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(&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Intercrural_sex&quot; title=&quot;Talk:Intercrural sex&quot;&gt;Discuss&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Intercrural sex&lt;/b&gt; (from &quot;inter-&quot; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin&quot; title=&quot;Latin&quot;&gt;Latin&lt;/a&gt; &quot;crura&quot;, legs), also known as &lt;b&gt;femoral&lt;/b&gt;/&lt;b&gt;interfemoral&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;sex&lt;/b&gt;/&lt;b&gt;intercourse&lt;/b&gt;, is a type of intercourse variously regarded as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_penetration&quot; title=&quot;Sexual penetration&quot;&gt;penetrative&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex&quot; title=&quot;Non-penetrative sex&quot;&gt;non-penetrative sex&lt;/a&gt;, in which a male partner places his penis between the other partner&#39;s thighs (often with lubrication&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;), and thrusts to create friction.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#Heterosexuality&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Heterosexuality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#Male_homosexuality&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Male homosexuality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Heterosexuality&quot; id=&quot;Heterosexuality&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intercrural_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Heterosexuality&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Heterosexuality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_education&quot; title=&quot;Sex education&quot;&gt;sex education&lt;/a&gt; and sexual experimentation of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescent&quot; title=&quot;Adolescent&quot;&gt;adolescents&lt;/a&gt; may feature intercrural sex in the interests of avoiding &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy&quot; title=&quot;Pregnancy&quot;&gt;pregnancy&lt;/a&gt; and preserving &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity&quot; title=&quot;Virginity&quot;&gt;virginity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In 1987 the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shere_Hite&quot; title=&quot;Shere Hite&quot;&gt;Shere Hite&lt;/a&gt; report on Female Sexuality found that some adult women reported being able to orgasm through stimulation of the clitoris by the penis, including via intercrural contact.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Male_homosexuality&quot; id=&quot;Male_homosexuality&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intercrural_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Male homosexuality&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Male homosexuality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hyakinthos.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Zephyrus and Hyacinth; Attic red-figure cup from Tarquinia, ca 480 BC, Boston Museum of Fine Arts&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Zephyrus and Hyacinth; Attic red-figure cup from Tarquinia, ca 480 BC, Boston Museum of Fine Arts&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Hyakinthos.jpg/180px-Hyakinthos.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hyakinthos.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoi#West_wind&quot; title=&quot;Anemoi&quot;&gt;Zephyrus&lt;/a&gt; and Hyacinth; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica&quot; title=&quot;Attica&quot;&gt;Attic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-figure_pottery&quot; title=&quot;Red-figure pottery&quot;&gt;red-figure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup&quot; title=&quot;Cup&quot;&gt;cup&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinia&quot; title=&quot;Tarquinia&quot;&gt;Tarquinia&lt;/a&gt;, ca &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/480_BC&quot; title=&quot;480 BC&quot;&gt;480 BC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Museum_of_Fine_Arts&quot; title=&quot;Boston Museum of Fine Arts&quot;&gt;Boston Museum of Fine Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Intercrural intercourse (termed &lt;i&gt;diamerizein,&lt;/i&gt; &quot;to do it between the thighs&quot;) was common in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece&quot; title=&quot;Pederasty in ancient Greece&quot;&gt;Ancient Greek system of pederasty&lt;/a&gt;, where &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Anal sex&quot;&gt;anal sex&lt;/a&gt; was considered demeaning to the receiving partner. The historian &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Dover&quot; title=&quot;Kenneth Dover&quot;&gt;K.J. Dover&lt;/a&gt; wrote about this extensively in his book &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Homosexuality&quot; title=&quot;Greek Homosexuality&quot;&gt;Greek Homosexuality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (1977), from which current theories on the subject of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece&quot; title=&quot;Ancient Greece&quot;&gt;Greek&lt;/a&gt; male-male &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexuality&quot; title=&quot;Human sexuality&quot;&gt;sexuality&lt;/a&gt; are largely derived.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Roughgarden&quot; title=&quot;Joan Roughgarden&quot;&gt;Joan Roughgarden&lt;/a&gt; refers to standing face-to-face intercrural intercourse as the &quot;gay male &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary_position&quot; title=&quot;Missionary position&quot;&gt;missionary position&lt;/a&gt;&quot; of ancient Greece in a section of her recent book &lt;i&gt;Evolution&#39;s Rainbow&lt;/i&gt; that draws heavily on Dover.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-5&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Intercrural sex is sometimes known as the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University&quot; title=&quot;Princeton University&quot;&gt;Princeton&lt;/a&gt; First-Year&quot;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-6&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-6&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The term may refer to a system by which upperclassmen helped new students assimilate to university life in exchange for sexual gratification. A similar system was present at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University&quot; title=&quot;Oxford University&quot;&gt;Oxford University&lt;/a&gt;, hence the synonym &quot;Oxford Style&quot;. Students at both Oxford and Princeton may have been imitating homosexual practices in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece&quot; title=&quot;Ancient Greece&quot;&gt;ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;, referenced by authors such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato&quot; title=&quot;Plato&quot;&gt;Plato&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle&quot; title=&quot;Aristotle&quot;&gt;Aristotle&lt;/a&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Greece&quot; title=&quot;Homosexuality in ancient Greece&quot;&gt;homosexuality in ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Intercrural intercourse has been proposed as an important part of the sexual lives of a handful of notable historical figures known or suspected to have been homosexual or bisexual. According to his biographer Richard Ellman, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde&quot; title=&quot;Oscar Wilde&quot;&gt;Oscar Wilde&lt;/a&gt; was introduced to intercrural sex by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baldwin_Ross&quot; title=&quot;Robert Baldwin Ross&quot;&gt;Robert Baldwin Ross&lt;/a&gt;, and it appears to have been his preferred activity, even over oral sex.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-7&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-7&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_Zulu&quot; title=&quot;Shaka Zulu&quot;&gt;Shaka Zulu&lt;/a&gt; is speculated to have encouraged intercrural intercourse among his troops to &quot;create intimacy and loyalty&quot;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-8&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-8&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Quotes attributed to the Cynic philosophers regarding &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great&quot; title=&quot;Alexander the Great&quot;&gt;Alexander the Great&lt;/a&gt;, made both during and after his lifetime, seem to presume intercrural intercourse between Alexander and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephaestion&quot; title=&quot;Hephaestion&quot;&gt;Hephaestion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-9&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-9&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Similarly, comments made by a bed mate about &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln&quot; title=&quot;Abraham Lincoln&quot;&gt;Abraham Lincoln&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s thighs led to speculation of intercrural intercourse between the two in C.A. Tripp&#39;s recent &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intimate_World_of_Abraham_Lincoln&quot; title=&quot;The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln&quot;&gt;The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-10&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-10&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Though some modern Christians and Jews have made the argument that intercrural intercourse is not specifically condemned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviticus_18&quot; title=&quot;Leviticus 18&quot;&gt;Leviticus 18&lt;/a&gt; or 20,&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-11&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-11&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; it has been subject to various historical &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws&quot; title=&quot;Sodomy laws&quot;&gt;sodomy laws&lt;/a&gt; and religious restrictions;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-12&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-12&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[13]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; one of the questions a young man entering confessional during the medieval period would be asked was &quot;Have you fornicated with another male between his thighs? By this I mean, have you ever put your manhood between the thighs of the other, and through vigorous movement ejaculated semen?&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-13&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-13&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Intercrural intercourse appears to have been common during the medieval era anyway, a contemporary document titled the &quot;Altercatio Ganimedis et Helene&quot; (The Debate of Helen and Ganymede) depicts Greco-Roman mythical figure &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede&quot; title=&quot;Ganymede&quot;&gt;Ganymede&lt;/a&gt; describing the &quot;slippery thighs of a boy&quot; as superior to the &quot;stink and gaping looseness of the female cave&quot;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-14&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-14&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[15]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-15&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-15&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[16]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Intercrural sex is still quite common in some communities, a recent report on the sexual health needs of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men&quot; title=&quot;Men who have sex with men&quot;&gt;MSM&lt;/a&gt; in the Calcutta suburbs found that 73% of men asked engaged in intercrural intercourse, though the frequency varied based on demographic factors: only 54% of sex workers, 50% of lower income men and 40% of Muslims reported intercrural sex; while 82% of Hindus and 88% of middle income men reported engaging in it.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-16&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-16&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[17]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; A similar study from South Asia reported that intercrural sex was tied with anal sex as the second most preferred sex act of men asked, making it more popular than oral sex or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex&quot; title=&quot;Non-penetrative sex&quot;&gt;frottage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-17&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex#_note-17&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[18]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/1130776184091111887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/1130776184091111887' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1130776184091111887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1130776184091111887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/intercrural-sex.html' title='intercrural sex'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-8097682091745260730</id><published>2007-12-22T18:35:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:35:52.783-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sex toy</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Sex toy&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;p&gt;A &lt;b&gt;sex toy&lt;/b&gt; is any object or device that is primarily used in facilitating &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior&quot; title=&quot;Human sexual behavior&quot;&gt;human sexual pleasure&lt;/a&gt;. This term can also include &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt; apparatuses, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_furniture&quot; title=&quot;Sex furniture&quot;&gt;sex furniture&lt;/a&gt;, sex swings, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisting_sling&quot; title=&quot;Fisting sling&quot;&gt;fisting sling&lt;/a&gt;, or angled cushions and shaped pillows. The most popular sex toys are designed to resemble human genitals and can be classified as vibrating or non-vibrating. Sex toys usually do not include &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraceptive&quot; title=&quot;Contraceptive&quot;&gt;contraceptives&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom&quot; title=&quot;Condom&quot;&gt;condoms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A related &quot;softer&quot; term is &lt;b&gt;adult toy&lt;/b&gt;. Another related term is &lt;b&gt;marital aid,&lt;/b&gt; often used as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism&quot; title=&quot;Euphemism&quot;&gt;euphemism&lt;/a&gt; for sex toys, although &lt;i&gt;marital aid&lt;/i&gt; is broader as it can also be applied to drugs and herbs marketed as supposedly enhancing or prolonging sex.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Types_of_sex_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Types of sex toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Vibrators&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Vibrators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Penile_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Penile toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Glass_sex_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Glass sex toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Nipple_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Nipple toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Anal_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Anal toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#General_penetrative_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;General penetrative toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Flesh-like_materials_used_in_sex_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Flesh-like materials used in sex toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Legal_issues_in_the_United_States&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Legal issues in the United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#Notes&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#References_and_further_reading&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References and further reading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Types_of_sex_toys&quot; id=&quot;Types_of_sex_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Types of sex toys&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Types of sex toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Vibrators&quot; id=&quot;Vibrators&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Vibrators&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Vibrators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrator_%28sensual%29&quot; title=&quot;Vibrator (sensual)&quot;&gt;Vibrators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; are vibrating devices intended to stimulate the nerves of the body. Vibrators intended for sexual use are often dildo-shaped, although they also come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, allowing internal as well as external use.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penetrative vibrators&lt;/b&gt; usually measure twelve to eighteen centimeters (five to seven inches) in length and two to five centimeters (one to two inches) wide to mimic the size of an actual penis. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_vibrator&quot; title=&quot;Anal vibrator&quot;&gt;Anal vibrators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; are typically shorter than general penetrative vibrators, and have a flared base to prevent the device from becoming lodged in the rectum.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-spot_vibrator&quot; title=&quot;G-spot vibrator&quot;&gt;G-spot vibrator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is curved at the end to facilitate stimulation of the female &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-spot&quot; title=&quot;G-spot&quot;&gt;G-spot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bullet_vibrator&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Bullet vibrator&quot;&gt;Bullet vibrators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; are small, bullet-shaped vibrators that can be used for direct stimulation or inserted into other sex toys to increase stimulation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vibrator wands&lt;/b&gt;, such as the Hitachi Magic Wand, are large vibrators that generally plug into a wall (versus operating on battery power) and are marketed as back massagers. They are typically used for clitoral stimulation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_vibrator&quot; title=&quot;Rabbit vibrator&quot;&gt;rabbit vibrator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, of which there are several variations, is a popular female sex toy popularized by the television series &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_the_City&quot; title=&quot;Sex and the City&quot;&gt;Sex and the City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. It comprises an insertable shaft which often has additional functionality, such as rotation and internal beads or a thrusting action. Attached to the shaft is a vibrating clitoral stimulator. For most rabbit vibrators this comes in the form of &quot;bunny ears&quot; which sit either side of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoris&quot; title=&quot;Clitoris&quot;&gt;clitoris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Penile_toys&quot; id=&quot;Penile_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Penile toys&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Penile toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 102px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sex_Toy.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;A penis sleeve&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A penis sleeve&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Sex_Toy.png/100px-Sex_Toy.png&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;178&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sex_Toy.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; A penis sleeve&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_vagina&quot; title=&quot;Artificial vagina&quot;&gt;Pocket pussies&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/b&gt; or &quot;vaginas&quot; or &quot;masturbators&quot; are modelled to accept a penis for simulated intercourse. They can be shaped like vaginas, anuses, or anything with a hole for penetration.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_ring&quot; title=&quot;Cock ring&quot;&gt;Cock rings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; in their most basic form enhance and prolong a man&#39;s erection by keeping blood inside the penis. A man may wear a cock ring because he has erectile difficulties, or because he likes the particular sensation of tightness and engorgement that wearing one provides. Some models include a protruding &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoris&quot; title=&quot;Clitoris&quot;&gt;clitoral&lt;/a&gt; stimulator, designed to stimulate the clitoris during sex. Others vibrate, either vibrating the ring itself, or in a popular &#39;Dolphin&#39; variant using two removable bullet vibrators to provide stimulation to the testicles and clitoris. Some cock rings have &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrator_%28sensual%29&quot; title=&quot;Vibrator (sensual)&quot;&gt;vibrators&lt;/a&gt; attached which can be worn to stimulate a partner during &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;sexual intercourse&lt;/a&gt;, especially in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrotum&quot; title=&quot;Scrotum&quot;&gt;scrotum&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perineum&quot; title=&quot;Perineum&quot;&gt;perineum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_ring&quot; title=&quot;Cock ring&quot;&gt;triple crown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a cock ring that has additional rings for restraining the testicles. In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm&quot; title=&quot;Orgasm&quot;&gt;orgasm&lt;/a&gt;, the testicles usually retract toward the body before &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaculation&quot; title=&quot;Ejaculation&quot;&gt;ejaculation&lt;/a&gt;. A triple crown changes and intensifies the sensation of orgasm by forcing the testicles to stay away from the body.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;cock harness&lt;/b&gt; is a more elaborate harness designed to be worn around the penis and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrotum&quot; title=&quot;Scrotum&quot;&gt;scrotum&lt;/a&gt;. Its intention is similar to that of a cock ring. Often associated with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt; activities such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_and_ball_torture&quot; title=&quot;Cock and ball torture&quot;&gt;cock and ball torture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;ball lock&lt;/b&gt; is an ordinary padlock fastened around the male scrotum, separating the testicles away from the penis and not removable except by key or combination.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;penis sleeve&lt;/b&gt; is a cylindrical device that is placed on the shaft of the penis, with the aim of increasing stimulation for the person being penetrated. They often have soft bumps intended to provide further stimulation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;penis extension&lt;/b&gt; is a partially hollow device like a very short dildo, with the hollow end placed on the end of the penis, intended to increase the effective length of the penis, again for the benefit of the person being penetrated. These are generally worn with condoms to prevent them from falling off during use.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docking_sleeve_%28sex_toy%29&quot; title=&quot;Docking sleeve (sex toy)&quot;&gt;docking sleeve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a cylindrical device similar to a penis sleeve, but is open at both ends, so that two men can &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docking_%28sexual_practice%29&quot; title=&quot;Docking (sexual practice)&quot;&gt;dock&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Glass_sex_toys&quot; id=&quot;Glass_sex_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Glass sex toys&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Glass sex toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Glass sex toys are commonly made from clear medical grade borosilicate glass (“hard glass”) of which Pyrex is a brand. This material (essentially “lead-free crystal”) is completely non-toxic and will withstand extreme temperatures as well as physical shock without compromising its structural integrity. Glass toys made of borosilicate are completely safe. A properly annealed inch thick piece of borosilicate will withstand up to 3,000 lbs of pressure and extreme heat and cold. Glass dildos are also non porous and can be sterilized to help prevent infection with reuse. These types of sex toys are not only durable, but also very visually appealing often considered by some to be works of art. Glass sex toys are a viable and long lasting alternative to the less expensive and less appealing toys on the market.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Nipple_toys&quot; id=&quot;Nipple_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Nipple toys&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Nipple toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipple_clamp&quot; title=&quot;Nipple clamp&quot;&gt;nipple clamp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a clamp used to stimulate the nipples by applying varying degrees of pressure.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Suction devices&lt;/b&gt; are generally either rubber or glass, fit around the nipple, and cause nipples to become more sensitive due to engorgement. Glass suction devices may use either heat or a pump to create suction.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 102px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pleasuretoys-glass-dildo.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Glass Sex Toy&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Glass Sex Toy&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Pleasuretoys-glass-dildo.png/100px-Pleasuretoys-glass-dildo.png&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;332&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pleasuretoys-glass-dildo.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Glass Sex Toy&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Anal_toys&quot; id=&quot;Anal_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Anal toys&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Anal toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Plug&quot; title=&quot;Butt Plug&quot;&gt;Butt Plugs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; are shorter dildos intended for anal insertion. They tend to have a flared base to prevent the device from becoming lodged in the rectum.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_beads&quot; title=&quot;Anal beads&quot;&gt;Anal Beads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; are balls or bumps on a string or a semi-rigid wand. They are inserted into the rectum and then removed with varying speeds.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_Massage&quot; title=&quot;Prostate Massage&quot;&gt;Prostate Massage&lt;/a&gt; toys&lt;/b&gt; are specially curved dildos that aim to stimulate the prostate.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;General_penetrative_toys&quot; id=&quot;General_penetrative_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: General penetrative toys&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;General penetrative toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo&quot; title=&quot;Dildo&quot;&gt;dildo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a non-vibrating device which is used for sexual stimulation of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina&quot; title=&quot;Vagina&quot;&gt;vagina&lt;/a&gt; and/or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anus&quot; title=&quot;Anus&quot;&gt;anus&lt;/a&gt;. Dildos are generally made of silicone rubber, or occasionally more creative materials such as metals or glass. They are often made to resemble a penis.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-ended_dildo&quot; title=&quot;Double-ended dildo&quot;&gt;double-ended dildo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a long, usually flexible dildo with both ends designed for penetration. It allows for mutual penetration between two persons (or for double penetration of a single female, both anally and vaginally).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wa_balls&quot; title=&quot;Ben Wa balls&quot;&gt;Ben Wa balls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; are hollow &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal&quot; title=&quot;Metal&quot;&gt;metal&lt;/a&gt; balls inserted vaginally which can be worn inside the vagina for extended periods of time. The internal rolling is said to enhance orgasms, and enable women with vaginal difficulties to reach orgasm&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since February 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegel_exerciser&quot; title=&quot;Kegel exerciser&quot;&gt;Kegel exercisers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, also known as vaginal barbells, also known as vagina jugglers are designed to improve muscle tone in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_floor&quot; title=&quot;Pelvic floor&quot;&gt;pelvic floor&lt;/a&gt;, and can be used for sexual pleasure as well as enhancing vaginal response.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Flesh-like_materials_used_in_sex_toys&quot; id=&quot;Flesh-like_materials_used_in_sex_toys&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=8&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Flesh-like materials used in sex toys&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Flesh-like materials used in sex toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone&quot; title=&quot;Silicone&quot;&gt;Silicone&lt;/a&gt; is soft and lifelike, warms up quickly to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_temperature&quot; title=&quot;Body temperature&quot;&gt;body temperature&lt;/a&gt;, non-porous therefore easy to clean (with mild &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap&quot; title=&quot;Soap&quot;&gt;soap&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water&quot; title=&quot;Water&quot;&gt;water&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling&quot; title=&quot;Boiling&quot;&gt;boiled&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_%28microbiology%29&quot; title=&quot;Sterilization (microbiology)&quot;&gt;sterilization&lt;/a&gt;). Unlike jelly rubber and other porous materials, silicone can be sterilized. When using lubricants with silicone sex toys it&#39;s important that silicone or silicone based lubricants are not used to avoid damage to the toy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberskin&quot; title=&quot;Cyberskin&quot;&gt;Cyberskin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, also known under other &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_name&quot; title=&quot;Brand name&quot;&gt;brand names&lt;/a&gt;, a thermal plastic elastomer (mixture of PVC and silicone), is currently the closest emulation of real &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin&quot; title=&quot;Skin&quot;&gt;skin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since September 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; As it is porous, it cannot be sterilized completely but may be cleaned with anti-bacterial soap and water. Bacteria can build up easily in the toy and should never be used if there is a tear or hole in the cyberskin. A water based lubricant is best for Cyberskin toys.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latex&quot; title=&quot;Latex&quot;&gt;Latex&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber&quot; title=&quot;Rubber&quot;&gt;rubber&lt;/a&gt;, also called jelly rubber, is commonly used for sex toys; it is a flexible and inexpensive material allowing the user more options in size and look. While latex is commonly used and less expensive it can be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allergy&quot; title=&quot;Allergy&quot;&gt;allergenic&lt;/a&gt; to some people. Latex is very porous and it must be cleaned thoroughly (with an antibactierial and water or sex toy cleaner). Even with cleaning, it cannot be sterilized. Like Cyberskin, all usage must be discontinued if there is a tear or hole in the rubber. Most rubber toys contain pthalates, a chemical used to soften rubber (also present in household items that contain plastic, such as baby bottles), that has been proven to cause cancer in animal experiments. Due to its porousness and the presence of pthalates, it is recommended by many experts that one use a condom with each use for protection against bacterial infection or adverse effects by pthalates. Water and silicone-based lubricants can be used with Latex toys, oil-based lubricants and petroleum jelly should never be used with latex as these will disintegrate the toy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Legal_issues_in_the_United_States&quot; id=&quot;Legal_issues_in_the_United_States&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_toy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=9&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Legal issues in the United States&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Legal issues in the United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;In many areas, such as some &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Southern_states&quot; title=&quot;U.S. Southern states&quot;&gt;U.S. Southern states&lt;/a&gt;, the sale of sex toys is discouraged, or outlawed completely, by laws prohibiting or regulating &quot;obscene devices&quot;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; As recently as 1999, an assistant attorney general in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama&quot; title=&quot;Alabama&quot;&gt;Alabama&lt;/a&gt; commenting on a case involving sex toys and discussing to what end the devices are used was quoted as saying there is no &quot;fundamental right for a person to buy a device to produce &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm&quot; title=&quot;Orgasm&quot;&gt;orgasm&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. A federal appeals court upheld Alabama&#39;s law prohibiting the sale of sex toys on Valentine&#39;s Day, 2007.