{"id":8146,"date":"2022-08-31T14:58:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/?p=8146"},"modified":"2022-08-31T14:58:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:58:23","slug":"historical-sex-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/fun-weird\/historical-sex-facts","title":{"rendered":"Historical Sex Facts to Entertain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’re back with some more fun sex tidbits. This time it’s historical sex facts (some of which sound too crazy to be true!) So grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, and enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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  1. The word \u201cclitoris\u201d is Greek for \u201cdivine and goddess-like.\u201d

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  2. The work of Swiss jurist\u00a0Johann Bachofen<\/strong>\u00a0made a major impact on the study of the history of sexuality. Many authors, notably\u00a0Lewis Henry Morgan\u00a0and\u00a0Friedrich Engels, were influenced by Bachofen, and criticized Bachofen’s ideas on the subject, which were almost entirely drawn from a close reading of ancient mythology.

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  3. In the\u00a0I Ching<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(The\u00a0Book of Changes<\/em>, a Chinese classic text dealing with divination) sexual intercourse is one of two fundamental models used to explain the world. With neither embarrassment nor circumlocution, Heaven is described as having sexual intercourse with Earth.

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  4. Upper Paleolithic art\u00a0dating\u00a0back 30,000 years depicts people using dildos to pleasure themselves and others. That means mankind invented sex toys long before the wheel.

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  5. In the 1600s,\u00a0Egyptian women\u00a0soaked cotton in a mixture of fruit, honey, and dates\u00a0as a DIY spermicide that they put in their vaginas.

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  6. Chinese men started using cock rings during the Jin dynasty. Plus, there are recorded instances of using\u00a0goat eyelids<\/a>.

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  7. The creature named\u00a0Funisia dorothea<\/em>\u00a0is thought by most scientists to be the first animal on the\u00a0Earth\u00a0to have sex, pushing back the history of sex by up to 30 million years.

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  8. Ancient Greeks going off to war gave their wives\u00a0bread dildos, or\u00a0\u201colisbokollikes,\u201d\u00a0to sate them while away.

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  9. India played a significant role in the history of sex, from writing one of the first literatures that treated\u00a0sexual intercourse\u00a0as a science, to in modern times being the origin of the philosophical focus of\u00a0new-age\u00a0groups’ attitudes on sex. It may be argued that India pioneered the use of\u00a0sexual education\u00a0through art and literature.

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  10. Pre-Christian religions often regarded sex as a celebration and as a form of worship. Sex was seen as mirroring the sensual power of the Gods.

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  11. In what is often called the world’s first novel, the\u00a0Genji Monogatari<\/em>\u00a0(Tale of Genji<\/a><\/em>), which dates back to around the eighth century AD, eroticism is treated as a central part of the aesthetic life of the nobility. The sexual interactions of Prince Genji are described in great detail, in an objective tone of voice, and in a way that indicates that sexuality was as much a valued component of cultured life as music or any of the arts.\u00a0

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  12. Cleopatra is\u00a0said to have filled a papyrus box with bees<\/a>\u00a0for use as a vibrator.

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  13. In ancient\u00a0Greece, the\u00a0phallus, often in the form of a\u00a0“herma”, was an object of worship as a symbol of fertility.\u00a0

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  14. In the\u00a0Roman Republic, the\u00a0citizen’s duty to control his body was central to the concept of\u00a0male sexuality.\u00a0Virtue was equated with “manliness”. The equivalent virtue for\u00a0women\u00a0of good social standing was\u00a0“pudicitia<\/em>“, a form of sexual integrity that displayed their attractiveness and self-control.\u00a0

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  15. In\u00a0Roman patriarchal society, a “real man” was supposed to govern both himself and others well, and should not submit to the use or pleasure of others.\u00a0Same-sex behaviors\u00a0were not perceived as harming a Roman’s masculinity, as long as he played the penetrative or dominating role.
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  16. In the 1300s\u00a0in France,\u00a0men were sometimes made to masturbate in front of a Court of Law\u00a0in order to prove they could get an erection.

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  17. In the 1450s,\u00a0the\u00a0first mention of a merkin\u00a0(aka pubic-hair wig) was found in\u00a0The Oxford Companion to the Body.\u00a0<\/em>One theory is that prostitutes had to shave their vulvas to combat pubic lice but didn\u2019t want it to look that way. The second is that the merkins were worn to cover up any signs of syphilis on the vulva.

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  18. 1790s-1809:\u00a0<\/strong>Napoleon was said to have written to his wife Josephine, \u201cHome in eight days. Don\u2019t wash!\u201d Carol Queen, PhD and sexologist.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Well, we hoped you enjoyed these fun historical sex facts! If you have more, share in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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