Pederasty

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece

"For the youth – and his family – one important advantage of being mentored by an influential older man was an expanded social network. Thus, some considered it desirable to have had many older lovers / mentors in one’s younger years, both attesting to one's physical beauty and paving the way for attaining important positions in society. Typically, after their sexual relationship had ended and the young man had married, the older man and his protégé would remain on close terms throughout their life."

I realized that up until now, almost every job I've gotten has been because some older dude has been into me. I somehow got around to reading this Wikipedia entry, and then I thought to myself--"Oh... okay... this isn't anything new."