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It is also common practice for someone to move a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_home&quot; title=&quot;Motor home&quot;&gt;motor home&lt;/a&gt; near a proposed sex shop&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since February 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; as a means of protest to prevent the shop from opening where the law prohibits an &quot;adult&quot; establishment within a certain distance of a dwelling.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are organizations that assist those who sell sex toys to stay within legal limits and provide them with news, legal updates and assistance. One such organization is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://nasae.org/index.htm&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://nasae.org/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;National Association for Sexual Awareness &amp;amp; Empowerment (NASAE)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/8097682091745260730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/8097682091745260730' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/8097682091745260730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/8097682091745260730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/sex-toy.html' title='Sex toy'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-3014497862866995821</id><published>2007-12-22T18:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:34:55.126-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fellatio</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Fellatio&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;table class=&quot;ambox ambox-protection metadata plainlinks&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-image&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Padlock-silver-medium.svg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Padlock-silver-medium.svg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Padlock-silver-medium.svg/45px-Padlock-silver-medium.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;45&quot; width=&quot;45&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Editing of this article by unregistered or newly registered users is currently &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Protection policy&quot;&gt;disabled&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Vandalism&quot;&gt;due to vandalism&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you cannot edit this article and you wish to make a change, you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fellatio&quot; title=&quot;Talk:Fellatio&quot;&gt;discuss changes on the talk page&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Current_requests_for_unprotection&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Requests for page protection&quot;&gt;request unprotection&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Userlogin&quot; title=&quot;Special:Userlogin&quot;&gt;log in&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&amp;amp;type=signup&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&amp;amp;type=signup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 43, 184);&quot; title=&quot;Sign in / create account&quot;&gt;create an account&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;dablink&quot;&gt;&quot;Blow job&quot; redirects here. For the 1963 Andy Warhol movie, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_Job_%28film%29&quot; title=&quot;Blow Job (film)&quot;&gt;Blow Job (film)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 202px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fellatio.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio in the 69 position.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Fellatio in the 69 position.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Fellatio.png/200px-Fellatio.png&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fellatio.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Fellatio in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69_%28sex_position%29&quot; title=&quot;69 (sex position)&quot;&gt;69&lt;/a&gt; position.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fellatio&lt;/b&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt; performed upon the male human &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis&quot; title=&quot;Penis&quot;&gt;penis&lt;/a&gt;. It may be performed to induce &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm&quot; title=&quot;Orgasm&quot;&gt;orgasm&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaculation&quot; title=&quot;Ejaculation&quot;&gt;ejaculation&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semen&quot; title=&quot;Semen&quot;&gt;semen&lt;/a&gt; or it can be used as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay&quot; title=&quot;Foreplay&quot;&gt;foreplay&lt;/a&gt; prior to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;sexual intercourse&lt;/a&gt;. Although the technique usually involves sucking, rather than blowing, the act of giving fellatio (or, more precisely, fellating to the point of orgasm) is commonly referred to as giving a &lt;b&gt;blowjob&lt;/b&gt;. Fellatio – as well as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnilingus&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus&quot;&gt;cunnilingus&lt;/a&gt; – can be referred to as &#39;giving head&#39;. A woman who performs fellatio may be referred to as a &quot;fellatrix&quot;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#Cultural_significance&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Cultural significance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#Spiritual_significance&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Spiritual significance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#Ingestion_of_semen&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Ingestion of semen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#Link_to_reducing_pre-eclampsia&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Link to reducing pre-eclampsia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#STD_risk&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;STD risk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;HPV and oral cancer link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Cultural_significance&quot; id=&quot;Cultural_significance&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Cultural significance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some receivers regard receiving oral sex as an ego boost, believing that such an act is a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_%28sociology%29&quot; title=&quot;Power (sociology)&quot;&gt;dominance&lt;/a&gt; over their sexual partner because of the overt submissive nature of the act; the giver must often be on their knees before the receiver to perform the act of pleasure.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Conversely the receiver is willingly placing their genitals in an environment filled with teeth so the dominance could work both ways with a suitably aggressive giver – particularly if the receiver is restrained (e.g. in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondage&quot; title=&quot;Bondage&quot;&gt;bondage&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Inline-Template&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;The material in the vicinity of this tag may be based upon unreliable original research since December 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:No original research&quot;&gt;original research?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Spiritual_significance&quot; id=&quot;Spiritual_significance&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Spiritual significance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fellatiomoche.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Moche Ceramic Depicting Fellatio. 300 A.D. Larco Museum Collection&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Moche Ceramic Depicting Fellatio. 300 A.D. Larco Museum Collection&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bf/Fellatiomoche.jpg/180px-Fellatiomoche.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;172&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fellatiomoche.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Moche Ceramic Depicting Fellatio. 300 A.D. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larco_Museum&quot; title=&quot;Larco Museum&quot;&gt;Larco Museum Collection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The practice of fellatio was said to have been introduced by the women of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbos_Island&quot; title=&quot;Lesbos Island&quot;&gt;Lesbos&lt;/a&gt;, who were said to whiten their lips as though with semen.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India&quot; title=&quot;India&quot;&gt;Ancient Indian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra&quot; title=&quot;Kama Sutra&quot;&gt;Kama Sutra&lt;/a&gt;, dating from the first centuries &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD&quot; title=&quot;AD&quot;&gt;AD&lt;/a&gt;, describes oral sex,&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; discussing fellatio in great detail and only briefly mentioning &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnilingus&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus&quot;&gt;cunnilingus&lt;/a&gt;. However, according to the Kama Sutra, fellatio is above all a characteristic of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch&quot; title=&quot;Eunuch&quot;&gt;eunuchs&lt;/a&gt; (or, according to other translations, of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effeminate&quot; title=&quot;Effeminate&quot;&gt;effeminate&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuals&quot; title=&quot;Homosexuals&quot;&gt;homosexuals&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transwomen&quot; title=&quot;Transwomen&quot;&gt;transwomen&lt;/a&gt; similar to the modern &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_%28South_Asia%29&quot; title=&quot;Hijra (South Asia)&quot;&gt;Hijra&lt;/a&gt; of India), who use their mouths as a substitute for female &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitalia&quot; title=&quot;Genitalia&quot;&gt;genitalia&lt;/a&gt;. The author states that it is also practiced by &#39;unchaste women&#39; but mentions widespread traditional concerns about this being a degrading or unclean practice, with known practitioners being evaded as love partners in large parts of the country. He seems to agree with these attitudes to some extent, claiming &#39;a wise man&#39; should not engage in that form of intercourse while acknowledging that it can be appropriate in some unspecified cases.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The religious historian &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade&quot; title=&quot;Mircea Eliade&quot;&gt;Mircea Eliade&lt;/a&gt; speaks of a desire to transcend old age and death and achieve a state of &lt;i&gt;nirvana&lt;/i&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu&quot; title=&quot;Hindu&quot;&gt;Hindu&lt;/a&gt; practice of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantric&quot; title=&quot;Tantric&quot;&gt;Tantric&lt;/a&gt; yoga. In Tantric yoga the same emphasis is placed on the retention and absorption of vital liquids and Sanskrit texts describe how semen must not be emitted if the yogi is to avoid falling under law of time and death.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic&quot; title=&quot;Islamic&quot;&gt;Islamic&lt;/a&gt; literature the only two forms of sex that are explicitly prohibited within marriage are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Anal sex&quot;&gt;anal sex&lt;/a&gt; and sex during &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual_cycle&quot; title=&quot;Menstrual cycle&quot;&gt;menstrual cycles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; But the exact attitude towards oral sex is a subject of disagreements between modern scholars of Islam. In Islamic terminology the practice hasn&#39;t been described as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haraam&quot; title=&quot;Haraam&quot;&gt;haram&lt;/a&gt; (forbidden) but some have claimed that it is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makruh&quot; title=&quot;Makruh&quot;&gt;makruh&lt;/a&gt; (undesirable).&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since February 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Authorities considering it &#39;objectionable&#39; do so because of the contact between the supposedly impure fluids emitted during intercourse and the mouth.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-5&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-6&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-6&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Others emphasise there is no decisive evidence to forbid it.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-7&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-7&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moche&quot; title=&quot;Moche&quot;&gt;Moche&lt;/a&gt; culture of ancient &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru&quot; title=&quot;Peru&quot;&gt;Peru&lt;/a&gt; worshipped daily life including sexual acts. They depicted fellatio in their ceramics. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-8&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-8&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Ingestion_of_semen&quot; id=&quot;Ingestion_of_semen&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Ingestion of semen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Blowjob_01.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Man ejaculating into woman&#39;s mouth.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Man ejaculating into woman&#39;s mouth.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/Blowjob_01.jpg/180px-Blowjob_01.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Blowjob_01.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Man ejaculating into woman&#39;s mouth.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ingesting semen (&#39;swallowing&#39;) poses some risk of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#STD_risk&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;STD&lt;/a&gt; transmission. Certain factors, particularly diet, may adversely affect the taste of semen, while other factors may improve its flavor. Some claim that a man&#39;s semen will be sweet tasting if he is a vegetarian for at least one month, whereas if he eats a non-vegetarian diet it will taste salty.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-9&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-9&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The nutritional components of semen include &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascorbic_Acid&quot; title=&quot;Ascorbic Acid&quot;&gt;Ascorbic Acid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium&quot; title=&quot;Calcium&quot;&gt;Calcium&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium&quot; title=&quot;Magnesium&quot;&gt;Magnesium&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein&quot; title=&quot;Protein&quot;&gt;Protein&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc&quot; title=&quot;Zinc&quot;&gt;Zinc&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href=&quot;http://molehr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/5/4/331&quot; class=&quot;external autonumber&quot; title=&quot;http://molehr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/5/4/331&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Semen&quot; class=&quot;external autonumber&quot; title=&quot;http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Semen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Link_to_reducing_pre-eclampsia&quot; id=&quot;Link_to_reducing_pre-eclampsia&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Link to reducing pre-eclampsia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;It has been suggested that fellatio may, through &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Immune_modulation&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Immune modulation&quot;&gt;immune modulation&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-bbc_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-bbc&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, have a beneficial role in preventing dangerous complications during pregnancy. Specifically, a research group&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-10&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-10&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; reported that &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia&quot; title=&quot;Pre-eclampsia&quot;&gt;pre-eclampsia&lt;/a&gt;, a life threatening complication that sometimes arises in pregnancy, is much less frequent in couples who have practiced oral sex, and even more rare in couples where fellatio ended with the semen swallowed. Both results were statistically significant. This is consistent with other evidence that semen contains an agent that prevents preeclampsia, and with the theory that preeclampsia is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunological&quot; title=&quot;Immunological&quot;&gt;immunological&lt;/a&gt; condition.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-bbc_1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-bbc&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-11&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-11&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[13]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; According to that view, preeclampsia is caused by a failure of the mother organism to accept the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus&quot; title=&quot;Fetus&quot;&gt;fetus&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placenta&quot; title=&quot;Placenta&quot;&gt;placenta&lt;/a&gt;, which both contain &quot;foreign&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein&quot; title=&quot;Protein&quot;&gt;proteins&lt;/a&gt; from the father&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene&quot; title=&quot;Gene&quot;&gt;genes&lt;/a&gt;. Regular exposure to the father&#39;s semen might cause her immune system to gradually &quot;grow accustomed&quot; to their proteins. Other studies also found that, while any exposure to the partner&#39;s sperm during sex appears to decrease the chances of various disorders, women in couples who have practiced &quot;other sex acts&quot; than &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;intercourse&lt;/a&gt; are half as likely to suffer pre-eclampsia. It is not known whether this represents a protective effect of &quot;other sex acts&quot; including oral sex, or a correlation between these sexual practices and some other protective factor: for example, greater overall frequency of sex.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-bbc_2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-bbc&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The standard way to resolve such questions (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confounding&quot; title=&quot;Confounding&quot;&gt;confounding&lt;/a&gt;) in medical science would be through a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomized_trial&quot; title=&quot;Randomized trial&quot;&gt;randomized trial&lt;/a&gt;, but there are unique challenges to research in sexual health.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-12&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-12&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Candidates for a protective agent in semen may include serum hormone leutinizing agent and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transforming_growth_factor_beta&quot; title=&quot;Transforming growth factor beta&quot;&gt;transforming growth factor beta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Inline-Template&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;The material in the vicinity of this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s) since May 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot;&gt;verification needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;STD_risk&quot; id=&quot;STD_risk&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;STD risk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia&quot; title=&quot;Chlamydia&quot;&gt;Chlamydia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus&quot; title=&quot;Human papillomavirus&quot;&gt;human papillomavirus&lt;/a&gt; (HPV), &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea&quot; title=&quot;Gonorrhea&quot;&gt;gonorrhea&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus&quot; title=&quot;Herpes simplex virus&quot;&gt;herpes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis&quot; title=&quot;Hepatitis&quot;&gt;hepatitis&lt;/a&gt; (multiple strains), and other &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted diseases&lt;/a&gt; (STDs) – including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV&quot; title=&quot;HIV&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/a&gt; – can be transmitted through oral sex.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-13&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-13&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[15]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; While the risk of transmitting HIV through fellatio is unknown, it is suspected to be fairly rare. Any kind of direct contact with body fluids of a person infected with HIV (the virus that causes &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS&quot; title=&quot;AIDS&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/a&gt;) poses a risk of infection. The risk from most of these types of infection, however, is generally considered far lower than that associated with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Vaginal sex&quot;&gt;vaginal&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Anal sex&quot;&gt;anal sex&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If the receiving partner has wounds on their genitals, or if the giving partner has wounds or open sores on or in their mouth, or bleeding gums, this poses an increased risk of STD transmission. Brushing the teeth, flossing, undergoing dental work, or eating crunchy foods such as potato crisps relatively soon before or after giving fellatio can also increase the risk of transmission, because all of these activities can cause small scratches in the lining of the mouth. These wounds, even when they are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic&quot; title=&quot;Microscopic&quot;&gt;microscopic&lt;/a&gt;, increase the chances of contracting &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;STDs&lt;/a&gt; that can be transmitted orally under these conditions. Such contact can also lead to more mundane infections from common &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria&quot; title=&quot;Bacteria&quot;&gt;bacteria&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viruses&quot; title=&quot;Viruses&quot;&gt;viruses&lt;/a&gt; found in, around and secreted from the genital regions. Because of this, some medical professionals advise the use of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom&quot; title=&quot;Condom&quot;&gt;condoms&lt;/a&gt; when performing or receiving fellatio with a partner whose STD status is unknown. Flavoured condoms may be used for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot; id=&quot;HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;HPV and oral cancer link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 2005, a research study at the College of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6&quot; title=&quot;Malmö&quot;&gt;Malmö&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden&quot; title=&quot;Sweden&quot;&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt; suggested that performing unprotected &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt; on a person infected with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV&quot; title=&quot;HPV&quot;&gt;HPV&lt;/a&gt; might increase the risk of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_cancer&quot; title=&quot;Oral cancer&quot;&gt;oral cancer&lt;/a&gt; . The study found that 36 percent of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_patient&quot; title=&quot;Cancer patient&quot;&gt;cancer patients&lt;/a&gt; had HPV compared to only 1 percent of the healthy control group. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-14&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-14&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[16]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Another recent study suggests a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation&quot; title=&quot;Correlation&quot;&gt;correlation&lt;/a&gt; between &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_and_neck_cancer&quot; title=&quot;Head and neck cancer&quot;&gt;throat cancer&lt;/a&gt;. It is believed that this is due to the transmission of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus&quot; title=&quot;Human papillomavirus&quot;&gt;human papillomavirus&lt;/a&gt; or (HPV) because this virus has been implicated in the majority of cervical cancers. The study concludes that people who had one to five oral sex partners in their lifetime had approximately a doubled risk of throat cancer compared with those who never engaged in this activity and those with more than five oral-sex partners had a 250% increased risk.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-15&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#_note-15&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[17]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/3014497862866995821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/3014497862866995821' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/3014497862866995821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/3014497862866995821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/fellatio.html' title='Fellatio'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-1231632555005233803</id><published>2007-12-22T18:32:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:33:46.863-08:00</updated><title type='text'>anal-oral contact</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Anal-oral contact&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;div id=&quot;contentSub&quot;&gt;(Redirected from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anilingus&amp;amp;redirect=no&quot; title=&quot;Anilingus&quot;&gt;Anilingus&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;          &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; width: 250px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; margin-left: 1em; clear: right; float: right;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;width: 250px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;collapsibleTable0&quot; class=&quot;toccolours collapsible collapsed&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 250px;&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;float: right; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; width: 6em;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:collapseTable(0);&quot; id=&quot;collapseButton0&quot;&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anilingus.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Image:Anilingus.jpg&quot;&gt;Image:Anilingus.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anilingus.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Anilingus.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Anilingus.jpg/200px-Anilingus.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;267&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; width: 250px;&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;A tongue performing rimming on an anus.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anal-oral contact&lt;/b&gt;, also referred to as &lt;b&gt;anal-oral sex&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;rimming&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;salad tossing&lt;/b&gt;, or &lt;b&gt;analingus&lt;/b&gt; (from &lt;i&gt;anal&lt;/i&gt; + &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnilingus&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus&quot;&gt;-lingus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;), is a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Anal sex&quot;&gt;anal sex&lt;/a&gt; involving contact between the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anus&quot; title=&quot;Anus&quot;&gt;anus&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perineum&quot; title=&quot;Perineum&quot;&gt;perineum&lt;/a&gt; of one person and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth&quot; title=&quot;Mouth&quot;&gt;mouth&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lips&quot; title=&quot;Lips&quot;&gt;lips&lt;/a&gt;) or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue&quot; title=&quot;Tongue&quot;&gt;tongue&lt;/a&gt; of another.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#Technique&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Technique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#Health_risks_and_prevention&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Health risks and prevention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;HPV and oral cancer link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#Prevention&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Prevention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#Anal-oral_contact_in_popular_culture&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Anal-oral contact in popular culture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Technique&quot; id=&quot;Technique&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anal-oral_contact&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Technique&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Technique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Anilingus involves a variety of techniques to stimulate the anus including kissing, licking, and sliding the tongue in and out of the anus. Pleasure for the receiver comes from the sensitive nerve endings surrounding the anal opening, which are typically stimulated by the tongue and lips.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Health_risks_and_prevention&quot; id=&quot;Health_risks_and_prevention&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anal-oral_contact&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Health risks and prevention&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Health risks and prevention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are many health problems that can result from practising unsafe rimming, because of the presence of bacteria, viruses or parasites on or in the anus or rectum. These include &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_A&quot; title=&quot;Hepatitis A&quot;&gt;Hepatitis A&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_C&quot; title=&quot;Hepatitis C&quot;&gt;Hepatitis C&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_B&quot; title=&quot;Hepatitis B&quot;&gt;Hepatitis B&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intestinal_parasites&quot; title=&quot;Intestinal parasites&quot;&gt;intestinal parasites&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia&quot; title=&quot;Chlamydia&quot;&gt;chlamydia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus&quot; title=&quot;Human papillomavirus&quot;&gt;human papillomavirus&lt;/a&gt; (HPV), &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea&quot; title=&quot;Gonorrhea&quot;&gt;gonorrhea&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus&quot; title=&quot;Herpes simplex virus&quot;&gt;herpes&lt;/a&gt;, and other &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted diseases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Applying the mouth to the genitals immediately after applying it to the anus can inadvertently introduce the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterium&quot; title=&quot;Bacterium&quot;&gt;bacterium&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli&quot; title=&quot;Escherichia coli&quot;&gt;Escherichia coli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (&quot;&lt;i&gt;E. coli&lt;/i&gt;&quot;) into the urethra, causing a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_tract_infection&quot; title=&quot;Urinary tract infection&quot;&gt;urinary tract infection&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS&quot; title=&quot;HIV/AIDS&quot;&gt;HIV/AIDS&lt;/a&gt; is not believed to be easily transmitted through rimming, although experts assert that there is a risk of acquiring HIV from rimming.