The Greek male was expected not only to marry and raise children, but also to be available for friendship and love with worthy youths, not to the exclusion of marriage but as its necessary complement. The underlying philosophy was that the adult lover gave the youth all that was good and noble in him to help his passage into manhood. That a man should be attracted both to lovely women and to youths was seen as natural and normal. It was a male dominated society with the women tending the children at home and the men training at the gymnasium, developing their bodies and discussing ideas. The word gymnasium derives from 'gymnos' naked, reflecting the fact that all sports were performed unclothed, which naturally created an erotic mileau. It is sometimes forgotten that the culture and beliefs of this far-off time are very different from our own which have evolved through a different set of necessities and circumstances, in particular the repressive Victorian Age.