The Kama Sutra is not (just) about sex

[Floki]

https://www.vox.com/videos/2018/11/1...just-about-sex


Across cultures and continents, the Kama Sutra has a long-held reputation as one of the earliest texts on the art of sex. It’s spawned an industry of merchandise since its popularization, from illustrated books to films, branded condoms, and magazine columns. But there’s a problem: The book isn’t that sexy.

Published in the West in the late 1800s by British explorer and “orientalist” Richard Francis Burton, the Kama Sutra brought exotic notions of Indian sex to a restrained Victorian society. While people tended to focus on the chapters involving sex positions, the bit that deals with physical acts of intimacy is just one section of this seven-part treatise. When looked at in its entirety, the 2,000-year-old book tells a different story.

Originally compiled by philosopher Vatsyayana, the Kama Sutra was written as an intricate guide to setting up a life of luxury and leisure in ancient India. And when you read it, you’ll find advice on how a man can successfully commit adultery, how he should set up a bachelor pad, how women sex workers can make money, how to keep a woman faithful by using milkweed thorns, what types of women are “not to be enjoyed” — and verses describing when forcible marriage is appropriate.

In reality, it’s less of a sex manual and more of a deep look at ancient Indian power structures, gender roles, and the etiquette of pleasure.

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A book that is older than Christianity itself, which isn't only about sex.
Well in this case, it is about sex.

What is your favourites position and have you tried to accomplish them all and succeeded?
I can say that I haven't succeeded and more likely never will, being single doesn't help in that case.

My favourite position, or at least one of them is called: Aquarius

[Mrbean76]

https://www.vox.com/videos/2018/11/1...just-about-sex


Across cultures and continents, the Kama Sutra has a long-held reputation as one of the earliest texts on the art of sex. It’s spawned an industry of merchandise since its popularization, from illustrated books to films, branded condoms, and magazine columns. But there’s a problem: The book isn’t that sexy.

Published in the West in the late 1800s by British explorer and “orientalist” Richard Francis Burton, the Kama Sutra brought exotic notions of Indian sex to a restrained Victorian society. While people tended to focus on the chapters involving sex positions, the bit that deals with physical acts of intimacy is just one section of this seven-part treatise. When looked at in its entirety, the 2,000-year-old book tells a different story.

Originally compiled by philosopher Vatsyayana, the Kama Sutra was written as an intricate guide to setting up a life of luxury and leisure in ancient India. And when you read it, you’ll find advice on how a man can successfully commit adultery, how he should set up a bachelor pad, how women sex workers can make money, how to keep a woman faithful by using milkweed thorns, what types of women are “not to be enjoyed” — and verses describing when forcible marriage is appropriate.

In reality, it’s less of a sex manual and more of a deep look at ancient Indian power structures, gender roles, and the etiquette of pleasure.

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A book that is older than Christianity itself, which isn't only about sex.
Well in this case, it is about sex.

What is your favourites position and have you tried to accomplish them all and succeeded?
I can say that I haven't succeeded and more likely never will, being single doesn't help in that case.

My favourite position, or at least one of them is called: Aquarius

Splitting the bamboo is one of my favourite positions but I'd settle for star fish sex at the moment.

[winnerwinston]

That position is the first position I ever did with an escort and how I lost my virginity. As it turns out, the ladies prefer if you are closer so they can hold on when they are finishing

[lol brb]

For intimacy you just can’t beat this, face to face, gently moving.