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Frequent rimming with casual partners increases the health risks associated with the practice. Generally people carrying infections that may be passed on during rimming will appear healthy. If the couple knows that each of them has a healthy background, there is less risk of catching one of the serious viruses or parasites. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intestinal_parasite&quot; title=&quot;Intestinal parasite&quot;&gt;Parasites&lt;/a&gt; may be in the faeces if badly cooked meat was consumed. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_A&quot; title=&quot;Hepatitis A&quot;&gt;Hepatitis A&lt;/a&gt; traces in feces only apply if the infected person has eaten contaminated food. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_C&quot; title=&quot;Hepatitis C&quot;&gt;Hepatitis C&lt;/a&gt; is rare although possible if the receiver has trace amounts of infected blood through his/her anus or faeces.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If the receiving partner has wounds or open sores on their genitals, or if the giving partner has wounds or open sores on or in their mouth, or bleeding gums, this poses an increased risk of STD transmission. Brushing the teeth, flossing, undergoing dental work, or eating crunchy foods such as potato chips relatively soon before or after performing anilingus also increases the risk of transmission, because all of these activities can cause small scratches on the inside of the lips, cheeks and palate. These wounds, even when they are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic&quot; title=&quot;Microscopic&quot;&gt;microscopic&lt;/a&gt;, increase the chances of contracting &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;STDs&lt;/a&gt; that can be transmitted orally under these conditions. Such contact can also lead to more mundane infections from common &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria&quot; title=&quot;Bacteria&quot;&gt;bacteria&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viruses&quot; title=&quot;Viruses&quot;&gt;viruses&lt;/a&gt; found in, around and secreted from the genital regions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot; id=&quot;HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anal-oral_contact&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: HPV and oral cancer link&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;HPV and oral cancer link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005&quot; title=&quot;2005&quot;&gt;2005&lt;/a&gt;, a research study at the College of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6&quot; title=&quot;Malmö&quot;&gt;Malmö&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden&quot; title=&quot;Sweden&quot;&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt; suggested that performing unprotected &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt; on a person infected with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus&quot; title=&quot;Human papillomavirus&quot;&gt;human papillomavirus&lt;/a&gt; (HPV) might increase the risk of an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_cancer&quot; title=&quot;Oral cancer&quot;&gt;oral cancer&lt;/a&gt;. The study found that 36 percent of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_patient&quot; title=&quot;Cancer patient&quot;&gt;cancer patients&lt;/a&gt; had HPV compared to only 1 percent of the healthy control group.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Another recent study suggests a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation&quot; title=&quot;Correlation&quot;&gt;correlation&lt;/a&gt; between &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_and_neck_cancer&quot; title=&quot;Head and neck cancer&quot;&gt;throat cancer&lt;/a&gt;. It is believed that this is due to the transmission of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV&quot; title=&quot;HPV&quot;&gt;HPV&lt;/a&gt; because this virus has been implicated in the majority of cervical cancers. The study concludes that people who had one to five oral sex partners in their lifetime had approximately a doubled risk of throat cancer compared with those who never engaged in this activity and those with more than five oral-sex partners had a 250% increased risk.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Prevention&quot; id=&quot;Prevention&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anal-oral_contact&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Prevention&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Prevention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Owing to disease risks, many medical professionals advise the use of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_dam&quot; title=&quot;Dental dam&quot;&gt;dental dams&lt;/a&gt; when performing or receiving anilingus with a partner whose STD status is unknown. A makeshift dental dam can be made out of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom&quot; title=&quot;Condom&quot;&gt;condom&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/?article=U1N7&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/?article=U1N7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;instructions&lt;/a&gt;). Using a real dental dam is preferable, because real dental dams are larger, and the makeshift version may be accidentally poked with the scissors during the cutting procedure. Plastic wrap may also be used, but this is less preferable because the thickness dulls sensation. Certain kinds of plastic wrap are manufactured with tiny holes to allow venting during microwaving, which may allow transmission of pathogens.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Anal-oral_contact_in_popular_culture&quot; id=&quot;Anal-oral_contact_in_popular_culture&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anal-oral_contact&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Anal-oral contact in popular culture&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Anal-oral contact in popular culture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show&quot; title=&quot;The Howard Stern Show&quot;&gt;The Howard Stern Show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; executive producer &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Dell%27Abate&quot; title=&quot;Gary Dell&#39;Abate&quot;&gt;Gary Dell&#39;Abate&lt;/a&gt; has said on numerous occasions that he enjoys oral-anal contact, both giving and receiving.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Rundown-2007-01-04_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anilingus#_note-Rundown-2007-01-04&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Anal-oral contact was parodied in the movie &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park:_Bigger%2C_Longer%2C_and_Uncut&quot; title=&quot;South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut&quot;&gt;South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. In the movie, the mothers of the boys come to Mr. Mackey&#39;s office, for the boys had been swearing in class. Mr. Mackey then gave a list of the words the boys said to Kyle&#39;s mom. She then asked &quot;What the heck is a rim job?&quot;, in which Cartman&#39;s mom said &quot;Why, that&#39;s when you put your legs behind your head and have someone lick your ass!&quot;, which made the others stare.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasolini&quot; title=&quot;Pasolini&quot;&gt;Pasolini&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s film &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%C3%B2_o_le_120_giornate_di_Sodoma&quot; title=&quot;Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma&quot;&gt;Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma&lt;/a&gt;, anal–oral contact features multiple times, mostly between the &#39;men of power&#39;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_%28entertainer%29&quot; title=&quot;Madonna (entertainer)&quot;&gt;Madonna&lt;/a&gt; is depicted having an anal-oral contact with a man in her &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroticism&quot; title=&quot;Eroticism&quot;&gt;erotic&lt;/a&gt; book &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_%28book%29&quot; title=&quot;Sex (book)&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sex&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.madonna-online.ch/m-online/galleries/1992/92-10-21_sex/sites/sb_042.htm&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://www.madonna-online.ch/m-online/galleries/1992/92-10-21_sex/sites/sb_042.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Illustration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The song &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moist_Vagina&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Moist Vagina&quot;&gt;Moist Vagina&lt;/a&gt;&quot; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29&quot; title=&quot;Nirvana (band)&quot;&gt;Nirvana&lt;/a&gt; references oral-anal contact. A portion of the lyrics: &quot;I&#39;ve been sucking the walls of her anus, Anilingus!&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In the UK television programme &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_As_Folk&quot; title=&quot;Queer As Folk&quot;&gt;Queer As Folk&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s opening episode, the act of rimming is depicted between two of the lead characters.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In an episode of the popular &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;American&lt;/a&gt; cable &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program&quot; title=&quot;Television program&quot;&gt;television program&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_the_City&quot; title=&quot;Sex and the City&quot;&gt;Sex and the City&lt;/a&gt;, the character of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Hobbes&quot; title=&quot;Miranda Hobbes&quot;&gt;Miranda Hobbes&lt;/a&gt; shows signs of surprise when a sexual partner performs the act on her, and later proceed to dump said partner when he asks her to return the favour.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/1231632555005233803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/1231632555005233803' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1231632555005233803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1231632555005233803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/anal-oral-contact.html' title='anal-oral contact'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-836980955716560094</id><published>2007-12-22T18:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:32:46.664-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sexual fantasy</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Sexual fantasy&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dream_of_the_fishermans_wife_hokusai.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Hokusai&#39;s The Dream of the Fisherman&#39;s Wife is an artistic depiction of a sexual fantasy&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Hokusai&#39;s The Dream of the Fisherman&#39;s Wife is an artistic depiction of a sexual fantasy&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Dream_of_the_fishermans_wife_hokusai.jpg/180px-Dream_of_the_fishermans_wife_hokusai.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;127&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dream_of_the_fishermans_wife_hokusai.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai&quot; title=&quot;Hokusai&quot;&gt;Hokusai&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s_Wife&quot; title=&quot;The Dream of the Fisherman&#39;s Wife&quot;&gt;The Dream of the Fisherman&#39;s Wife&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; is an artistic depiction of a sexual fantasy&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;dablink&quot;&gt;This article is about psychological fantasies.  For written fantasy, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_literature&quot; title=&quot;Erotic literature&quot;&gt;Erotic literature&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;A &lt;b&gt;sexual fantasy&lt;/b&gt;, also called an &lt;b&gt;erotic fantasy&lt;/b&gt;, is a deliberate &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_%28psychology%29&quot; title=&quot;Fantasy (psychology)&quot;&gt;fantasy&lt;/a&gt; or pattern of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought&quot; title=&quot;Thought&quot;&gt;thoughts&lt;/a&gt; with the goal of creating or enhancing sexual feelings; it is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_image&quot; title=&quot;Mental image&quot;&gt;mental imagery&lt;/a&gt; that an individual considers &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroticism&quot; title=&quot;Eroticism&quot;&gt;erotic&lt;/a&gt;. The makeup and purpose of fantasies vary: they can be long, drawn-out stories or quick mental flashes of sexual imagery; their purposes range from sexual motivations, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_arousal&quot; title=&quot;Sexual arousal&quot;&gt;sexual arousal&lt;/a&gt; and reaching &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm&quot; title=&quot;Orgasm&quot;&gt;orgasm&lt;/a&gt;, to simply passing time or helping a person fall asleep. Sexual fantasies are nearly universally experienced and can be positive, negative, or both. A person may not wish to enact their sexual fantasies in real life; some would find their fantasies completely unacceptable — or physically impossible — were they transposed into real life.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#Content_and_uses_of_fantasy&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Content and uses of fantasy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#Common_fantasies&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Common fantasies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#Social_views_of_sexual_fantasy&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Social views of sexual fantasy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#Notes&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Content_and_uses_of_fantasy&quot; id=&quot;Content_and_uses_of_fantasy&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexual_fantasy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Content and uses of fantasy&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Content and uses of fantasy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The content and goal of a sexual fantasy vary greatly between individuals and are subject to personal desires. These fantasies range from the mundane to the bizarre, and a person may have zero to full desire to carry out an imagined act; people often use fantasy to help plan out future sexual encounters.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Fantasies occur in all individuals and at any time of the day, although it has been suggested that fantasies are more common among frequent daydreamers.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Fantasies are frequently used to escape real-life sexual restraints and to imagine dangerous or illegal scenarios, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape&quot; title=&quot;Rape&quot;&gt;rape&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castration&quot; title=&quot;Castration&quot;&gt;castration&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping&quot; title=&quot;Kidnapping&quot;&gt;kidnapping&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; They allow people to imagine themselves in roles they do not normally have, such as power, innocence, and guilt.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Fantasies present enormous influence over sexual behaviour (hence the phrase &quot;the brain is the largest sex organ&quot;), and can be the sole cause of an orgasm.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; While there are several common themes in fantasies, any object or act can be eroticized.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-5&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sexual fantasy is frequent during &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Masturbation&quot;&gt;masturbation&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-6&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-6&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; although this is more true for men than for women.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-7&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-7&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;During sexual contact, some people use their fantasies to &quot;turn off&quot; undesirable aspects of an act&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-8&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-8&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; For example, a woman receiving &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnilingus&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus&quot;&gt;cunnilingus&lt;/a&gt; may shut out thoughts about her body&#39;s odours or fluids in order to fantasize about her physical or emotional pleasure. Conversely, a person may use fantasy to focus and maintain arousal, such as a man receiving &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio&quot;&gt;fellatio&lt;/a&gt; ignoring a distraction.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-9&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-9&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Men tend to be aware of only parts of themselves during sex— they are more likely to focus on the physical stimulation of one area, and as such, do not see themselves as a &quot;whole.&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-10&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-10&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Many couples share their fantasies to feel closer and gain more intimacy and trust, or simply to become more aroused or effect a more powerful physical response.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-11&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-11&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Some couples share fantasies as a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex&quot; title=&quot;Non-penetrative sex&quot;&gt;outercourse&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-12&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-12&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[13]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; this has been offered as an explanation for the rise of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt; during the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s&quot; title=&quot;1980s&quot;&gt;1980s&lt;/a&gt;— in order to avoid contracting &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV&quot; title=&quot;HIV&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/a&gt;, people turned to BDSM as a safe outlet for sexual fantasy.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-13&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-13&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Common_fantasies&quot; id=&quot;Common_fantasies&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexual_fantasy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Common fantasies&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Common fantasies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Although fantasies are generally varied, patterns have shown up in demographics, and theories have been developed to explain the results. For example, evolutionary theorists have conjectured that women may be more likely to fantasize about familiar lovers because of the imagery of a protective relationship; however, this suggestion is not consistent with findings of the actual fantasies of married women.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-14&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-14&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[15]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Sexual fantasies vary by gender, age, sexual orientation, and society; because of reliance on retrospective recall, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_bias&quot; title=&quot;Response bias&quot;&gt;response bias&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo&quot; title=&quot;Taboo&quot;&gt;taboo&lt;/a&gt;, there is an inherent difficulty in measuring the frequency of types of fantasies.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-15&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-15&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[16]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In general, the most common fantasies for men and women are: reliving an exciting sexual experience, imagining sex with a current partner, and imagining sex with a different partner. There is no consistent difference in the popularity of these three categories of fantasies.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-16&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-16&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[17]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The next most common fantasies involve &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt;, sex in a romantic location, sexual power or irresistibility, and forced sex.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-17&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-17&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[18]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Social_views_of_sexual_fantasy&quot; id=&quot;Social_views_of_sexual_fantasy&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexual_fantasy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Social views of sexual fantasy&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Social views of sexual fantasy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Social views on sexual fantasy (and sex in general) differ throughout the world. The privacy of a person&#39;s fantasy is influenced greatly by social conditions. Because of the taboo status of sexual fantasies in many places around the world, open discussion — or even acknowledgment — is forbidden, forcing fantasies to stay private. In more lax conditions, a person may share their fantasies with close friends, significant others, or a group of people with whom the person is comfortable.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Historically, the moral acceptance and formal study of sexual fantasy in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_culture&quot; title=&quot;Western culture&quot;&gt;Western culture&lt;/a&gt; is relatively new. Prior to their acceptance, sexual fantasies were seen as evil or sinful, and they were commonly seen as horrid thoughts planted into the minds of people by &quot;agents of the devil.&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-18&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-18&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[19]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Even when &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology&quot; title=&quot;Psychology&quot;&gt;psychologists&lt;/a&gt; were willing to accept and study fantasies, they showed little understanding and went so far as to diagnose sexual fantasies in females as a sign of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_hysteria&quot; title=&quot;Female hysteria&quot;&gt;hysteria&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-19&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-19&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[20]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Prior to the early twentieth century, many experts viewed sexual fantasy (particularly in females) as abnormal. Over several decades, sexual fantasies became more acceptable as notable works and compilations, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kinsey&quot; title=&quot;Alfred Kinsey&quot;&gt;Alfred Kinsey&#39;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Reports&quot; title=&quot;Kinsey Reports&quot;&gt;Kinsey Reports&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erotic_Fantasies:_A_Study_of_the_Sexual_Imagination&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Erotic Fantasies: A Study of the Sexual Imagination&quot;&gt;Erotic Fantasies: A Study of the Sexual Imagination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; by Drs. Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Friday&quot; title=&quot;Nancy Friday&quot;&gt;Nancy Friday&#39;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Secret_Garden&quot; title=&quot;My Secret Garden&quot;&gt;My Secret Garden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, were published.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-20&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-20&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[21]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Despite the Western World&#39;s relatively lax attitudes towards sexual fantasy, many people still feel shame and guilt about their fantasies. This type of shame regularly leads to a decline in the quality of a couple&#39;s sex life,&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-21&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-21&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[22]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and an unhappy relationship.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-22&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_note-22&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[23]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Notes&quot; id=&quot;Notes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexual_fantasy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Notes&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;ol class=&quot;references&quot;&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-0&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFWilson1978&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Wilson 1978&lt;/a&gt;, p. 9&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFWilson1978&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Wilson 1978&lt;/a&gt;, p. 29&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-2&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFScott1994&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Scott 1994&lt;/a&gt;, p. 153&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-3&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFScott1994&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Scott 1994&lt;/a&gt;, p. 163&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-4&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFRathus.2C_Nevid.2C_Fichner-Rathus.2C_Herold.2C_McKenzie2005&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Rathus, Nevid, Fichner-Rathus, Herold, McKenzie 2005&lt;/a&gt;, p. 106&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-5&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFScott1994&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Scott 1994&lt;/a&gt;, p. 155&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-6&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-6&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFRathus.2C_Nevid.2C_Fichner-Rathus.2C_Herold.2C_McKenzie2005&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Rathus, Nevid, Fichner-Rathus, Herold, McKenzie 2005&lt;/a&gt;, p. 206&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-7&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-7&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Leitenberg and Henning charted multiple studies of men and women who fantasized during masturbation. More than half found that at least 80% of men admitted to having had fantasies during masturbation, and at least 67% of women reported the same.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-8&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-8&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFFisher1989&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Fisher 1989&lt;/a&gt;, p. 275&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-9&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-9&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFFisher1989&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Fisher 1989&lt;/a&gt;, p. 274&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-10&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#_ref-10&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy#CITEREFFisher1989&quot; 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&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 252px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Male_masturbation_1.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Man masturbating.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Man masturbating.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Male_masturbation_1.jpg/250px-Male_masturbation_1.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;137&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Male_masturbation_1.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Man masturbating.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 252px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Female_masturbation.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Woman masturbating.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Woman masturbating.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Female_masturbation.jpg/250px-Female_masturbation.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;128&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Female_masturbation.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Woman masturbating.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Masturbation&lt;/b&gt; refers to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual&quot; title=&quot;Sexual&quot;&gt;sexual&lt;/a&gt; stimulation, especially of one&#39;s own &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_organ&quot; title=&quot;Sex organ&quot;&gt;genitals&lt;/a&gt; and often to the point of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm&quot; title=&quot;Orgasm&quot;&gt;orgasm&lt;/a&gt;, which is performed manually, by other types of bodily contact (except for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;sexual intercourse&lt;/a&gt;), by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Masturbation is the most common form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoeroticism&quot; title=&quot;Autoeroticism&quot;&gt;autoeroticism&lt;/a&gt;, and the two words are often used as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonym&quot; title=&quot;Synonym&quot;&gt;synonyms&lt;/a&gt;, although masturbation with a partner (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Mutual masturbation&quot;&gt;mutual masturbation&lt;/a&gt;) is also common. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human_animal_sexual_behavior#Autoeroticism_.28masturbation.29&quot; title=&quot;Non-human animal sexual behavior&quot;&gt;Animal masturbation&lt;/a&gt; has been observed in many species, both in the wild and in captivity.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Etymology&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Etymology&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Masturbation_techniques&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Masturbation techniques&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Female&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Female&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Male&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Male&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Mutual_masturbation&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Mutual masturbation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Masturbation_frequency.2C_age_and_sex&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Masturbation frequency, age and sex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Evolutionary_purpose&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Evolutionary purpose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Health_and_psychological_effects&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Health and psychological effects&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Benefits&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Benefits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Blood_pressure&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Blood pressure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Insertion&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Insertion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Pregnancy&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Pregnancy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Problems_for_males&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Problems for males&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Compulsive_masturbation&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Compulsive masturbation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Masturbation_in_history_and_society&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Masturbation in history and society&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Antiquity&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Antiquity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Religious_views&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Religious views&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Philosophical_arguments&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Philosophical arguments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Medical_attitudes&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Medical attitudes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Law&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Law&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Masturbate-a-thon&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Masturbate-a-thon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Euphemisms&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Euphemisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Masturbation_in_other_animal_species&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Masturbation in other animal species&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;11&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#See_also_2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;13&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Etymology&quot; id=&quot;Etymology&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Etymology&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;infobox sisterproject&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;float: left;&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;floatnone&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wiktionary-logo-en.