https://shahrefarang.com/en/prophet-mohammad-depicted-as-a-tunisian-child/an interesting article showing early 20th century depictions of the prophet muhammad as a teenage boy; a very popular image circulated in iran - the photograph itself is taken in the 1920s by a czech photographer, rudolf granz lehnert. from his catalogue, he appears to be aestheticise male youth, advancing the aristocratic ethos of pederasty. the beautiful boy motif is present in ancient greco-roman culture (whats interesting is that the homosexual bond between achilles and patrocles is commented upon even in plato's "symposium", but at this time, patrocles was still understood to be older, yet in later depictions, patrocles is younger, as a boy lover. the warren cup is also the site of much homoerotic display, between an older man and young boy). there was an official designation of these lovers, between erastês (the elder) and erômenos (the younger). of course, the roman church has gladly carried out these sacred rites, with plebian disapproval at its uncovering (recently, ammon hillman appears to expose Christ himself as a holy pederast). the only literature which affords openness to this relationship seems to exist in feminist circles, such as with camille paglia (1990) and germaine greer (2003), since NAMBLA is considered too controversial. paglia actually did support NAMBLA in the 90s; a heroic effort, before her later conservative turn.