one could give her satisfaction. Cang U tired of her claims - and he built for her love of comfort a separate palace-harem.
In 1908, the last owner of a harem with men in China died - Tsi Si. She began to invite the concubines after the death of her husband-emperor Izhu, hoping thus to drown the longing for him. Before her death, Qi Xi said:
"The throne of the Dragon should never again fall under the power and influence of a woman ..."
Modern heirs of the "harem" matriarchy
Matriarchy in its classical form, where a woman is considered the head of the family, is now found in African countries, but hares are forbidden in them. In Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, wives are solving major financial and housing issues, but they are far from freedom in the relations that the inhabitants of the Tibetan provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan and the islands of Oceania have.
Families there are called women's settlements, in which grandmothers, their daughters and granddaughters live simultaneously. The elder in the family suits the council once a week, at which the fateful decisions for the family are discussed. Men live in the homes of their mothers and come to their wives only when they express their desire. In this case, one girl may have five or six men, but she never thinks about the one she gave birth to. A child of either sex remains in the same house with her. While women work and are responsible for their children, men clean up the house and prepare food for them. Radical feminists of Europe and America dream of such superiority over a strong gender.