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Wiktionary-logo-en.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wiktionary-logo-en.png/50px-Wiktionary-logo-en.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;54&quot; width=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;Look up &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/masturbation&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wiktionary:masturbation&quot;&gt;masturbation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary&quot; title=&quot;Wiktionary&quot;&gt;Wiktionary&lt;/a&gt;, the free dictionary.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The word &lt;b&gt;masturbation&lt;/b&gt; is believed to derive from either the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language&quot; title=&quot;Greek language&quot;&gt;Greek&lt;/a&gt; word &lt;i&gt;mezea&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;μεζεα&lt;/i&gt;, &quot;penises&quot;) or the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin&quot; title=&quot;Latin&quot;&gt;Latin&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;manus&lt;/i&gt; (&quot;hand&quot;) and the Latin &lt;i&gt;turbare&lt;/i&gt; (&quot;to disturb&quot;).&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; A competing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology&quot; title=&quot;Etymology&quot;&gt;etymology&lt;/a&gt; based on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin&quot; title=&quot;Latin&quot;&gt;Latin&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;manu stuprare&lt;/i&gt; (&quot;to defile with the hand&quot;) is said by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary&quot; title=&quot;Oxford English Dictionary&quot;&gt;Oxford English Dictionary&lt;/a&gt; to be an &quot;old conjecture&quot;. The esoteric and little-used synonym &lt;i&gt;manustupration&lt;/i&gt; is similarly derived from &lt;i&gt;manus stuprare&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;While &quot;masturbation&quot; is the medical term for this practice, many other terms and expressions are in common use. &quot;Onanism&quot; is a term with religious roots. In the vernacular, terms such as &quot;pleasuring oneself&quot;, &quot;wanking&quot;, and &quot;jerking off&quot; are common. See &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wikisaurus:masturbate&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikt:Wikisaurus:masturbate&quot;&gt;masturbate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary&quot; title=&quot;Wiktionary&quot;&gt;Wikisaurus&lt;/a&gt; for many others.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Masturbation_techniques&quot; id=&quot;Masturbation_techniques&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Masturbation techniques&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 202px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Goya_Two_Women.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Goya&#39;s Dos Mujeres y Un Hombre depicting two women laughing at a masturbating man.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Goya&#39;s Dos Mujeres y Un Hombre depicting two women laughing at a masturbating man.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Goya_Two_Women.jpg/200px-Goya_Two_Women.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;399&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Goya_Two_Women.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goya&quot; title=&quot;Goya&quot;&gt;Goya&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Dos Mujeres y Un Hombre&lt;/i&gt; depicting two women laughing at a masturbating man.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-XavierdeSalas_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-XavierdeSalas&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Hispania_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Hispania&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ways of masturbating common to members of both sexes include pressing or rubbing the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genital&quot; title=&quot;Genital&quot;&gt;genital&lt;/a&gt; area, either with the fingers or against an object such as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillow&quot; title=&quot;Pillow&quot;&gt;pillow&lt;/a&gt;; inserting fingers or an object into the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anus&quot; title=&quot;Anus&quot;&gt;anus&lt;/a&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Anal masturbation&quot;&gt;anal masturbation&lt;/a&gt;); and stimulating the penis or vulva with electric &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrator_%28sensual%29&quot; title=&quot;Vibrator (sensual)&quot;&gt;vibrators&lt;/a&gt;, which may also be inserted into the vagina or anus. Members of both sexes may also enjoy touching, rubbing, or pinching the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipple&quot; title=&quot;Nipple&quot;&gt;nipples&lt;/a&gt; or other &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erogenous_zones&quot; title=&quot;Erogenous zones&quot;&gt;erogenous zones&lt;/a&gt; while masturbating. Both sexes sometimes apply &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_lubricant&quot; title=&quot;Personal lubricant&quot;&gt;lubricating&lt;/a&gt; substances to intensify sensation.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reading or viewing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy&quot; title=&quot;Sexual fantasy&quot;&gt;sexual fantasy&lt;/a&gt;, are often common adjuncts to masturbation. Often people will call upon memories during masturbation. Masturbation activities are often &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritualization&quot; title=&quot;Ritualization&quot;&gt;ritualised&lt;/a&gt;. Various &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Sexual fetishism&quot;&gt;fetishes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia&quot; title=&quot;Paraphilia&quot;&gt;paraphilias&lt;/a&gt; can also play a part in the masturbation ritual. Some potentially harmful or fatal activities include &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoerotic_asphyxiation&quot; title=&quot;Autoerotic asphyxiation&quot;&gt;autoerotic asphyxiation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-bondage&quot; title=&quot;Self-bondage&quot;&gt;self-bondage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some people get sexual pleasure by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urethral_play&quot; title=&quot;Urethral play&quot;&gt;inserting objects into the urethra&lt;/a&gt; (the tube through which urine and, in men, semen, flows).&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Alice05_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Alice05&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; If these objects are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urethral_sounding&quot; title=&quot;Urethral sounding&quot;&gt;urethral sounds&lt;/a&gt;, the practice is known as &quot;sounding&quot;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-BME06_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-BME06&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Other objects such as ball point pens and thermometers are sometimes used, although this practice can lead to injury and/or infection.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-JAAPA06_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-JAAPA06&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Some people masturbate by using &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_erotic_stimulation_device&quot; title=&quot;Automated erotic stimulation device&quot;&gt;machines&lt;/a&gt; that simulate intercourse.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Men and women may masturbate until they are close to orgasm, stop for a while to reduce excitement, and then resume masturbating. They may repeat this cycle multiple times. This &quot;stop and go&quot; build up can achieve even stronger orgasms. Rarely, people quit stimulation just before orgasm to retain the heightened energy that normally comes down after orgasm&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; due to the release of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolactin&quot; title=&quot;Prolactin&quot;&gt;prolactin&lt;/a&gt; hormone. Doing this could lead to temporary discomfort due to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_congestion&quot; title=&quot;Pelvic congestion&quot;&gt;pelvic congestion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Austrian psychoanalyst &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich&quot; title=&quot;Wilhelm Reich&quot;&gt;Wilhelm Reich&lt;/a&gt; in his 1922 essay &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerning_Specific_Forms_of_Masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Concerning Specific Forms of Masturbation&quot;&gt;Concerning Specific Forms of Masturbation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; tried to identify healthy and unhealthy forms of masturbation. He tried to relate the way people masturbated to their degree of inclination towards the opposite sex and to their psycho-sexual pathologies.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Female&quot; id=&quot;Female&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Female&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kunisada_surimono.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;19th c. shunga print by Kunisada&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;19th c. shunga print by Kunisada&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Kunisada_surimono.jpg/180px-Kunisada_surimono.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;132&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kunisada_surimono.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 19th c. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunga&quot; title=&quot;Shunga&quot;&gt;shunga&lt;/a&gt; print by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunisada&quot; title=&quot;Kunisada&quot;&gt;Kunisada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female masturbation techniques include a woman stroking or rubbing her &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva&quot; title=&quot;Vulva&quot;&gt;vulva&lt;/a&gt;, especially her &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoris&quot; title=&quot;Clitoris&quot;&gt;clitoris&lt;/a&gt;, with her &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_finger&quot; title=&quot;Index finger&quot;&gt;index&lt;/a&gt; and/or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_finger&quot; title=&quot;Middle finger&quot;&gt;middle fingers&lt;/a&gt;. Sometimes one or more fingers may be inserted into her vagina to repeatedly stroke the frontal wall of her vagina where her &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A4fenberg_spot&quot; title=&quot;Gräfenberg spot&quot;&gt;g-spot&lt;/a&gt; is located.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Keesling99_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Keesling99&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Masturbation aids such as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrator&quot; title=&quot;Vibrator&quot;&gt;vibrator&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo&quot; title=&quot;Dildo&quot;&gt;dildo&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wa_balls&quot; title=&quot;Ben Wa balls&quot;&gt;Ben Wa balls&lt;/a&gt; can also be used to stimulate the vagina and clitoris. Many women caress their breasts or stimulate a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipple&quot; title=&quot;Nipple&quot;&gt;nipple&lt;/a&gt; with the free hand, if these are receptive areas for sexual stimulation. Anal stimulation is also enjoyed by some. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_lubricant&quot; title=&quot;Personal lubricant&quot;&gt;Lubrication&lt;/a&gt; is sometimes used during masturbation, especially when &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_penetration&quot; title=&quot;Sexual penetration&quot;&gt;penetration&lt;/a&gt; is involved, but this is not universal and many women find their &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_lubrication&quot; title=&quot;Vaginal lubrication&quot;&gt;natural lubrication&lt;/a&gt; sufficient.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Common positions include lying on back or face down, sitting, squatting, kneeling or standing. In a bath or shower a female may direct tap water at her clitoris and vulva. Lying face down one may use the hands, one may straddle a pillow, the corner or edge of the bed, a partner&#39;s leg or some scrunched-up clothing and &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_hump&quot; title=&quot;Dry hump&quot;&gt;hump&lt;/a&gt;&quot; her &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva&quot; title=&quot;Vulva&quot;&gt;vulva&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoris&quot; title=&quot;Clitoris&quot;&gt;clitoris&lt;/a&gt; against it. Standing up, a chair, the corner of an item of furniture or even a washing machine can be used to stimulate her clitoris through her labia and clothing.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the 1920s, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havelock_Ellis&quot; title=&quot;Havelock Ellis&quot;&gt;Havelock Ellis&lt;/a&gt; reported that turn-of-the-century seamstresses using treadle-operated sewing machines could achieve orgasm by sitting near the edge of their chairs.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Women can sexually stimulate themselves by crossing their legs tightly and clenching the muscles in their legs, creating pressure on the genitals. This can potentially be done in public without observers noticing. Some masturbate using only pressure applied to the clitoris without direct contact, for example by pressing the palm or ball of the hand against underwear or other clothing.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thoughts, fantasies and memories of previous instances of arousal and orgasm can produce sexual arousal. Some women even claim to be able to orgasm spontaneously by force of will alone, but that ability, if it exists at all, may not strictly qualify as masturbation as no physical stimulus is involved.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Koedt70_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Koedt70&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-kins_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-kins&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sex therapists will sometimes recommend that female patients take time to masturbate to orgasm, especially if they have not done so before.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Shuman06_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Shuman06&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[13]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Knowles02_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Knowles02&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Male&quot; id=&quot;Male&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Male&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Male masturbation techniques are also influenced by a number of factors and personal preferences. Techniques may also differ between &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision&quot; title=&quot;Circumcision&quot;&gt;circumcised&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreskin&quot; title=&quot;Foreskin&quot;&gt;uncircumcised&lt;/a&gt; males, as some techniques which may work for one can often be quite painful for the other.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MORONOBU.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Japanese man in the company of two entertainers.Early ukiyo-e print in the shunga (erotic) style. Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1680; Private collection.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Japanese man in the company of two entertainers.Early ukiyo-e print in the shunga (erotic) style. Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1680; Private collection.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/MORONOBU.jpg/180px-MORONOBU.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;126&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MORONOBU.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Japanese man in the company of two &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagema&quot; title=&quot;Kagema&quot;&gt;entertainers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Early &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e&quot; title=&quot;Ukiyo-e&quot;&gt;ukiyo-e&lt;/a&gt; print in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunga&quot; title=&quot;Shunga&quot;&gt;shunga&lt;/a&gt; (erotic) style. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hishikawa_Moronobu&quot; title=&quot;Hishikawa Moronobu&quot;&gt;Hishikawa Moronobu&lt;/a&gt;, c. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1680&quot; title=&quot;1680&quot;&gt;1680&lt;/a&gt;; Private collection.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The most common male masturbation technique is simply to hold the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis&quot; title=&quot;Penis&quot;&gt;penis&lt;/a&gt; with a loose fist and then to move the hand up and down the shaft until &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm&quot; title=&quot;Orgasm&quot;&gt;orgasm&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaculation&quot; title=&quot;Ejaculation&quot;&gt;ejaculation&lt;/a&gt; take place. The speed of the hand motion will vary from male to male, although it is not uncommon for the speed to increase as ejaculation nears and for it to decrease during the ejaculation itself. When uncircumcised, stimulation of the penis in this way comes from the &quot;pumping&quot; of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreskin&quot; title=&quot;Foreskin&quot;&gt;foreskin&lt;/a&gt;. This &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliding_action#Function_of_gliding_action&quot; title=&quot;Gliding action&quot;&gt;gliding motion&lt;/a&gt; of the foreskin reduces friction. When circumcised, there is more direct contact between the hand and the glans, thus a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_lubricant&quot; title=&quot;Personal lubricant&quot;&gt;personal lubricant&lt;/a&gt; is sometimes used to reduce friction. Sometimes, if too much pressure is applied, it may be rubbed sore for a time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Circumcised or not, men may rub or massage the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glans_penis&quot; title=&quot;Glans penis&quot;&gt;glans&lt;/a&gt;, the rim of the glans, and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenular_delta&quot; title=&quot;Frenular delta&quot;&gt;frenular delta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Another technique is to place just the index finger and thumb around the penis about halfway along the penis and move the skin up and down. A variation on this is to place the fingers and thumb on the penis as if playing a flute, and then shuttle them back and forth. Another common technique is to lie face down on a comfortable surface such as a mattress or pillow and rub the penis against it until orgasm is achieved. This technique may include the use of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacrum&quot; title=&quot;Simulacrum&quot;&gt;simulacrum&lt;/a&gt;, or artificial vagina.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Satirello_che_ne_masturba_un_altro_-_Roma%2C_Museo_di_Villa_Giulia%2C_foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_marzo_2005.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Renaissance art depicting two boys engaging in sex play (fresco, Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome).&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Renaissance art depicting two boys engaging in sex play (fresco, Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome).&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Satirello_che_ne_masturba_un_altro_-_Roma%2C_Museo_di_Villa_Giulia%2C_foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_marzo_2005.jpg/180px-Satirello_che_ne_masturba_un_altro_-_Roma%2C_Museo_di_Villa_Giulia%2C_foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_marzo_2005.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;139&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Satirello_che_ne_masturba_un_altro_-_Roma%2C_Museo_di_Villa_Giulia%2C_foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_marzo_2005.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Renaissance art depicting two boys engaging in sex play (fresco, Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome).&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are many other variations on male masturbation techniques. Some men place both hands directly on their penis during masturbation, while others use their free hand to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondle&quot; title=&quot;Fondle&quot;&gt;fondle&lt;/a&gt; their &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicles&quot; title=&quot;Testicles&quot;&gt;testicles&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipples&quot; title=&quot;Nipples&quot;&gt;nipples&lt;/a&gt;, or other parts of their body. Some may keep their hand stationary while pumping into it with pelvic thrusts in order to simulate the motions of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;sexual intercourse&lt;/a&gt;. Others may also use vibrators and other sexual devices more commonly associated with female masturbation. A few extremely flexible males can reach and stimulate their penis with their tongue or lips, and so perform &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofellatio&quot; title=&quot;Autofellatio&quot;&gt;autofellatio&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate&quot; title=&quot;Prostate&quot;&gt;prostate&lt;/a&gt; gland is one of the organs that contributes fluid to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semen&quot; title=&quot;Semen&quot;&gt;semen&lt;/a&gt;. As the prostate is touch-sensitive, some directly stimulate it using a well-lubricated finger or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo&quot; title=&quot;Dildo&quot;&gt;dildo&lt;/a&gt; inserted through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anus&quot; title=&quot;Anus&quot;&gt;anus&lt;/a&gt; into the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectum&quot; title=&quot;Rectum&quot;&gt;rectum&lt;/a&gt;. Stimulating the prostate from outside, via pressure on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perineum&quot; title=&quot;Perineum&quot;&gt;perineum&lt;/a&gt;, can be pleasurable as well. Semen is sometimes ejaculated onto a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_tissue&quot; title=&quot;Facial tissue&quot;&gt;tissue&lt;/a&gt; or some other item.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A somewhat controversial ejaculation control technique is to put pressure on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perineum&quot; title=&quot;Perineum&quot;&gt;perineum&lt;/a&gt;, about halfway between the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrotum&quot; title=&quot;Scrotum&quot;&gt;scrotum&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anus&quot; title=&quot;Anus&quot;&gt;anus&lt;/a&gt;, just before ejaculating. This can, however, redirect semen into the bladder (referred to as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde_ejaculation&quot; title=&quot;Retrograde ejaculation&quot;&gt;retrograde ejaculation&lt;/a&gt;). If repeated on a regular basis, this technique could cause long term damage due to the pressure put on the nerves and blood vessels in the perineum. A &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_orgasm&quot; title=&quot;Dry orgasm&quot;&gt;dry orgasm&lt;/a&gt; is one that is reached while withholding ejaculation (or where &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde_ejaculation&quot; title=&quot;Retrograde ejaculation&quot;&gt;retrograde ejaculation&lt;/a&gt; has taken place). Proponents of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm#Male_multiple_orgasms&quot; title=&quot;Orgasm&quot;&gt;dry orgasm&lt;/a&gt; say that this is a learnable skill that can shorten the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractory_period_%28sex%29&quot; title=&quot;Refractory period (sex)&quot;&gt;refractory period&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Mutual_masturbation&quot; id=&quot;Mutual_masturbation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Mutual masturbation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Geiger-masturbation-mutuelle.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Johann Nepomuk Geiger, watercolor, 1840.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Johann Nepomuk Geiger, watercolor, 1840.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Geiger-masturbation-mutuelle.jpg/180px-Geiger-masturbation-mutuelle.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;243&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Geiger-masturbation-mutuelle.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Nepomuk_Geiger&quot; title=&quot;Johann Nepomuk Geiger&quot;&gt;Johann Nepomuk Geiger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercolor&quot; title=&quot;Watercolor&quot;&gt;watercolor&lt;/a&gt;, 1840.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Mutual masturbation&quot;&gt;Mutual masturbation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mutual masturbation&lt;/i&gt; is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_act&quot; title=&quot;Sexual act&quot;&gt;sexual act&lt;/a&gt; where two or more people stimulate themselves or one another sexually, usually with the hands.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This may be done in situations where the participants do not feel physically able (or that it is socially appropriate)or people are not ready to have full sexual intercourse, but still wish to have a mutual sexual act. It is also done as part of the full repertoire of sexual intercourse, where it may be used as an interlude, a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay&quot; title=&quot;Foreplay&quot;&gt;foreplay&lt;/a&gt; or simply as an alternative activity to penetration. In some people, it is the primary sexual activity of choice above all others because it enables the individuals to see face to face and leaves the hands free to caress, as seen in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frottage&quot; title=&quot;Frottage&quot;&gt;frottage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mutual masturbation can be practiced by people of all &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Sexual orientation&quot;&gt;sexual orientations&lt;/a&gt;. If used as an alternative to penile-vaginal penetration, the aim may be to preserve &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin&quot; title=&quot;Virgin&quot;&gt;virginity&lt;/a&gt; or to prevent pregnancy. Some people may choose it as it achieves sexual satisfaction without actual sex, possibly seeing it as an alternative to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_sex&quot; title=&quot;Casual sex&quot;&gt;casual sex&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Masturbation_frequency.2C_age_and_sex&quot; id=&quot;Masturbation_frequency.2C_age_and_sex&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Masturbation frequency, age and sex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Frequency of masturbation is determined by many factors, e.g., one&#39;s resistance to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_tension&quot; title=&quot;Sexual tension&quot;&gt;sexual tension&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormone&quot; title=&quot;Hormone&quot;&gt;hormone&lt;/a&gt; levels influencing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_arousal&quot; title=&quot;Sexual arousal&quot;&gt;sexual arousal&lt;/a&gt;, sexual &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habits&quot; title=&quot;Habits&quot;&gt;habits&lt;/a&gt;, peer influences, health and one&#39;s attitude to masturbation formed by culture.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[15]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Medical causes have also been associated with masturbation.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-5&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[16]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-6&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-6&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[17]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-7&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-7&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[18]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Different studies have found that masturbation is frequent in humans. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kinsey&quot; title=&quot;Alfred Kinsey&quot;&gt;Alfred Kinsey&#39;s&lt;/a&gt; studies have shown that 92% of men and 62% of women have masturbated during lifespan.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-kins_1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-kins&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Similar results have been found in British national probability survey. It was found that 95% of men and 71% of woman masturbated at some point in their lives. 73% of men and 37% of woman reported masturbating in the four weeks before their interview, while 53% of men and 18% of woman reported masturbating in previous seven days.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-gerr_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-gerr&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[19]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&quot;Forty-eight female college students were asked to complete a sexual attitudes questionnaire in which a frequency of masturbation scale was embedded. Twenty-four of the women (the experimental group) then individually viewed an explicit modeling film involving female masturbation. One month later, all subjects again completed the same questionnaire. Subjects in the experimental group also completed a questionnaire evaluating aspects of the film. Results indicated that the experimental group reported a significant increase in the average monthly frequency of masturbation, as compared to the control group. This same group, however, reported that the film had no effect on sexual attitudes or behavior.&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A 2004 survey by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto&quot; title=&quot;Toronto&quot;&gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt; magazine &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOW_%28magazine%29&quot; title=&quot;NOW (magazine)&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;NOW&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was answered by an unspecified number of thousands.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-8&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-8&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[20]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The results show that an overwhelming majority of the males – 81% – began masturbating between the ages of 10 and 15. Among females, the same figure was a more modest majority of 55%. (Note that surveys on sexual practices are prone to &lt;i&gt;self-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias&quot; title=&quot;Selection bias&quot;&gt;selection bias&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.) It is not uncommon however to begin much earlier, and this is more frequent among females: 18% had begun by the time they turned 10, and 6% already by the time they turned 6. Being the main outlet of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexuality&quot; title=&quot;Child sexuality&quot;&gt;child sexuality&lt;/a&gt;, masturbation has been observed in very young children. In the book &lt;i&gt;Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America&lt;/i&gt;, by Strong, Devault and Sayad, the authors point out, &quot;A baby boy may laugh in his crib while playing with his erect penis (although he does not ejaculate). Baby girls sometimes move their bodies rhythmically, almost violently, appearing to experience &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm&quot; title=&quot;Orgasm&quot;&gt;orgasm&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A Canadian survey of Now magazine readers (cited above), has it that the frequency of masturbation declines after the age of 17. Many males masturbate daily, or even more frequently, well into their 20s and sometimes far beyond. This decline is more drastic among females, and more gradual among males. While females aged 13–17 masturbated almost once a day on average (and almost as often as their male peers), adult women only masturbated 8–9 times a month, compared to the 18–22 among men. Adolescent youths report being able to masturbate to ejaculation around six times per day, though some men in older middle age report being hard pressed to ejaculate even once per day. On the other hand healthy 21-28 year old males are able to masturbate at least 8-10 times per day if they are not stressed. The survey does not give a full demographic breakdown of respondents, however, and the sexual history of respondents to this poll, who are readers of an urban Toronto lifestyle magazine, may not extend to the general population.