Editing Pier Paolo Pasolini (section)

== Personal life ==
A small scandal broke out during a local festival in [[San Vito al Tagliamento|Ramuscello]] in September 1949. Someone informed Cordovado, the local sergeant of the [[Carabinieri]], of sexual conduct ([[masturbation]]) by Pasolini with three youngsters aged sixteen and younger after dancing and drinking.<ref name="Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, 148"/> Cordovado summoned the boys' parents, who refused to file charges despite Cordovado's urging. Cordovado nevertheless drew up a report, and the informer elaborated publicly on his accusations, sparking a public uproar. A judge in [[San Vito al Tagliamento]] charged Pasolini with "[[corruption of minors]] and [[Public indecency|obscene acts in public places]]".<ref name="Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, 148"/><ref name="Martelini, L. 2006, p. 48">Martelini, L. 2006, p. 48</ref> He and the 16-year-old were both indicted.<ref name="Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, 149">Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, 149</ref>

The next month, when questioned, Pasolini would not deny the facts, but talked of a "literary and erotic drive" and cited [[André Gide]], the 1947 [[Nobel Prize for Literature]] [[laureate]]. Cordovado informed his superiors and the regional press stepped in.<ref name="Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, 149"/> According to Pasolini, the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democrats]] instigated the entire affair to smear his name ("the Christian Democrats pulled the strings"). He was fired from his job in Valvasone<ref name="Martelini, L. 2006, p. 48"/> and was expelled from the PCI by the party's Udine section, which he considered a betrayal. He addressed a critical letter to the head of the section, his friend Ferdinando Mautino, and claimed he was being subject to a "tacticism" of the PCI. In the party, the expulsion was opposed by Teresa Degan, Pasolini's colleague in education. He also wrote her a letter admitting his regret for being "such a naif, even indecently so".<ref name="Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, 148"/> Pasolini's parents reacted angrily and the situation in the family also became untenable.<ref>Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, 151</ref> In late 1949, he decided to move to Rome along with his mother, seeking to start a new life, settling down in the outskirts of Rome.

In 1963, at the age of 41, Pasolini met "the great love of his life", 15-year-old [[Ninetto Davoli]], whom he later cast in his 1966 film ''[[Uccellacci e uccellini]]'' (literally "Bad Birds and Little Birds" but translated in English as ''The Hawks and the Sparrows''). Pasolini became the youth's mentor and friend.<ref>{{cite news |first=Doug |last=Ireland |title=Restoring Pasolini |date=4 August 2005 |work=LA Weekly |publisher=LA Weekly, LP |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2005-08-04/news/restoring-pasolini/ |access-date=29 August 2010 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227224102/http://www.laweekly.com/2005-08-04/news/restoring-pasolini/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Important women in Pasolini's life with whom he shared a feeling of profound and unique friendship were, in particular, actress [[Laura Betti]] and singer [[Maria Callas]]. [[Dacia Maraini]], an Italian writer, said of Callas' behaviour towards Pasolini: "She used to follow him everywhere, even to Africa. She hoped to 'convert' him to heterosexuality and to marriage."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.centrostudipierpaolopasolinicasarsa.it/molteniblog/lamore-impossibile-tra-ppp-e-maria-callas-nel-film-lisola-di-medea-di-sergio-naitza/ | title=L'Amore impossibile tra PPP e Maria Callas nel film "L'isola di Medea" di Sergio Naitza | date=7 August 2016 }}</ref> Pasolini was also sensible to the problematics related to the "new" role ascribed to women through the Italian media, stating in a 1972 interview that "women are not slot machines".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.centrostudipierpaolopasolinicasarsa.it/molteniblog/pasolini-e-le-donne-oggetto-del-piccolo-schermo/ | title=Pasolini e le donne-oggetto del piccolo schermo | date=2 June 2017 }}</ref>

He was a supporter of his hometown football club [[Bologna FC 1909|Bologna]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Twitty |first=Thalia |date=2022-04-18 |title=Pasolini's greatest passion: football |url=https://www.wireservice.ca/pasolinis-greatest-passion-football/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Wire Service Canada |language=en-CA}}</ref>