I also did a little research on the word too. It also means a youthful partner or pubescent boy in a relationship with an older man. Most of the time, the bottom of the relationship. Pretty much what Hwan and his master are.
I bet he means the derogatory term for it. Back in olden times, it wasn't a nice thing to be labeled as.
Yeah, it was mentioned on the wiki about it being used mostly that way. Kinda sad when you think about that the person being used on are mostly minors.
Morals were very different back then...
It means a young lover.
Meant in fondness, but said in a victim-blaming homophobic way.
(Not that pedophilia is okay, but yeah.)
Catamite, for those of you who don't know, is basically a kept male sex slave...
Sad that Hwan thinks that way. Its sad that the master is too afraid the truth will scare him. But you can't read people's minds. The only way for someone to know how you feel is to tell them and the only way for you to know how they feel is to ask. Communication solves so many problems
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