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It appears that females are less likely to masturbate while in a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexual&quot; title=&quot;Heterosexual&quot;&gt;heterosexual&lt;/a&gt; relationship than men. Popular belief asserts that individuals of either sex who are not in sexually active relationships tend to masturbate more frequently than those who are; however, much of the time this is not true as masturbation alone or with a partner is often a feature of a relationship. Contrary to conventional wisdom, several studies actually reveal a positive correlation between the frequency of masturbation and the frequency of intercourse. One study reported a significantly higher rate of masturbation in gay men and women who were in a relationship.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-9&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-9&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[21]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-gerr_1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-gerr&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[19]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-10&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-10&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[22]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-11&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-11&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[23]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Among some cultures, such as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi&quot; title=&quot;Hopi&quot;&gt;Hopi&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona&quot; title=&quot;Arizona&quot;&gt;Arizona&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wogeno&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Wogeno&quot;&gt;Wogeno&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania&quot; title=&quot;Oceania&quot;&gt;Oceania&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dahomeans&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Dahomeans&quot;&gt;Dahomeans&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namu&quot; title=&quot;Namu&quot;&gt;Namu&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa&quot; title=&quot;Africa&quot;&gt;Africa&lt;/a&gt;, masturbation is encouraged, including regular masturbation between males. In certain &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesian&quot; title=&quot;Melanesian&quot;&gt;Melanesian&lt;/a&gt; communities this is expected between older and younger boys. One interesting twist is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambia&quot; title=&quot;Sambia&quot;&gt;Sambia&lt;/a&gt; tribe of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea&quot; title=&quot;New Guinea&quot;&gt;New Guinea&lt;/a&gt;. This tribe has rituals and rites of passage surrounding manhood which involve frequent ejaculation through &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio&quot;&gt;fellatio&lt;/a&gt;. Semen is valued and masturbation is seen as a waste of semen and is therefore frowned upon even though frequent ejaculation is encouraged. The capacity and need to ejaculate is nurtured for years from an early age through fellatio so that it can be consumed rather than wasted. Semen is ingested for strength and is considered in the same line as mothers&#39; milk.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-12&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-12&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[24]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Other cultures have rites of passage into manhood that culminate in the first ejaculation of a male, usually by the hands of a tribal elder. In some tribes such as the Agta, Philippines, stimulation of the genitals is encouraged from an early age.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-13&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-13&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[25]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Upon puberty, the young male is then paired off with a &quot;wise elder&quot; or &quot;witch doctor&quot; who uses masturbation to build his ability to ejaculate in preparation for a ceremony. The ceremony culminates in a public ejaculation before a celebration. The ejaculate is saved in a wad of animal skin and worn later to help conceive children. In this and other tribes, the measure of manhood is actually associated more with the amount of ejaculate and his need than penis size. Frequent ejaculation through masturbation from an early age fosters frequent ejaculation well into adulthood.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-14&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-14&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[26]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Masturbation is becoming accepted as a healthy practice and safe method for sharing pleasure without some of the dangers that can accompany intercourse. It is socially accepted and even celebrated in certain circles. Group masturbation events can be easily found online. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbate-a-thon&quot; title=&quot;Masturbate-a-thon&quot;&gt;Masturbation marathons&lt;/a&gt; are yearly events and are occurring across the globe. These events provide a supportive environment where masturbation can be performed openly among young and old without embarrassment. Participants talk openly with onlookers while masturbating to share techniques and describe their pleasure.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-15&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-15&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[27]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-16&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-16&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[28]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Evolutionary_purpose&quot; id=&quot;Evolutionary_purpose&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Evolutionary purpose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Masturbation may increase fertility during intercourse.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female masturbation alters conditions in the vagina, cervix and uterus, in ways that can alter the chances of conception from intercourse, depending on the timing of the masturbation. A woman&#39;s orgasm between one minute before and up to 45 minutes after insemination favors the chances of that sperm reaching her egg. If, for example, she has had intercourse with more than one male, such an orgasm can increase the likelihood of a pregnancy by one of them.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-17&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-17&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[29]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Ejaculate_manipulation_by_females_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Ejaculate_manipulation_by_females&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[30]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Female masturbation can also provide protection against cervical infections by increasing the acidity of the cervical mucus and by moving debris out of the cervix.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Ejaculate_manipulation_by_females_1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Ejaculate_manipulation_by_females&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[30]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In males, masturbation flushes out old sperm with low motility from the male&#39;s genital tract. The next ejaculate then contains more fresh sperm, which have higher chances of achieving conception during intercourse. If more than one male has intercourse with a female, the sperm with the highest motility will &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_competition&quot; title=&quot;Sperm competition&quot;&gt;compete&lt;/a&gt; more effectively.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-18&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-18&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[31]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-19&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-19&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[32]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-20&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-20&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[33]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Health_and_psychological_effects&quot; id=&quot;Health_and_psychological_effects&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Health and psychological effects&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Benefits&quot; id=&quot;Benefits&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Benefits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;The physical benefits of masturbation and having an orgasm or ejaculating creates heightened arousal while &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine&quot; title=&quot;Epinephrine&quot;&gt;epinephrine&lt;/a&gt; courses through the body, producing the flushed face, shallow breath and post-climactic &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria&quot; title=&quot;Euphoria&quot;&gt;euphoria&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-21&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-21&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[34]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; It is held in many mental health circles that masturbation can relieve &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_depression&quot; title=&quot;Clinical depression&quot;&gt;depression&lt;/a&gt;, stress and lead to a higher sense of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-esteem&quot; title=&quot;Self-esteem&quot;&gt;self-worth&lt;/a&gt; (Hurlbert &amp;amp; Whittaker, 1991). Masturbation can also be particularly useful in relationships where one partner wants more sex than the other – in which case masturbation provides a balancing effect and thus a more harmonious relationship.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-22&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-22&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[35]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Mutual masturbation&quot;&gt;Mutual masturbation&lt;/a&gt;, the act by which two or more partners stimulate themselves in the presence of each other, allows a couple to reveal the &quot;map to [their] pleasure centers&quot;. Witnessing a partner masturbate is an educational activity to find out the method a partner pleases him- or herself, allowing each partner to learn exactly how the other enjoys being touched.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-23&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-23&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[36]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 2003, an Australian research team led by Graham Giles of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cancer_Council_Australia&quot; title=&quot;The Cancer Council Australia&quot;&gt;The Cancer Council Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-24&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-24&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[37]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; concluded that frequent masturbation by males appears to help prevent the development of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer&quot; title=&quot;Prostate cancer&quot;&gt;prostate cancer&lt;/a&gt;. The study also indicated that this would be more helpful than ejaculation through sexual intercourse because intercourse can transmit diseases that may increase the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer#Causes&quot; title=&quot;Cervical cancer&quot;&gt;risk of cancer&lt;/a&gt; instead. Also, frequent ejaculation is more easily obtained and sustained over time with the aid of masturbation.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A study published in 1997 found an inverse association between death from coronary heart disease and frequency of orgasm even given the risk that myocardial ischaemia and myocardial infarction can be triggered by sexual activity. Excerpt, &quot;The association between frequency or orgasm and all cause mortality was also examined using the midpoint of each response category recoded as number of orgasms per year. The age adjusted odds ratio for an increase of 100 orgasms per year was 0.64 (0.44 to 0.95).&quot; That is, a difference between any two subjects appeared when one subject ejaculated at around two or more more times per week than the other. Assuming a broad range average of between 3 to 5 ejaculations per week for a healthy males, this would mean 5 to 7 ejaculations per week. This is consistent with a 2003 Australia article on the benefits against prostate cancer.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-25&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-25&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[38]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Masturbation is also seen as a sexual technique that protects individuals from the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Support for such a view, and for making it part of the American sex education curriculum, led to the dismissal of US Surgeon General &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joycelyn_Elders&quot; title=&quot;Joycelyn Elders&quot;&gt;Joycelyn Elders&lt;/a&gt; during the Clinton administration.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sexual climax, from masturbation or otherwise, leaves one in a relaxed and contented state. This is frequently followed closely by drowsiness and sleep – particularly when one masturbates in bed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some people actually consider masturbation as a cardiovascular workout.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-26&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-26&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[39]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; And while doctors have no proof of this actually being true, those suffering from cardiovascular disorders (particularly those recovering from myocardial infarction, or heart attacks) should resume physical activity (including sexual intercourse and masturbation) gradually and with the frequency and rigor which their physical status will allow. This limitation can serve as encouragement to follow through with physical therapy sessions to help improve endurance.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Blood_pressure&quot; id=&quot;Blood_pressure&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Blood pressure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Both sex and masturbation lower blood pressure. A small study has shown that in one test group, recent full intercourse resulted in the lowest average blood pressure in stressful situations. Masturbation then led to lower blood pressure than did no recent sexual activity.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-27&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-27&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[40]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Insertion&quot; id=&quot;Insertion&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Insertion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Objects inserted into the vagina or anus should be clean and of a kind that will not scratch or break. Care should be taken not to fully insert anything into the anus – any object used should have a flared or flanged base; otherwise retrieval can require medical intervention. Modern &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo&quot; title=&quot;Dildo&quot;&gt;dildos&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_plug&quot; title=&quot;Butt plug&quot;&gt;anal plugs&lt;/a&gt; are designed with this feature.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Pregnancy&quot; id=&quot;Pregnancy&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Pregnancy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Masturbation involving both a man and a woman (see &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex#Mutual_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Non-penetrative sex&quot;&gt;mutual masturbation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) can result in pregnancy only if &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semen&quot; title=&quot;Semen&quot;&gt;semen&lt;/a&gt; contacts the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva&quot; title=&quot;Vulva&quot;&gt;vulva&lt;/a&gt;. Masturbation with a partner can also theoretically result in transmission of sexually transmitted diseases by contact with bodily fluids.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Problems_for_males&quot; id=&quot;Problems_for_males&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Problems for males&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;A man whose penis has suffered a blunt trauma or injury during intercourse may rarely sustain a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_fracture&quot; title=&quot;Penile fracture&quot;&gt;penile fracture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-28&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-28&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[41]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; or suffer from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyronie%27s_disease&quot; title=&quot;Peyronie&#39;s disease&quot;&gt;Peyronie&#39;s disease&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-29&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-29&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[42]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phimosis&quot; title=&quot;Phimosis&quot;&gt;Phimosis&lt;/a&gt; is &quot;a contracted foreskin (that) may cause trouble by hurting when an attempt is made to pull the foreskin back&quot;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-30&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-30&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[43]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In these cases, any energetic manipulation of the penis can be problematic.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lawrence I. Sank&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-31&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-31&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[44]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; thought that masturbating prone (lying face downward) could be responsible for sexual problems in some men including anorgasmia and erectile dysfunction. He based this theory on four men he examined and coined the term &lt;i&gt;traumatic masturbatory syndrome&lt;/i&gt; to describe it. As of 2007, no follow-up research has been conducted and the idea is not familiar or widely-held within the medical community. Some authors, however, continue to give it credence.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-32&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-32&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[45]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-33&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-33&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[46]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Compulsive_masturbation&quot; id=&quot;Compulsive_masturbation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Compulsive masturbation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Masturbating frequently presents no physical, mental or emotional risk in itself,&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-34&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-34&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[47]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; but masturbation can be used to relieve boredom or stress. In either case, as with any &quot;nervous habit&quot;, it is more helpful to consider the causes of the boredom or of the stress, rather than try to repress the masturbation.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-35&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-35&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[48]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There is some discussion between professionals and other interested parties as to the existence or validity of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_addiction&quot; title=&quot;Sexual addiction&quot;&gt;sexual addictions&lt;/a&gt;. Nevertheless, there are lists of warning signs such as when sexual activity affects a person&#39;s ability to function in everyday life, or is placing them at risk, for example, of pursuing illegal or destructive activities. Very frequent and compulsive masturbation may be seen as a sign of sexual addiction.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-36&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-36&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[49]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Masturbation_in_history_and_society&quot; id=&quot;Masturbation_in_history_and_society&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Masturbation in history and society&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Antiquity&quot; id=&quot;Antiquity&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Antiquity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Masturbating_satyr%2C_amasis_painter.JPG&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Comical scene with masturbating satyrs. 6th c. black-figure Athenian vase, Amasis painter&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Comical scene with masturbating satyrs. 6th c. black-figure Athenian vase, Amasis painter&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Masturbating_satyr%2C_amasis_painter.JPG/180px-Masturbating_satyr%2C_amasis_painter.JPG&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;253&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Masturbating_satyr%2C_amasis_painter.JPG&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Comical scene with masturbating satyrs. 6th c. black-figure Athenian vase, Amasis painter&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are depictions of male masturbation in prehistoric &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_painting&quot; title=&quot;Rock painting&quot;&gt;rock paintings&lt;/a&gt; around the world. Most early people seem to have connected human sexuality with abundance in nature. A clay figurine of the 4th millennium BC from a temple site on the island of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta&quot; title=&quot;Malta&quot;&gt;Malta&lt;/a&gt;, depicts a woman masturbating. However, in the ancient world depictions of male masturbation are far more common.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;From the earliest records, ancient &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer&quot; title=&quot;Sumer&quot;&gt;Sumer&lt;/a&gt; had a relaxed attitude toward sex, and masturbation was a popular technique for enhancing potency, either alone or with a partner.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-37&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-37&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[50]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-38&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-38&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[51]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Male masturbation became an even more important image in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt&quot; title=&quot;Ancient Egypt&quot;&gt;ancient Egypt&lt;/a&gt;: when performed by a god it could be considered a creative or magical act: the god &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atum&quot; title=&quot;Atum&quot;&gt;Atum&lt;/a&gt; was believed to have created the universe by masturbating to ejaculation, and the ebb and flow of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile&quot; title=&quot;Nile&quot;&gt;Nile&lt;/a&gt; was attributed to the frequency of his ejaculations. Egyptian &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharoahs&quot; title=&quot;Pharoahs&quot;&gt;pharoahs&lt;/a&gt;, in response to this, were at one time required to masturbate ceremonially into the Nile.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-39&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-39&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[52]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The ancient &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks&quot; title=&quot;Greeks&quot;&gt;Greeks&lt;/a&gt; had a more relaxed attitude toward masturbation than the Egyptians did, regarding the act as a normal and healthy substitute for other forms of sexual pleasure. They considered it a safety valve against destructive sexual frustration. The Greeks also dealt with female masturbation in both their art and writings. One common term used for it was &lt;i&gt;anaphlan,&lt;/i&gt; which roughly translates as &quot;up-fire.&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope&quot; title=&quot;Diogenes of Sinope&quot;&gt;Diogenes&lt;/a&gt;, speaking in jest, credited the god &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes&quot; title=&quot;Hermes&quot;&gt;Hermes&lt;/a&gt; with its invention: he allegedly took pity on his son &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_%28mythology%29&quot; title=&quot;Pan (mythology)&quot;&gt;Pan&lt;/a&gt;, who was pining for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_%28mythology%29&quot; title=&quot;Echo (mythology)&quot;&gt;Echo&lt;/a&gt; but unable to seduce her, and taught him the trick of masturbation in order to relieve his suffering. Pan in his turn taught the habit to young shepherds.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-40&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-40&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[53]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Religious_views&quot; id=&quot;Religious_views&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Religious views&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_on_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Religious views on masturbation&quot;&gt;Religious views on masturbation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;i&gt;Also see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_and_religion&quot; title=&quot;Sexuality and religion&quot;&gt;Sexuality and Religion&lt;/a&gt; for broad coverage of this topic&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;Religions vary broadly in their views of masturbation, from completely impermissible&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-41&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-41&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[54]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; to encouraged as a way to achieve greater spirituality (see, for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantric_sexuality&quot; title=&quot;Tantric sexuality&quot;&gt;Tantric sexuality&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoist_sexual_practices&quot; title=&quot;Taoist sexual practices&quot;&gt;Taoist sexual practices&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Philosophical_arguments&quot; id=&quot;Philosophical_arguments&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Philosophical arguments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant&quot; title=&quot;Immanuel Kant&quot;&gt;Immanuel Kant&lt;/a&gt; regarded masturbation as a violation of the moral law. In the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics_of_Morals&quot; title=&quot;Metaphysics of Morals&quot;&gt;Metaphysics of Morals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1797&quot; title=&quot;1797&quot;&gt;1797&lt;/a&gt;) he made the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_posteriori&quot; title=&quot;A posteriori&quot;&gt;a posteriori&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; argument that &#39;such an unnatural use of one&#39;s sexual attributes&#39; strikes &#39;everyone upon his thinking of it&#39; as &#39;a violation of one&#39;s duty to himself&#39;, and suggested that it was regarded as immoral even to give it its proper name (unlike the case of the similarly undutiful act of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide&quot; title=&quot;Suicide&quot;&gt;suicide&lt;/a&gt;). He went on, however, to acknowledge that &#39;it is not so easy to produce a rational demonstration of the inadmissibility of that unnatural use&#39;, but ultimately concluded that its immorality lay in the fact that &#39;a man gives up his personality … when he uses himself merely as a means for the gratification of an animal drive&#39;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Subsequent critics of masturbation tended to argue against it on more physiological grounds, however (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Medical_attitudes&quot; title=&quot;Masturbation&quot;&gt;medical attitudes&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Medical_attitudes&quot; id=&quot;Medical_attitudes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Medical attitudes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sexpatent01-excerpt.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Excerpt from United States patent number 745264, filed on May 29, 1903 by Albert V. Todd. It describes a device designed to prevent masturbation by inflicting electric shocks upon the perpetrator, by ringing an alarm bell, and through spikes at the inner edge of the tube into which the penis is inserted. The entire patent document: Page 1, 2, 3, 4.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Excerpt from United States patent number 745264, filed on May 29, 1903 by Albert V. Todd. It describes a device designed to prevent masturbation by inflicting electric shocks upon the perpetrator, by ringing an alarm bell, and through spikes at the inner edge of the tube into which the penis is inserted. The entire patent document: Page 1, 2, 3, 4.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Sexpatent01-excerpt.png/180px-Sexpatent01-excerpt.png&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;151&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sexpatent01-excerpt.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Excerpt from United States &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent&quot; title=&quot;Patent&quot;&gt;patent&lt;/a&gt; number 745264, filed on May 29, 1903 by Albert V. Todd. It describes a device designed to prevent masturbation by inflicting electric shocks upon the perpetrator, by ringing an alarm bell, and through spikes at the inner edge of the tube into which the penis is inserted. The entire patent document: &lt;a href=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Sexpatent01.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Sexpatent01.png&quot;&gt;Page 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Sexpatent02.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Sexpatent02.png&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Sexpatent03.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Sexpatent03.png&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Sexpatent04.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Sexpatent04.png&quot;&gt;4&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chastity_belt_Heyser_0.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Excerpt from United States patent number U.S. Patent 995,600 , filed on January 19, 1910 by Jonas E. Heyser. The entire patent document: Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Excerpt from United States patent number U.S. Patent 995,600 , filed on January 19, 1910 by Jonas E. Heyser. The entire patent document: Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Chastity_belt_Heyser_0.png/180px-Chastity_belt_Heyser_0.png&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;169&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chastity_belt_Heyser_0.