The Kama Sutra: A 1, 700-Year-Old Book That Changed Our View of Sex
Everyone knows the book called the Kama Sutra, an ancient Indian sex manual. The very word immediately conjures up exciting images.
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But in reality, at least I”ve had the opportunity to hold this book in my hands all this time. Few people know most of the positions described in its pages. In the past, it was believed that sensual pleasure was available only to men, and women were merely passive vessels for male desires. Therefore, the Kama Sutra never caught on in either puritanical America or religious Europe. No, especially not in the post-Soviet space. The Difficult History of Kama Sutra Translations
The Difficult History of Kama Sutra Translations
However, Burton ultimately made a number of errors. This may have been intentional. After all, the fact that sex is a completely normal phenomenon had to be conveyed somehow to the Puritan community.
By 2009, approximately 1700 years after the “Book of the Book” appeared, Oxford University Press took up the Kama Sutra. But now a translation by a little-known woman, Wendy Doniger, a professor of the history of religions at the University of Chicago, has been published. Sudhira Kakara, a researcher specializing in the history of religion, worked with her. Sudhira and Wendy corrected Burton”s errors. Since then, the Kama Sutra has become a definitive guide for lovers of erotic pleasure of all ages.
Incidentally, a proper translation of the Kama Sutra could not only be progressive but also significantly demean women”s rights. Yes, on the one hand, the book is dedicated to women”s sexual desires. But on the other, its pages describe advice that will soon lead men to bars in the modern world. If a girl stubbornly refuses sex, she should be raped.
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Differences between Hindu and early Christian views
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The Indians believed that life on earth had three purposes. These are respect (dharma), prosperity (arsa) and sex (kama). They believed that the desire for sexual satisfaction is a natural desire of the human soul. And this is as important as treating others with respect or observing religious rituals.
Contents of the book
Contents of the Book
Truth and Myths about the Kama Sutra
Thus, the hero gets tired of his wife, and he goes to seduce someone else”s wife. Then he gets tired of flirting and starts turning to prostitutes. They are happy to please him and do not demand anything in return except money. In the end, in old age the hero has problems with potency. Therefore, the last chapter is devoted to the prescription of erectile drugs.
What does the Kama Sutra teach?
What the Kama Sutra Teaches
The book also describes how one man can satisfy two women at the same time (by caressing one with his hand and copulating with the other) and how one woman can have sex with two men (using simultaneous fellatio and penetration).
To the surprise of many, the Kama Sutra is not entirely true to oral sex. She calls this “the opposite of the moral standard.” However, despite condemning this type of intimacy, the Kama Sutra gives instructions on how to practice it. On its pages you will find advice for both women and men.
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