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Excerpt from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent&quot; title=&quot;Patent&quot;&gt;patent&lt;/a&gt; number &lt;a href=&quot;http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=995600&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=995600&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;U.S. Patent 995,600&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;PDFlink noprint&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pat2pdf.org/pat2pdf/foo.pl?number=995600&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://www.pat2pdf.org/pat2pdf/foo.pl?number=995600&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, filed on January 19, 1910 by Jonas E. Heyser. The entire patent document: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chastity_belt_Heyser_1.png&quot; title=&quot;Image:Chastity belt Heyser 1.png&quot;&gt;Page 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chastity_belt_Heyser_2.png&quot; title=&quot;Image:Chastity belt Heyser 2.png&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chastity_belt_Heyser_3.png&quot; title=&quot;Image:Chastity belt Heyser 3.png&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chastity_belt_Heyser_4.png&quot; title=&quot;Image:Chastity belt Heyser 4.png&quot;&gt;4&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chastity_belt_Heyser_5.png&quot; title=&quot;Image:Chastity belt Heyser 5.png&quot;&gt;5&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chastity_belt_Heyser_6.png&quot; title=&quot;Image:Chastity belt Heyser 6.png&quot;&gt;6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The first use of the word &quot;&lt;b&gt;onanism&lt;/b&gt;&quot; to consistently and specifically refer to masturbation appears to be &lt;i&gt;Onania&lt;/i&gt;, an anonymous pamphlet first distributed in London in 1716. In it was a bombastic tirade, drawing on familiar themes of sin and vice, this time in particular against the &quot;heinous sin&quot; of &quot;self-pollution&quot;. After dire warnings that those who so indulged would suffer &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impotence&quot; title=&quot;Impotence&quot;&gt;impotence&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea&quot; title=&quot;Gonorrhea&quot;&gt;gonorrhea&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy&quot; title=&quot;Epilepsy&quot;&gt;epilepsy&lt;/a&gt; and a wasting of the faculties (included were letters and testimonials supposedly from young men ill and dying from the effects of compulsive masturbation) the pamphlet then goes on to recommend as an effective remedy a &quot;Strengthening Tincture&quot; at 10 shillings a bottle and a &quot;Prolific Powder&quot; at 12 shillings a bag, available from a local shop.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;One of the many horrified by the descriptions of malady in &lt;i&gt;Onania&lt;/i&gt; was the notable Swiss physician &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel-Auguste_Tissot&quot; title=&quot;Samuel-Auguste Tissot&quot;&gt;Samuel-Auguste Tissot&lt;/a&gt;. In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1760&quot; title=&quot;1760&quot;&gt;1760&lt;/a&gt;, he published &lt;i&gt;L&#39;Onanisme&lt;/i&gt;, his own comprehensive medical treatise on the purported ill-effects of masturbation. Citing case studies of young male masturbators amongst his patients in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne&quot; title=&quot;Lausanne&quot;&gt;Lausanne&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland&quot; title=&quot;Switzerland&quot;&gt;Switzerland&lt;/a&gt; as basis for his reasoning, Tissot argued that semen was an &quot;essential oil&quot; and &quot;stimulus&quot; that, when lost from the body in great amounts, would cause &quot;a perceptible reduction of strength, of memory and even of reason; blurred vision, all the nervous disorders, all types of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout&quot; title=&quot;Gout&quot;&gt;gout&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatism&quot; title=&quot;Rheumatism&quot;&gt;rheumatism&lt;/a&gt;, weakening of the organs of generation, blood in the urine, disturbance of the appetite, headaches and a great number of other disorders.&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Though Tissot&#39;s ideas are now considered &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis&quot; title=&quot;Hypothesis&quot;&gt;conjectural&lt;/a&gt; at best, his treatise was presented as a scholarly, scientific work in a time when experimental physiology was practically nonexistent. The authority with which the work was subsequently treated – Tissot&#39;s arguments were even acknowledged and echoed by luminaries such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant&quot; title=&quot;Kant&quot;&gt;Kant&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire&quot; title=&quot;Voltaire&quot;&gt;Voltaire&lt;/a&gt; – arguably turned the perception of masturbation in Western medicine over the next two centuries into that of a debilitating illness.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This continued well into the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Era&quot; title=&quot;Victorian Era&quot;&gt;Victorian Era&lt;/a&gt;, where such medical censure of masturbation was in line with the widespread social &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism&quot; title=&quot;Conservatism&quot;&gt;conservatism&lt;/a&gt; and opposition to open sexual behavior common at the time.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-42&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-42&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[55]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-43&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-43&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[56]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; There were recommendations to have boys&#39; pants constructed so that the genitals could not be touched through the pockets, for schoolchildren to be seated at special desks to prevent their crossing their legs in class and for girls to be forbidden from riding horses and bicycles because the sensations these activities produce were considered too similar to masturbation. Boys and young men who nevertheless continued to indulge in the practice were branded as &quot;weak-minded.&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-44&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-44&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[57]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Many &quot;remedies&quot; were devised, including eating a bland, meatless diet. This approach was promoted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg&quot; title=&quot;John Harvey Kellogg&quot;&gt;Dr. John Harvey Kellogg&lt;/a&gt; (inventor of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_flakes&quot; title=&quot;Corn flakes&quot;&gt;corn flakes&lt;/a&gt;) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Graham&quot; title=&quot;Sylvester Graham&quot;&gt;Rev. Sylvester Graham&lt;/a&gt; (inventor of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker&quot; title=&quot;Graham cracker&quot;&gt;Graham crackers&lt;/a&gt;). The medical literature of the times describes procedures for electric shock treatment, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infibulation&quot; title=&quot;Infibulation&quot;&gt;infibulation&lt;/a&gt;, restraining devices like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastity_belt&quot; title=&quot;Chastity belt&quot;&gt;chastity belts&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straitjacket&quot; title=&quot;Straitjacket&quot;&gt;straitjackets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauterization&quot; title=&quot;Cauterization&quot;&gt;cauterization&lt;/a&gt; or – as a last resort – wholesale surgical &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excision&quot; title=&quot;Excision&quot;&gt;excision&lt;/a&gt; of the genitals. Routine neonatal &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision&quot; title=&quot;Circumcision&quot;&gt;circumcision&lt;/a&gt; was widely adopted in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom&quot; title=&quot;United Kingdom&quot;&gt;UK&lt;/a&gt; at least partly because of its believed preventive effect against masturbation (see also &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_male_circumcision#Male_circumcision_to_prevent_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;History of male circumcision&quot;&gt;History of male circumcision&lt;/a&gt;). In later decades, the more drastic of these measures were increasingly replaced with psychological techniques, such as warnings that masturbation led to blindness, hairy hands or stunted growth. Some of these persist as myths even today.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the same time, the supposed medical condition of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria&quot; title=&quot;Hysteria&quot;&gt;hysteria&lt;/a&gt;—from the Greek &lt;i&gt;hystera&lt;/i&gt; or uterus—was being treated by what would now be described as medically administered or medically prescribed masturbation for women. Techniques included use of the earliest vibrators and rubbing the genitals with placebo creams.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Maines_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Maines&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[58]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Medical attitudes toward masturbation began to change at the beginning of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century&quot; title=&quot;20th century&quot;&gt;20th century&lt;/a&gt; when &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Havelock_Ellis&quot; title=&quot;H. Havelock Ellis&quot;&gt;H. Havelock Ellis&lt;/a&gt;, in his seminal 1897 work &lt;i&gt;Studies in the Psychology of Sex&lt;/i&gt;, questioned Tissot&#39;s premises, cheerfully named famous men of the era who masturbated and then set out to disprove (with the work of more recent physicians) each of the claimed diseases of which masturbation was purportedly the cause. &quot;We reach the conclusion,&quot; he wrote, &quot;that in the case of moderate masturbation in healthy, well-born individuals, no seriously pernicious results necessarily follow.&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell&quot; title=&quot;Robert Baden-Powell&quot;&gt;Robert Baden-Powell&lt;/a&gt;, the founder of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scout_Association&quot; title=&quot;The Scout Association&quot;&gt;The Scout Association&lt;/a&gt;, incorporated a passage in the 1914 edition of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting_for_Boys&quot; title=&quot;Scouting for Boys&quot;&gt;Scouting for Boys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; warning against the dangers of masturbation. This passage stated that the individual should run away from the temptation by performing physical activity which was supposed to tire the individual so that masturbation could not be performed. By 1930, however, Dr. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F._W._W._Griffin&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;F. W. W. Griffin&quot;&gt;F. W. W. Griffin&lt;/a&gt;, editor of &lt;i&gt;The Scouter,&lt;/i&gt; had written in a book for Rover Scouts that the temptation to masturbate was &quot;a quite natural stage of development&quot; and, citing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Havelock_Ellis&quot; title=&quot;H. Havelock Ellis&quot;&gt;Ellis&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s work, held that &quot;the effort to achieve complete abstinence was a very serious error.&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The works of Sexologist &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kinsey&quot; title=&quot;Alfred Kinsey&quot;&gt;Alfred Kinsey&lt;/a&gt; during the 1940s and 1950s insisted that masturbation was an instinctive behavior for both males and females, citing the results of Gallup Poll surveys indicating how common it was in the United States. Some critics of this theory held that his research was biased and that the Gallup Poll method was redundant for defining &quot;natural behavior&quot;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994&quot; title=&quot;1994&quot;&gt;1994&lt;/a&gt;, when the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States&quot; title=&quot;Surgeon General of the United States&quot;&gt;Surgeon General of the United States&lt;/a&gt;, Dr. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joycelyn_Elders&quot; title=&quot;Joycelyn Elders&quot;&gt;Joycelyn Elders&lt;/a&gt;, mentioned as an aside that it should be mentioned in school &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curriculum&quot; title=&quot;Curriculum&quot;&gt;curricula&lt;/a&gt; that masturbation was safe and healthy, she was forced to resign,&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-45&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-45&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[59]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; with opponents asserting that she was promoting the teaching of &lt;i&gt;how&lt;/i&gt; to masturbate. Many believe this was the result of her long history of promoting controversial viewpoints and not due solely to her public mention of masturbation. Her case led to the coining of a new and humorous slang term for masturbation: &quot;firing the surgeon general.&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-46&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-46&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[60]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Law&quot; id=&quot;Law&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Law&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;The legal status of masturbation throughout history have varied from virtually unlimited acceptance to complete illegality. In a 1640s law code for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan&quot; title=&quot;Puritan&quot;&gt;Puritan&lt;/a&gt; colony of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven%2C_Connecticut&quot; title=&quot;New Haven, Connecticut&quot;&gt;New Haven, Connecticut&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century&quot; title=&quot;17th century&quot;&gt;17th century&lt;/a&gt; &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy&quot; title=&quot;Blasphemy&quot;&gt;blasphemers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality&quot; title=&quot;Homosexuality&quot;&gt;homosexuals&lt;/a&gt; and masturbators&quot; were eligible for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment&quot; title=&quot;Capital punishment&quot;&gt;death penalty&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-47&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-47&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[61]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Masturbate-a-thon&quot; id=&quot;Masturbate-a-thon&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Masturbate-a-thon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbate-a-thon&quot; title=&quot;Masturbate-a-thon&quot;&gt;Masturbate-a-thon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;Masturbate-a-thons are public, charity events that are &quot;intended to encourage people to explore safer sex, talk about masturbation and lift the taboos that still surround the subject.&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Masturbate-a-thon.co.uk_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Masturbate-a-thon.co.uk&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[62]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; May is considered &quot;Masturbation Month&quot; by an evolving, loosely connected group of masturbation activists, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Dodson&quot; title=&quot;Betty Dodson&quot;&gt;Betty Dodson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joani_Blank&quot; title=&quot;Joani Blank&quot;&gt;Joani Blank&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Block&quot; title=&quot;Susan Block&quot;&gt;Susan Block&lt;/a&gt;, Kyla Zellers, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Queen&quot; title=&quot;Carol Queen&quot;&gt;Carol Queen&lt;/a&gt;, and Dr. Gary Francis Fanning Jr.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Euphemisms&quot; id=&quot;Euphemisms&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Euphemisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Because masturbation is often an uncomfortable topic among peers, a huge variety of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism&quot; title=&quot;Euphemism&quot;&gt;euphemisms&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphemism&quot; title=&quot;Dysphemism&quot;&gt;dysphemisms&lt;/a&gt; have been invented to describe it. For a complete list of terms, see the entry for &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wikisaurus:masturbate&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikt:Wikisaurus:masturbate&quot;&gt;masturbate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary&quot; title=&quot;Wiktionary&quot;&gt;Wikisaurus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Masturbation_in_other_animal_species&quot; id=&quot;Masturbation_in_other_animal_species&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Masturbation in other animal species&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sexuality#Autoeroticism_.28masturbation.29&quot; title=&quot;Animal sexuality&quot;&gt;Animal sexuality#Autoeroticism (masturbation)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;Masturbatory behavior has been documented in a very wide range of species. Individuals of some species have been known to create tools for masturbation purposes.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Bagemihl.2C1999_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#_note-Bagemihl.2C1999&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[63]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;See_also&quot; id=&quot;See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnal_emission&quot; title=&quot;Nocturnal emission&quot;&gt;Nocturnal emission&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingering_%28sexual_act%29&quot; title=&quot;Fingering (sexual act)&quot;&gt;Fingering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handjob&quot; title=&quot;Handjob&quot;&gt;Handjob&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Arthur_Rank&quot; title=&quot;J. Arthur Rank&quot;&gt;J. Arthur Rank&lt;/a&gt; (re. well-known &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_rhyming_slang&quot; title=&quot;Cockney rhyming slang&quot;&gt;cockney rhyming slang&lt;/a&gt; [&quot;Rank&quot; rhymes with &quot;Wank&quot;] as in &quot;&#39;avin&#39; a quick J Arthur&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_gro%C3%9Fe_Nacht_im_Eimer&quot; title=&quot;Die große Nacht im Eimer&quot;&gt;Die große Nacht im Eimer&lt;/a&gt; (painting)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastity_belt&quot; title=&quot;Chastity belt&quot;&gt;Chastity belt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/2121299828604246477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/2121299828604246477' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/2121299828604246477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/2121299828604246477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/masturbation.html' title='Masturbation'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-6568310628507411207</id><published>2007-12-22T18:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:29:42.831-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreplay</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Foreplay&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;i&gt;For the song by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_%28band%29&quot; title=&quot;Boston (band)&quot;&gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay/Long_Time&quot; title=&quot;Foreplay/Long Time&quot;&gt;Foreplay/Long Time&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;table style=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-image&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-text&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This article needs additional &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citing sources&quot;&gt;citations&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot;&gt;verification&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Please help &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;improve this article&lt;/a&gt; by adding &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Reliable sources&quot;&gt;reliable references&lt;/a&gt;. Unsourced material may be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Fact&quot; title=&quot;Template:Fact&quot;&gt;challenged&lt;/a&gt; and removed. &lt;i&gt;(January 2007)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Martin_van_Maele_-_Francion_15.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Martin van Maele&#39;s print Francion 15 depicts a couple engaging in foreplay outdoors&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Martin van Maele&#39;s print Francion 15 depicts a couple engaging in foreplay outdoors&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Martin_van_Maele_-_Francion_15.jpg/180px-Martin_van_Maele_-_Francion_15.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;273&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Martin_van_Maele_-_Francion_15.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_van_Maele&quot; title=&quot;Martin van Maele&quot;&gt;Martin van Maele&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s print &lt;i&gt;Francion 15&lt;/i&gt; depicts a couple engaging in foreplay outdoors&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior&quot; title=&quot;Human sexual behavior&quot;&gt;human sexual behavior&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;b&gt;foreplay&lt;/b&gt; is a set of intimate psychological and physical acts between two or more people meant to increase &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_arousal&quot; title=&quot;Sexual arousal&quot;&gt;sexual arousal&lt;/a&gt;. Foreplay generally precedes the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;sexual intercourse&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It involves different acts such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing&quot; title=&quot;Kissing&quot;&gt;kissing&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching&quot; title=&quot;Touching&quot;&gt;touching&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embracing&quot; title=&quot;Embracing&quot;&gt;embracing&lt;/a&gt;, talking-teasing etc.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_stimulation&quot; title=&quot;Sexual stimulation&quot;&gt;Sexual stimulation&lt;/a&gt; of all kinds such as stimulation of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erogenous_zones&quot; title=&quot;Erogenous zones&quot;&gt;erogenous zones&lt;/a&gt; by hand or orally are considered as foreplay. Sexual role playing, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Sexual fetishism&quot;&gt;fetish&lt;/a&gt; activities, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt; can also be considered foreplay, though they may accompany intercourse rather than precede it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#History&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#Function_and_effects&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Function and effects&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#What_constitutes_foreplay&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;What constitutes foreplay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#Progression&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Progression&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#Research&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;History&quot; id=&quot;History&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: History&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are many historical mentions of foreplay. Artistic depictions are widely available. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Indian&quot; title=&quot;Ancient Indian&quot;&gt;Ancient Indian&lt;/a&gt; work &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra&quot; title=&quot;Kama Sutra&quot;&gt;Kama Sutra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; mentions different types of embracing, kissing, marking with nails and teeth etc.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; It also mentions &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt; activities such as slapping and moaning as &quot;play&quot;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Function_and_effects&quot; id=&quot;Function_and_effects&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Function and effects&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Function and effects&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Psychologically, foreplay lowers inhibitions and increases the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional&quot; title=&quot;Emotional&quot;&gt;emotional&lt;/a&gt; comfort of the partners. Physically, it stimulates the process that produces an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erection&quot; title=&quot;Erection&quot;&gt;erection&lt;/a&gt; in men, allowing them to penetrate an orifice. In women, it helps stimulate the process that leads to erection of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoris&quot; title=&quot;Clitoris&quot;&gt;clitoris&lt;/a&gt;, raising of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervix&quot; title=&quot;Cervix&quot;&gt;cervix&lt;/a&gt; (elongation of the vaginal canal), and the production of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal&quot; title=&quot;Vaginal&quot;&gt;vaginal&lt;/a&gt; lubrication, allowing penetration to take place comfortably. In men and women foreplay is considered the precursor to orgasm, not necessarily the precursor to penetration of an orifice.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;What_constitutes_foreplay&quot; id=&quot;What_constitutes_foreplay&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: What constitutes foreplay&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;What constitutes foreplay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;table style=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-image&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;width: 52px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Emblem-important.svg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Emblem-important.svg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Emblem-important.svg/40px-Emblem-important.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;40&quot; width=&quot;40&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-text&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This section may contain &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:No original research&quot;&gt;original research&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot;&gt;unverified claims&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;improve the article&lt;/a&gt; by adding references. See the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Foreplay&quot; title=&quot;Talk:Foreplay&quot;&gt;talk page&lt;/a&gt; for details. &lt;i&gt;(October 2007)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;Whether an act constitutes foreplay depends on the intent. If no intimate sexual acts are intended, foreplay-type actions are often classified as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirting&quot; title=&quot;Flirting&quot;&gt;flirting&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;fooling around&quot; or, in colloquial terms, being &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_intimacy&quot; title=&quot;Physical intimacy&quot;&gt;touchy-feely&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Foreplay is often subtle in its initial stages. Even before the partners are together, foreplay can be introduced by the selection and creation of a particular environment. A romantic, intimate, or overtly sexual atmosphere can be considered a gesture of foreplay.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Foreplay can begin with non-physical behavior that signals sexual availability. Verbally, foreplay may include sexual compliments, subtle comments with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre&quot; title=&quot;Double entendre&quot;&gt;double entendre&lt;/a&gt;, and intimate conversations. Non-verbally, foreplay can include provocative clothing, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preening&quot; title=&quot;Preening&quot;&gt;preening&lt;/a&gt; gestures, licking or biting one&#39;s lips, standing inside a partner&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_space&quot; title=&quot;Personal space&quot;&gt;personal space&lt;/a&gt;, and holding a gaze longer than is acceptable for casual acquaintances.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If the potential partner accepts the sexual invitation, foreplay has begun. Acceptance is often indicated by reciprocating with similar behavior. Since these interactions are non-explicit, there can be misunderstandings about whether an invitation has been extended or accepted. Inadvertent or not, this kind of miscommunication is often termed &quot;leading someone on&quot;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Progression&quot; id=&quot;Progression&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Progression&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Progression&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Foreplay eventually turns physical. Simple and seemingly innocuous acts, such as straightening someone&#39;s clothing or hair, bumping into someone while walking, stroking someone&#39;s arm, or whispering in someone&#39;s ear can constitute foreplay. One may also hold hands, touch the face, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss&quot; title=&quot;Kiss&quot;&gt;kiss&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;bite&quot;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massage&quot; title=&quot;Massage&quot;&gt;massage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As comfort increases, so usually does the level of intimacy. More intimate examples include:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deep tongue kissing, also known as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_kiss&quot; title=&quot;French kiss&quot;&gt;French kissing&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Touching and massaging &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erogenous_zones&quot; title=&quot;Erogenous zones&quot;&gt;erogenous zones&lt;/a&gt; over clothing, also known colloquially as groping or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petting#Between_humans&quot; title=&quot;Petting&quot;&gt;&quot;heavy petting&quot;&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rubbing together &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erogenous_zones&quot; title=&quot;Erogenous zones&quot;&gt;erogenous zones&lt;/a&gt; over clothing, also known as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_humping&quot; title=&quot;Dry humping&quot;&gt;dry humping&lt;/a&gt; or grinding;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Undressing oneself or partner, also known as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striptease&quot; title=&quot;Striptease&quot;&gt;stripping&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Direct manipulation of naked erogenous zones is almost always considered foreplay (except, of course, in a medical context). In women, this includes stimulation of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoris&quot; title=&quot;Clitoris&quot;&gt;clitoris&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva&quot; title=&quot;Vulva&quot;&gt;vulva&lt;/a&gt;. In men, it includes stimulation of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis&quot; title=&quot;Penis&quot;&gt;penis&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrotum&quot; title=&quot;Scrotum&quot;&gt;scrotum&lt;/a&gt;. For both sexes, it could include stimulation of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipples&quot; title=&quot;Nipples&quot;&gt;nipples&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anus&quot; title=&quot;Anus&quot;&gt;anus&lt;/a&gt;. Stimulation can be achieved by mouth, hands, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toys&quot; title=&quot;Sex toys&quot;&gt;sex toys&lt;/a&gt; like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildos&quot; title=&quot;Dildos&quot;&gt;dildos&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrator_%28sensual%29&quot; title=&quot;Vibrator (sensual)&quot;&gt;vibrators&lt;/a&gt;, or common household objects like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathers&quot; title=&quot;Feathers&quot;&gt;feathers&lt;/a&gt; or ice cubes.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since October 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_sex&quot; title=&quot;Safe sex&quot;&gt;Safe sex&lt;/a&gt; practices can be incorporated as part of foreplay. A &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom&quot; title=&quot;Condom&quot;&gt;condom&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_dam&quot; title=&quot;Dental dam&quot;&gt;dental dam&lt;/a&gt; can be applied in an erotic or playful way as part of the final stages of foreplay.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Foreplay tends to become purely physical and intense. It reaches its peak in the moments just before intercourse, when it induces a strong mutual desire for penetration. Some genital teasing may take place for a brief time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Technically, foreplay ends with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intromission&quot; title=&quot;Intromission&quot;&gt;intromission&lt;/a&gt;, or the beginning of intercourse. In practical terms, however, the continuity between foreplay and intercourse may be very great, since the couple may engage in foreplay-like behavior during intercourse.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Direct manipulation of naked &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erogenous_zones&quot; title=&quot;Erogenous zones&quot;&gt;erogenous zones&lt;/a&gt; is not considered foreplay when it is not preparatory for further sexual acts. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Mutual masturbation&quot;&gt;mutual masturbation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt; are often considered final sexual acts; as final acts with no expectation of further sexual congress, these are not considered foreplay.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sexual role playing, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Sexual fetishism&quot;&gt;fetish&lt;/a&gt; activities, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt; can also be considered foreplay, though they more commonly accompany sex rather than precede it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Research&quot; id=&quot;Research&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Research&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Foreplay can vary dramatically based on age, religion, and cultural norms.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In spite of the common belief that foreplay is more demanding for women and they need more time to get aroused, recent scientific research showed that there is no considerable difference for time men and women require to get fully aroused. Scientists from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGill_University_Health_Centre&quot; title=&quot;McGill University Health Centre&quot;&gt;McGill University Health Centre&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal&quot; title=&quot;Montreal&quot;&gt;Montreal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada&quot; title=&quot;Canada&quot;&gt;Canada&lt;/a&gt; used the method of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal&quot; title=&quot;Thermal&quot;&gt;thermal&lt;/a&gt; imaging to record baseline &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature&quot; title=&quot;Temperature&quot;&gt;temperature&lt;/a&gt; change in genital area to define the time necessary for sexual arousal. Researchers studied the time required for an individual to reach the peak of sexual arousal and came to the conclusion that on average women and men spend almost the same time for sexual arousal — around 10 minutes. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;See_also&quot; id=&quot;See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreplay&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: See also&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outercourse&quot; title=&quot;Outercourse&quot;&gt;Outercourse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erogenous_zone&quot; title=&quot;Erogenous zone&quot;&gt;Erogenous zone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;Sexual intercourse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footsie_%28erotic%29&quot; title=&quot;Footsie (erotic)&quot;&gt;Footsie&lt;/a&gt;, the &#39;feet under the table&#39; practice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_out&quot; title=&quot;Making out&quot;&gt;Making out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio&quot;&gt;Fellatio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/6568310628507411207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/6568310628507411207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/6568310628507411207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/6568310628507411207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/foreplay.html' title='Foreplay'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-1915231809179635144</id><published>2007-12-22T18:28:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:29:05.036-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oral sex</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Oral sex&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;metadata plainlinks&quot; id=&quot;administrator&quot; style=&quot;position: absolute; z-index: 100; right: 55px; top: 9px;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy&quot; title=&quot;This page has been semi-protected from editing.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Padlock-silver-medium.svg/20px-Padlock-silver-medium.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;20&quot; width=&quot;20&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oral sex&lt;/b&gt; consists of all &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior&quot; title=&quot;Human sexual behavior&quot;&gt;sexual activities&lt;/a&gt; that involve the use of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth&quot; title=&quot;Mouth&quot;&gt;mouth&lt;/a&gt;, which may include use of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue&quot; title=&quot;Tongue&quot;&gt;tongue&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth&quot; title=&quot;Teeth&quot;&gt;teeth&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throat&quot; title=&quot;Throat&quot;&gt;throat&lt;/a&gt;, to stimulate &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_organ&quot; title=&quot;Sex organ&quot;&gt;genitalia&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnilingus&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus&quot;&gt;Cunnilingus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; refers to oral sex performed on a woman and &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio&quot;&gt;fellatio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; refers to oral sex performed on a man. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analingus&quot; title=&quot;Analingus&quot;&gt;Analingus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; refers to oral stimulation of a person&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anus&quot; title=&quot;Anus&quot;&gt;anus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;People may engage in oral sex as part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay&quot; title=&quot;Foreplay&quot;&gt;foreplay&lt;/a&gt; before &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Intercourse&quot;&gt;intercourse&lt;/a&gt;, or during or following intercourse. It may also be performed for its own sake.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 302px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hayez02.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus, or oral sex performed on a woman. Drawing by Francesco Hayez&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Cunnilingus, or oral sex performed on a woman. Drawing by Francesco Hayez&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Hayez02.jpg/300px-Hayez02.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;362&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hayez02.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnilingus&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus&quot;&gt;Cunnilingus&lt;/a&gt;, or oral sex performed on a woman. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing&quot; title=&quot;Drawing&quot;&gt;Drawing&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Hayez&quot; title=&quot;Francesco Hayez&quot;&gt;Francesco Hayez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#Utility&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Utility&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#Variants&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Variants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#Cultural_attitudes&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Cultural attitudes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#STD_risk&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;STD risk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;HPV and oral cancer link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#Prevention&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Prevention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#Terminology_and_slang&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Terminology and slang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#Works_cited&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Works cited&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Utility&quot; id=&quot;Utility&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Utility&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Oral sex is practiced in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships. In heterosexual relationships, oral sex can be a method of contraception and may be chosen as an alternative to intercourse for this reason. Oral sexual activities &lt;i&gt;are not&lt;/i&gt; effective methods of preventing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted diseases&lt;/a&gt; (STDs), although some forms of STD are believed to be less easily spread in this way. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A report issued in September 2005 by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Health_Statistics&quot; title=&quot;National Center for Health Statistics&quot;&gt;National Center for Health Statistics&lt;/a&gt; was the basis of an article in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_26&quot; title=&quot;September 26&quot;&gt;September 26&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005&quot; title=&quot;2005&quot;&gt;2005&lt;/a&gt; issue of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_%28magazine%29&quot; title=&quot;Time (magazine)&quot;&gt;Time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; magazine. The report comes from the results of a computer-administered &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_survey&quot; title=&quot;Statistical survey&quot;&gt;survey&lt;/a&gt; of over 12,000 Americans between the ages of 15 and 44, and states that over half the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence&quot; title=&quot;Adolescence&quot;&gt;teenagers&lt;/a&gt; questioned have had oral sex. While some headlines have interpreted this as evidence that oral sex among teenagers is &quot;on the rise,&quot; this was the first comprehensive study of its kind to examine the matter.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Mutual masturbation&quot;&gt;mutual masturbation&lt;/a&gt; and other forms of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outercourse&quot; title=&quot;Outercourse&quot;&gt;outercourse&lt;/a&gt; many people do not consider oral sex to be &quot;sex&quot; in the same way as penetrative intercourse &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and regard it as &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_metaphor&quot; title=&quot;Baseball metaphor&quot;&gt;third base&lt;/a&gt;.&quot; Thus, for many people, oral sex can be seen as one way of experiencing sexual pleasure before losing one&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity&quot; title=&quot;Virginity&quot;&gt;virginity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fellatio_22.JPG&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio in 69 position&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Fellatio in 69 position&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Fellatio_22.JPG/180px-Fellatio_22.JPG&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;148&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fellatio_22.JPG&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio&quot;&gt;Fellatio&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69_sex_position&quot; title=&quot;69 sex position&quot;&gt;69 position&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Variants&quot; id=&quot;Variants&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Variants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facesitting&quot; title=&quot;Facesitting&quot;&gt;Facesitting&lt;/a&gt; is a form of oral sex in which the receiver sits on the giver&#39;s face and pushes into it with his or her genitals. Oral sex can be performed by both partners at the same time in the so-called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69_sex_position&quot; title=&quot;69 sex position&quot;&gt;&quot;sixty-nine&quot; position&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Spitting and/or swallowing of the ejaculatory fluids may cause different sexual stimulations. Also, eye contact, during fellatio or cunnilingus, may be very stimulating and more pleasurable because it acknowledges that a real person is performing oral sex, not a machine or sex toy.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since August 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofellatio&quot; title=&quot;Autofellatio&quot;&gt;Autofellatio&lt;/a&gt; is a possible but rare variant; autocunnilingus may also be possible for women with extremely flexible spines.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Cultural_attitudes&quot; id=&quot;Cultural_attitudes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Cultural attitudes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;boilerplate seealso&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnilingus#Cultural_and_spiritual_significance&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus&quot;&gt;Cunnilingus#Cultural and spiritual significance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;boilerplate seealso&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio#Cultural_and_spiritual_significance&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio&quot;&gt;Fellatio#Cultural and spiritual significance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;Cultural attitudes towards oral sex range from disgust to reverence: in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome&quot; title=&quot;Ancient Rome&quot;&gt;Ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;, fellatio was considered profoundly taboo,&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; whereas in Chinese &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism&quot; title=&quot;Taoism&quot;&gt;Taoism&lt;/a&gt;, cunnilingus is revered as a spiritually fulfilling practice that is believed to enhance &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity&quot; title=&quot;Longevity&quot;&gt;longevity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-5&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In modern &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_culture&quot; title=&quot;Western culture&quot;&gt;Western culture&lt;/a&gt;, some people have reservations about oral sex, but it is nevertheless widely practiced.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-6&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-6&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;STD_risk&quot; id=&quot;STD_risk&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;STD risk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia&quot; title=&quot;Chlamydia&quot;&gt;Chlamydia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus&quot; title=&quot;Human papillomavirus&quot;&gt;human papillomavirus&lt;/a&gt; (HPV), &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea&quot; title=&quot;Gonorrhea&quot;&gt;gonorrhea&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus&quot; title=&quot;Herpes simplex virus&quot;&gt;herpes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis&quot; title=&quot;Hepatitis&quot;&gt;hepatitis&lt;/a&gt; (multiple strains), and other &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted diseases&lt;/a&gt; (STDs)—including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV&quot; title=&quot;HIV&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/a&gt;—can be transmitted through oral sex.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-7&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-7&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; While the risk of transmitting HIV through oral sex is unknown, it is suspected to be fairly rare. Any kind of direct contact with body fluids of a person infected with HIV (the virus that causes &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS&quot; title=&quot;AIDS&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/a&gt;) poses a risk of infection. The risk from most of these types of infection, however, is generally considered far less than that associated with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Vaginal sex&quot;&gt;vaginal&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Anal sex&quot;&gt;anal sex&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If the receiving partner has wounds or open sores on their genitals, or if the giving partner has wounds or open sores on or in their mouth, or bleeding gums, this poses an increased risk of STD transmission. Brushing the teeth, flossing, undergoing dental work, or eating crunchy foods such as chips relatively soon before or after giving oral sex can also increase the risk of transmission, because all of these activities can cause small scratches in the lining of the mouth. These wounds, even when they are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic&quot; title=&quot;Microscopic&quot;&gt;microscopic&lt;/a&gt;, increase the chances of contracting &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;STDs&lt;/a&gt; that can be transmitted orally under these conditions. Such contact can also lead to more mundane infections from common &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria&quot; title=&quot;Bacteria&quot;&gt;bacteria&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viruses&quot; title=&quot;Viruses&quot;&gt;viruses&lt;/a&gt; found in, around, and secreted from the genital regions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot; id=&quot;HPV_and_oral_cancer_link&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;HPV and oral cancer link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005&quot; title=&quot;2005&quot;&gt;2005&lt;/a&gt;, a research study at the College of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6&quot; title=&quot;Malmö&quot;&gt;Malmö&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden&quot; title=&quot;Sweden&quot;&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt; suggested that performing unprotected oral sex on a person infected with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV&quot; title=&quot;HPV&quot;&gt;HPV&lt;/a&gt; might increase the risk of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_cancer&quot; title=&quot;Oral cancer&quot;&gt;oral cancer&lt;/a&gt;. The study found that 36 percent of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_patient&quot; title=&quot;Cancer patient&quot;&gt;cancer patients&lt;/a&gt; had HPV compared to only 1 percent of the healthy control group. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-8&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-8&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Another recent study suggests a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation&quot; title=&quot;Correlation&quot;&gt;correlation&lt;/a&gt; between oral sex and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_and_neck_cancer&quot; title=&quot;Head and neck cancer&quot;&gt;head and neck cancer&lt;/a&gt;. It is believed that this is due to the transmission of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus&quot; title=&quot;Human papillomavirus&quot;&gt;human papillomavirus&lt;/a&gt; (HPV), a virus that has been implicated in the majority of cervical cancers and which has been detected in throat cancer tissue in numerous studies. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Journal_of_Medicine&quot; title=&quot;New England Journal of Medicine&quot;&gt;New England Journal of Medicine&lt;/a&gt; study concluded that people who had one to five oral-sex partners in their lifetime had approximately a doubled risk of throat cancer compared with those who never engaged in this activity and those with more than five oral-sex partners had a 250% increased risk.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-9&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-9&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-10&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex#_note-10&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Prevention&quot; id=&quot;Prevention&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Prevention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Due to disease risks, many medical professionals advise the use of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom&quot; title=&quot;Condom&quot;&gt;condoms&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_dam&quot; title=&quot;Dental dam&quot;&gt;dental dams&lt;/a&gt; when performing or receiving oral sex with a partner whose STD status is unknown. A makeshift dental dam can be made out of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom&quot; title=&quot;Condom&quot;&gt;condom&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/?article=U1N7&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/?article=U1N7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;instructions&lt;/a&gt;). Using a real dental dam is preferable, because real dental dams are larger and the makeshift version may be accidentally poked with the scissors during the cutting procedure. Plastic wrap may also be used as a barrier during oral sex, but many find that the thickness of the plastic dulls sensation. Certain kinds of plastic wrap are manufactured with tiny holes to allow venting during microwaving, which may allow transmission of pathogens.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Terminology_and_slang&quot; id=&quot;Terminology_and_slang&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Terminology and slang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are many words describing oral sex, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism&quot; title=&quot;Euphemism&quot;&gt;euphemisms&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_slang#Oral_Sex&quot; title=&quot;Sexual slang&quot;&gt;slang&lt;/a&gt;. Like all aspects of sexuality, there exists a very large number of variations on a theme, making it essentially impossible to compose a comprehensive list.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Giving head - A common slang term for giving oral sex to either a man or woman is &quot;giving head,&quot; from the term &quot;head job&quot; (in contrast to &quot;hand job,&quot; manual stimulation). A play on the slang term &quot;head&quot; resulted in the slang term &quot;brains,&quot; or &quot;brain salad surgery,&quot; &quot;domes,&quot; or &quot;getting domes.&quot;&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since April 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Cunnilingus is also sometimes referred to as &quot;muff diving,&quot; &quot;eating out,&quot; or &quot;poon-job,&quot; a slang term and a cunnilingus variant of &quot;blow job&quot; (see the section of Fellatio above), where &quot;poon&quot; is short for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_slang&quot; title=&quot;Sexual slang&quot;&gt;poontang&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_slang&quot; title=&quot;Sexual slang&quot;&gt;punani&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additionally, in lesbian culture several common slang terms used are &quot;carpet munching,&quot; &quot;giving lip,&quot; &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_service&quot; title=&quot;Lip service&quot;&gt;lip service&lt;/a&gt;,&quot; or &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_the_Velvet&quot; title=&quot;Tipping the Velvet&quot;&gt;tipping the velvet&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (a faux-&quot;Victorian&quot; expression invented by novelist &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Waters&quot; title=&quot;Sarah Waters&quot;&gt;Sarah Waters&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additional slang terms for oral sex include &quot;going down on&quot; (female and male), &quot;licking out&quot; (female), &quot;blow job&quot; (male), &quot;dome&quot; (female and male), &quot;sucking off&quot; (male), &quot;rolling cigars&quot; (male recipient), &quot;lolly-gagging&quot; (gay male-on-male), and &quot;gaining knowledge&quot; (male recipient).&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/1915231809179635144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/1915231809179635144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1915231809179635144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1915231809179635144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/oral-sex.html' title='Oral sex'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-4508566061058703916</id><published>2007-12-22T18:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:28:22.574-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Human sexual behavior</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Human sexual behavior&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;table style=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-merge&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-image&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;width: 52px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Merge-arrow.svg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Merge arrow&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Merge arrow&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Merge-arrow.svg/50px-Merge-arrow.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;20&quot; width=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-text&quot;&gt;It has been suggested that this article or section be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages&quot;&gt;merged&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexuality&quot; title=&quot;Human sexuality&quot;&gt;Human sexuality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human_sexuality&quot; title=&quot;Talk:Human sexuality&quot;&gt;Discuss&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;dablink&quot;&gt;This article is about sexual practices (i.e., physical sex). Broader aspects of sexual behaviour such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social&quot; title=&quot;Social&quot;&gt;social&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology&quot; title=&quot;Psychology&quot;&gt;psychological&lt;/a&gt; sexual issues are covered in article &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexuality&quot; title=&quot;Human sexuality&quot;&gt;human sexuality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;table style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(190, 190, 190); float: right; margin-left: 0.5em; width: 180px;&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center; line-height: 95%; background-color: rgb(212, 221, 233);&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Close relationships&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;floatnone&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KarenWhimseyValentineMain.png&quot; 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Please use the preview button before saving.&quot;&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Human sexual behaviour&lt;/b&gt; or different &lt;b&gt;human sexual practices&lt;/b&gt; encompass wide range of activities such as the search for a partner or partners, interactions between individuals, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_intimacy&quot; title=&quot;Physical intimacy&quot;&gt;physical&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intimacy&quot; title=&quot;Emotional intimacy&quot;&gt;emotional intimacy&lt;/a&gt;, and sexual contact.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some cultures will find only sexual contact within marriage acceptable; however, extra-marital sexual activity still takes place. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unprotected_sex&quot; title=&quot;Unprotected sex&quot;&gt;Unprotected sex&lt;/a&gt; may result in unwanted &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy&quot; title=&quot;Pregnancy&quot;&gt;pregnancy&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted diseases&lt;/a&gt;. In some areas, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual abuse&quot;&gt;sexual abuse&lt;/a&gt; of individuals is prohibited by law and considered against the norms of society.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Aspects_of_human_sexual_behavior&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Aspects of human sexual behavior&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Cultural_aspects&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Cultural aspects&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Social_norms_and_rules&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Social norms and rules&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Frequency_of_sexual_activity&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Frequency of sexual activity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Safety_and_ancillary_issues&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Safety and ancillary issues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Sexually transmitted disease&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Unwanted_pregnancy&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Unwanted pregnancy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Legal_issues_related_to_sexual_behavior&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Legal issues related to sexual behavior&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Sodomy_and_same_sex_laws&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Sodomy and same sex laws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Child_sexual_abuse&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Child sexual abuse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#List_of_sex_acts_and_practices&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;List of sex acts and practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#General&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;General&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Specialized_BDSM_and_paraphilia_related&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Specialized BDSM and paraphilia related&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#Specialized_verbal_or_visual_activities&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Specialized verbal or visual activities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 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title=&quot;Edit section: Cultural aspects&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Cultural aspects&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:India_Sex.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Carvings at Khajuraho, an ancient Hindu Temple near Delhi, India&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Carvings at Khajuraho, an ancient Hindu Temple near Delhi, India&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/India_Sex.jpg/180px-India_Sex.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:India_Sex.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Carvings at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khajuraho&quot; title=&quot;Khajuraho&quot;&gt;Khajuraho&lt;/a&gt;, an ancient &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism&quot; title=&quot;Hinduism&quot;&gt;Hindu&lt;/a&gt; Temple near &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi&quot; title=&quot;Delhi&quot;&gt;Delhi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India&quot; title=&quot;India&quot;&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;As with other behaviors, human intelligence and complex societies have produced among the most complicated sexual behaviors of any animal. Most people experiment with a range of sexual activities during their lives, though they tend to engage in only a few of these regularly. Most people enjoy some sexual activities. However, most societies have defined some sexual activities as inappropriate (wrong person, wrong activity, wrong place, wrong time, etc.) Some people enjoy many different sexual activities, while others avoid sexual activities altogether for religious or other reasons (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastity&quot; title=&quot;Chastity&quot;&gt;chastity&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abstinence&quot; title=&quot;Sexual abstinence&quot;&gt;sexual abstinence&lt;/a&gt;). Historically, some societies and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion&quot; title=&quot;Religion&quot;&gt;religions&lt;/a&gt; have viewed sex as appropriate only within &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage&quot; title=&quot;Marriage&quot;&gt;marriage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Social_norms_and_rules&quot; id=&quot;Social_norms_and_rules&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sexual_behavior&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Social norms and rules&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Social norms and rules&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_norm&quot; title=&quot;Social norm&quot;&gt;Social norm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;Human sexual behavior, like many other kinds of activity engaged in by human beings, is generally governed by social rules that are culturally specific and vary widely. These social rules are referred to as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_ethics&quot; title=&quot;Sexual ethics&quot;&gt;sexual morality&lt;/a&gt; (what can and can not be done by society&#39;s rules) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_norm&quot; title=&quot;Sexual norm&quot;&gt;sexual norms&lt;/a&gt; (what is and is not expected). Sexual ethics, morals, and norms relate to issues including deception/honesty, legality, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelity&quot; title=&quot;Fidelity&quot;&gt;fidelity&lt;/a&gt; and consent.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some activities, known as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_the_law&quot; title=&quot;Sex and the law&quot;&gt;sex crimes&lt;/a&gt;, are illegal in some jurisdictions, including those conducted between (or among) consenting and competent adults (examples include &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_law&quot; title=&quot;Sodomy law&quot;&gt;sodomy law&lt;/a&gt; and adult-adult &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest&quot; title=&quot;Incest&quot;&gt;incest&lt;/a&gt;). Scientific studies suggest sexual fantasy, even of unusual interests, is usually a healthy activity.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since April 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some people engage in various sexual activities as a business transaction. When this involves having sex with, or performing certain actual sexual acts for another person, it is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution&quot; title=&quot;Prostitution&quot;&gt;prostitution&lt;/a&gt;. Other aspects of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_industry&quot; title=&quot;Sex industry&quot;&gt;adult industry&lt;/a&gt; include (for example) &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_sex&quot; title=&quot;Phone sex&quot;&gt;telephone sex&lt;/a&gt; operators, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_club&quot; title=&quot;Strip club&quot;&gt;strip clubs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt; and the like.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Nearly all developed societies consider it a serious crime to force someone to engage in sexual behavior or to engage in sexual behavior with someone who does not consent. This is called sexual assault, and if sexual penetration occurs it is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape&quot; title=&quot;Rape&quot;&gt;rape&lt;/a&gt;, the most serious kind of sexual assault. The details of this distinction may vary among different legal jurisdictions. Also, precisely what constitutes effective consent to have sex varies from culture to culture and is frequently debated. Laws regulating the minimum age at which a person can consent to have sex (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent&quot; title=&quot;Age of consent&quot;&gt;age of consent&lt;/a&gt;) are frequently the subject of political and moral debate, as is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescent_sexual_behavior&quot; title=&quot;Adolescent sexual behavior&quot;&gt;adolescent sexual behavior&lt;/a&gt; in general.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It is possible to engage in sexual activity without a partner, primarily through &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Masturbation&quot;&gt;masturbation&lt;/a&gt; and/or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fantasy&quot; title=&quot;Sexual fantasy&quot;&gt;sexual fantasy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Frequency_of_sexual_activity&quot; id=&quot;Frequency_of_sexual_activity&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sexual_behavior&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Frequency of sexual activity&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Frequency of sexual activity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;The frequency of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;sexual intercourse&lt;/a&gt; might range from zero (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abstinence&quot; title=&quot;Sexual abstinence&quot;&gt;sexual abstinence&lt;/a&gt;) for some to 15 or 20 times a week.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; It is generally recognized that &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menopause&quot; title=&quot;Menopause&quot;&gt;postmenopausal&lt;/a&gt; women experience declines in frequency of sexual intercourse.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. The average frequency of sexual intercourse for married couples is 2 to 3 times a week. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sexual frequency often falls off in relationships when the initial period of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerence&quot; title=&quot;Limerence&quot;&gt;limerence&lt;/a&gt; ends, and a common belief is that frequency of sexual intercourse often falls after &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage&quot; title=&quot;Marriage&quot;&gt;marriage&lt;/a&gt;. However, recent evidence shows that 43% of married couples have sex a few times a month, as compared with 36% of cohabiting couples.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Safety_and_ancillary_issues&quot; id=&quot;Safety_and_ancillary_issues&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sexual_behavior&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Safety and ancillary issues&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Safety and ancillary issues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are four main areas of risk in sexual activity, namely:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;choosing to trust a partner who is physically at risk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted disease&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;unwanted &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy&quot; title=&quot;Pregnancy&quot;&gt;pregnancy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;seeking or engaging in an activity which is legally or culturally disapproved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;These risks are raised by any condition (temporary or permanent) which impairs one&#39;s judgement, such as excess &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol&quot; title=&quot;Alcohol&quot;&gt;alcohol&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugs&quot; title=&quot;Drugs&quot;&gt;drugs&lt;/a&gt;, or emotional states such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness&quot; title=&quot;Loneliness&quot;&gt;loneliness&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_%28mood%29&quot; title=&quot;Depression (mood)&quot;&gt;depression&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria_%28emotion%29&quot; title=&quot;Euphoria (emotion)&quot;&gt;euphoria&lt;/a&gt; (e.g. new students at college). Carefully considered activity can greatly reduce all of these issues.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; id=&quot;Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sexual_behavior&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Sexually transmitted disease&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sexual behaviors that involve contact with another person or the bodily fluids of another person entail some risk of transmission of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted disease&lt;/a&gt;. These techniques are generally seen as less necessary for those in committed fidelitous monogamous or polyamorous relationships with persons who have been demonstrated to be free of disease; see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_bonding&quot; title=&quot;Fluid bonding&quot;&gt;fluid bonding&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Due to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health&quot; title=&quot;Health&quot;&gt;health&lt;/a&gt; concerns arising from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV&quot; title=&quot;HIV&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS&quot; title=&quot;AIDS&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia&quot; title=&quot;Chlamydia&quot;&gt;chlamydia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis&quot; title=&quot;Syphilis&quot;&gt;syphilis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea&quot; title=&quot;Gonorrhea&quot;&gt;gonorrhea&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV&quot; title=&quot;HPV&quot;&gt;HPV&lt;/a&gt; and other &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_infections&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted infections&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted infections&lt;/a&gt;, some people may want potential &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex&quot; title=&quot;Sex&quot;&gt;sex&lt;/a&gt; partners to be tested for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted disease&quot;&gt;STDs&lt;/a&gt; before engaging in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex&quot; title=&quot;Sex&quot;&gt;sex&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Unwanted_pregnancy&quot; id=&quot;Unwanted_pregnancy&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sexual_behavior&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Unwanted pregnancy&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Unwanted pregnancy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sexual behaviors that involve the contact of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semen&quot; title=&quot;Semen&quot;&gt;semen&lt;/a&gt; with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina&quot; title=&quot;Vagina&quot;&gt;vagina&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva&quot; title=&quot;Vulva&quot;&gt;vulva&lt;/a&gt; may result in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy&quot; title=&quot;Pregnancy&quot;&gt;pregnancy&lt;/a&gt;. To prevent pregnancy, many people employ a variety of birth control measures. The most popular methods of prevention are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoms&quot; title=&quot;Condoms&quot;&gt;condoms&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermicide&quot; title=&quot;Spermicide&quot;&gt;spermicides&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormonal_contraception&quot; title=&quot;Hormonal contraception&quot;&gt;hormonal contraception&lt;/a&gt;, and sterilization.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Legal_issues_related_to_sexual_behavior&quot; id=&quot;Legal_issues_related_to_sexual_behavior&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sexual_behavior&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=8&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Legal issues related to sexual behavior&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Legal issues related to sexual behavior&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main articles: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia#Legal_views&quot; title=&quot;Paraphilia&quot;&gt;Paraphilia#Legal views&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_the_law&quot; title=&quot;Sex and the law&quot;&gt;Sex and the law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Sodomy_and_same_sex_laws&quot; id=&quot;Sodomy_and_same_sex_laws&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sexual_behavior&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=9&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Sodomy and same sex laws&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Sodomy and same sex laws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Various forms of same-sex sexual activity have been prohibited under law in many areas at different times in history. In 2003, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v_Texas&quot; title=&quot;Lawrence v Texas&quot;&gt;Lawrence v Texas&lt;/a&gt; United States Supreme Court decision (aided by Krawczyk v Alabama) overturned all such laws in the US.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Usually, though not always, such laws are termed &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_law&quot; title=&quot;Sodomy law&quot;&gt;sodomy laws&lt;/a&gt;, but also include issues such as age of consent laws, &quot;decency&quot; laws, and so forth. Laws prohibiting same-sex sexuality have varied widely throughout history, varying by culture, religious and social taboos and customs, etc. Often such laws are targeted or applied differently based on sex as well. For example, laws against same-sex sexual behavior in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England&quot; title=&quot;England&quot;&gt;England&lt;/a&gt; during the reign of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom&quot; title=&quot;Victoria of the United Kingdom&quot;&gt;Queen Victoria&lt;/a&gt;, sodomy or &quot;buggery&quot; laws were aimed specifically at male same-sex sexual activity and did not target or even address female homosexuality. A well known example of such laws applied in modern times can be found in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing&quot; title=&quot;Alan Turing&quot;&gt;Alan Turing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/4508566061058703916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/4508566061058703916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/4508566061058703916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/4508566061058703916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/human-sexual-behavior.html' title='Human sexual behavior'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-7574052167366564194</id><published>2007-12-22T18:27:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:27:26.704-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Voyeurism</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Voyeurism&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;table style=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-image&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-text&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This article needs additional &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citing sources&quot;&gt;citations&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot;&gt;verification&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Please help &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voyeurism&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voyeurism&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;improve this article&lt;/a&gt; by adding &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Reliable sources&quot;&gt;reliable references&lt;/a&gt;. 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For other uses, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeur_%28disambiguation%29&quot; title=&quot;Voyeur (disambiguation)&quot;&gt;Voyeur (disambiguation)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;table class=&quot;infobox&quot; style=&quot;width: 200px; font-size: 95%; text-align: left;&quot;&gt; &lt;caption style=&quot;background: lightgrey none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-size: 95%;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Voyeurism&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Classification &amp;amp; external resources&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/caption&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICD&quot; title=&quot;ICD&quot;&gt;ICD&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICD-10_codes&quot; title=&quot;List of ICD-10 codes&quot;&gt;10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICD-10_Chapter_F&quot; title=&quot;ICD-10 Chapter F&quot;&gt;F&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/?gf60.htm+f653&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://www.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/?gf60.htm+f653&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;65.3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICD&quot; title=&quot;ICD&quot;&gt;ICD&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICD-9_codes&quot; title=&quot;List of ICD-9 codes&quot;&gt;9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icd9data.com/getICD9Code.ashx?icd9=302.82&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://www.icd9data.com/getICD9Code.ashx?icd9=302.82&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;302.82&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Voyeurism&lt;/b&gt; is a practice in which an individual derives &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_pleasure&quot; title=&quot;Sexual pleasure&quot;&gt;sexual pleasure&lt;/a&gt; from observing other people. Such people may be engaged in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior&quot; title=&quot;Human sexual behavior&quot;&gt;sexual acts&lt;/a&gt;, or be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude&quot; title=&quot;Nude&quot;&gt;nude&lt;/a&gt; or in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergarment&quot; title=&quot;Undergarment&quot;&gt;underwear&lt;/a&gt;, or dressed in whatever other way the &quot;voyeur&quot; finds appealing. The word derives from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language&quot; title=&quot;French language&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt; verb &lt;i&gt;voir&lt;/i&gt; (to see) with the &lt;i&gt;-eur&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffix&quot; title=&quot;Suffix&quot;&gt;suffix&lt;/a&gt; that translates as &lt;i&gt;-er&lt;/i&gt; in English. A literal translation would then be “seer” or &quot;observer&quot;, with pejorative connotations.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Also, the word voyeur can define someone who receives enjoyment from witnessing other people&#39;s suffering or misfortune; see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude&quot; title=&quot;Schadenfreude&quot;&gt;schadenfreude&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 252px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caraglio_Voyeurism.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Mercury and Herse&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Mercury and Herse&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Caraglio_Voyeurism.jpg/250px-Caraglio_Voyeurism.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;311&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caraglio_Voyeurism.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28mythology%29&quot; title=&quot;Mercury (mythology)&quot;&gt;Mercury&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herse&quot; title=&quot;Herse&quot;&gt;Herse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 252px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Voyeuriste.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Two actorsYoung woman watches secretly while two male actors make love. Silk painting; China, Qing Dynasty.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Two actorsYoung woman watches secretly while two male actors make love. Silk painting; China, Qing Dynasty.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Voyeuriste.jpg/250px-Voyeuriste.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;224&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Voyeuriste.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;b&gt;Two actors&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Young woman watches secretly while two &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male&quot; title=&quot;Male&quot;&gt;male&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor&quot; title=&quot;Actor&quot;&gt;actors&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_China&quot; title=&quot;Homosexuality in China&quot;&gt;make love.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_art&quot; title=&quot;Erotic art&quot;&gt;Silk painting&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China&quot; title=&quot;China&quot;&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty&quot; title=&quot;Qing Dynasty&quot;&gt;Qing Dynasty&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#Characteristics&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Characteristics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#DSM_IV_Classification&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;DSM IV Classification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#Criminalization&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Criminalization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#Voyeurism_in_fiction&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Voyeurism in fiction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#Notes&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#Laws&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Laws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Characteristics&quot; id=&quot;Characteristics&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voyeurism&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Characteristics&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Characteristics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Voyeuristic practices may take a number of forms but their characteristic feature is that the voyeur does not directly interact with the object of their voyeurism (often unaware that they are being observed), instead observing the act from a distance by peeping through an opening or using aids such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars&quot; title=&quot;Binoculars&quot;&gt;binoculars&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror&quot; title=&quot;Mirror&quot;&gt;mirrors&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera&quot; title=&quot;Camera&quot;&gt;cameras&lt;/a&gt; (including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_phone&quot; title=&quot;Camera phone&quot;&gt;camera phones&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera&quot; title=&quot;Video camera&quot;&gt;video cameras&lt;/a&gt;), etc. This stimulus sometimes becomes part of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Masturbation&quot;&gt;masturbation&lt;/a&gt; fantasy during or after the observation.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The key element behind voyeurism, and the factor that distinguishes it from mixoscopia (pleasure from watching others have sex), is that those watched are unaware of the voyeur. Part of the thrill of voyeurism may lie in almost being caught. For some, the closer the voyeur is to being discovered, the larger the thrill. This form of non-consensual voyeurism is considered an invasion of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy&quot; title=&quot;Privacy&quot;&gt;privacy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Voyeurism may be tolerated or even appreciated if the people viewed are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibitionist&quot; title=&quot;Exhibitionist&quot;&gt;exhibitionists&lt;/a&gt;. This relationship is typically &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-play&quot; title=&quot;Role-play&quot;&gt;role-play&lt;/a&gt; where the exhibitionist pretends to not know of the voyeur&#39;s presence.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A subset of voyeurs derive sexual pleasure from looking under articles of clothing, an act known as an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upskirt&quot; title=&quot;Upskirt&quot;&gt;upskirt&lt;/a&gt;. This can be accomplished by camera or simply by a chance viewing up skirts. Some voyeurs also derive pleasure by looking down shirts and viewing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breasts&quot; title=&quot;Breasts&quot;&gt;breasts&lt;/a&gt;, particularly when a woman is bending over. This is commonly referred to as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downblouse&quot; title=&quot;Downblouse&quot;&gt;downblouse&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;DSM_IV_Classification&quot; id=&quot;DSM_IV_Classification&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voyeurism&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: DSM IV Classification&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;DSM IV Classification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual&quot; title=&quot;Diagnostic and Statistical Manual&quot;&gt;Diagnostic and Statistical Manual&lt;/a&gt;-IV, certain voyeuristic fantasies, urges and behavior patterns are classified as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia&quot; title=&quot;Paraphilia&quot;&gt;paraphilia&lt;/a&gt; with code 302.82.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Criminalization&quot; id=&quot;Criminalization&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voyeurism&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Criminalization&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Criminalization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;In some cultures, voyeurism is considered to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deviant&quot; title=&quot;Deviant&quot;&gt;deviant&lt;/a&gt; and even a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_crime&quot; title=&quot;Sex crime&quot;&gt;sex crime&lt;/a&gt;. In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom&quot; title=&quot;United Kingdom&quot;&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;, non-consensual voyeurism became a criminal offense on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1&quot; title=&quot;May 1&quot;&gt;May 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004&quot; title=&quot;2004&quot;&gt;2004&lt;/a&gt;, under section 67 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_2003&quot; title=&quot;Sexual Offences Act 2003&quot;&gt;Sexual Offences Act 2003&lt;/a&gt;. However, some societies tolerate it depending upon the circumstances (e.g., adolescent &quot;Peeping Toms&quot; and the UK &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogging_%28sexual_slang%29&quot; title=&quot;Dogging (sexual slang)&quot;&gt;dogging&lt;/a&gt; craze). The stereotypical voyeur is male, although many women also enjoy being voyeurs. In &lt;i&gt;R v Turner&lt;/i&gt; (2006) All ER (D) 95 (Jan) the defendant was the manager of a sports centre who recorded footage of four women taking showers. There was no indication that the footage had been shown to anyone else or distributed in any way. The defendant pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and asked that another offense be taken into consideration. He expressed remorse. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales&quot; title=&quot;Court of Appeal of England and Wales&quot;&gt;Court of Appeal&lt;/a&gt; confirmed a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29&quot; title=&quot;Sentence (law)&quot;&gt;sentence&lt;/a&gt; of nine months imprisonment to reflect the seriousness of the defendant&#39;s abuse of trust and the traumatic effect on the victims.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 252px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fragonard%2C_The_Swing.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Fragonard&#39;s The Swing depicts a voyeur hidden in the bushes. As the lady goes high on the swing, he tries to take a furtive peep at her exposed genitals&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Fragonard&#39;s The Swing depicts a voyeur hidden in the bushes. As the lady goes high on the swing, he tries to take a furtive peep at her exposed genitals&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Fragonard%2C_The_Swing.jpg/250px-Fragonard%2C_The_Swing.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;314&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fragonard%2C_The_Swing.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Honor%C3%A9_Fragonard&quot; title=&quot;Jean-Honoré Fragonard&quot;&gt;Fragonard&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s &lt;i&gt;The Swing&lt;/i&gt; depicts a voyeur hidden in the bushes. As the lady goes high on the swing, he tries to take a furtive peep at her exposed genitals&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada&quot; title=&quot;Canada&quot;&gt;Canada&lt;/a&gt;, voyeurism was not a crime when the case &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frey_v._Fedoruk_et_al.&quot; title=&quot;Frey v. Fedoruk et al.&quot;&gt;Frey v. Fedoruk et al.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; arose in 1947. In that case, in 1950, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada&quot; title=&quot;Supreme Court of Canada&quot;&gt;Supreme Court of Canada&lt;/a&gt; decided courts could not criminalize peeping by classifying it as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breach_of_the_peace&quot; title=&quot;Breach of the peace&quot;&gt;breach of the peace&lt;/a&gt;; Parliament would have to specifically outlaw it. On November 1, 2005, this was done when section 162 was added to the Canadian Criminal Code, declaring voyeurism as a sexual offense. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It is a myth that individuals who engage in &quot;nuisance&quot; offenses [such as peeping] do not have a propensity for violence.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Voyeurs may demonstrate some characteristics that are common, but not universal, among sexual offenders of all types including sadistic or violent offenders who invest considerable time and effort in the capturing of a victim (or image of a victim); careful, methodical planning devoted to the selection and preparation of equipment; and often meticulous attention to detail.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;, video voyeurism is criminalized in nine states. The original case responsible for the criminalization has been made into a television movie called &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Voyeur&quot; title=&quot;Video Voyeur&quot;&gt;Video Voyeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and documents the criminalization of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_photography&quot; title=&quot;Secret photography&quot;&gt;secret photography&lt;/a&gt;. Criminal voyeurism statutes are related to invasion of privacy laws&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; but are specific to unlawful surreptitious surveillance without consent and unlawful recordings including the broadcast, dissemination, publication, or selling of recordings involving places and times when a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and a reasonable supposition that he or she is not being photographed or filmed by &quot;any mechanical, digital or electronic viewing device, camera or any other instrument capable of recording, storing or transmitting visual images that can be utilized to observe a person.&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-5&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_note-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some institutions, such as gyms and schools, have banned camera phones because of the privacy issues they raise in areas like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeroom&quot; title=&quot;Changeroom&quot;&gt;changerooms&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia&quot; title=&quot;Saudi Arabia&quot;&gt;Saudi Arabia&lt;/a&gt; banned the sale of camera phones nationwide for a period, but reallowed their sale in 2004. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea&quot; title=&quot;South Korea&quot;&gt;South Korea&lt;/a&gt; requires that all camera phones sold in the country make a clearly audible sound whenever a picture is taken.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Voyeurism_in_fiction&quot; id=&quot;Voyeurism_in_fiction&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voyeurism&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Voyeurism in fiction&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Voyeurism in fiction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Voyeurism is a common &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_device&quot; title=&quot;Plot device&quot;&gt;plot device&lt;/a&gt; in both serious (e.g. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window&quot; title=&quot;Rear Window&quot;&gt;Rear Window&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and more recently &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbia&quot; title=&quot;Disturbia&quot;&gt;Disturbia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) and humorous (e.g. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porky%27s&quot; title=&quot;Porky&#39;s&quot;&gt;Porky&#39;s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) films.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A serious psychological treatment of the topic in cinema was done in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeping_Tom_%28film%29&quot; title=&quot;Peeping Tom (film)&quot;&gt;Peeping Tom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime&quot; title=&quot;Anime&quot;&gt;anime&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorful&quot; title=&quot;Colorful&quot;&gt;Colorful&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; is devoted almost entirely to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia&quot; title=&quot;Paraphilia&quot;&gt;paraphilia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Alone With Her&lt;/i&gt; is a recent Indie film shot completely from a high tech, spycam point-of-view.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Notes&quot; id=&quot;Notes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voyeurism&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Notes&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ol class=&quot;references&quot;&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-0&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_ref-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/voyeurismTR.htm&quot; class=&quot;external free&quot; title=&quot;http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/voyeurismTR.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/voyeurismTR.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_ref-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_IV::bo-ga:l_V//en?page=4&amp;amp;isPrinting=false#codese:162&quot; class=&quot;external free&quot; title=&quot;http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_IV::bo-ga:l_V//en?page=4&amp;amp;isPrinting=false#codese:162&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_IV::bo-ga:l_V//en?page=4&amp;amp;isPrinting=false#codese:162&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-2&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_ref-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; R.R. Hazelwood and J. Warren, &quot;The Serial Rapist: His Characteristics and Victims,&quot; FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, February 1989, 18-25&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-3&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_ref-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; The Criminal Sexual Sadist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fbi.gov/library/leb/leb.htm&quot; class=&quot;external autonumber&quot; title=&quot;http://www.fbi.gov/library/leb/leb.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-4&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_ref-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Invasion of Privacy Law &amp;amp; Legal Definition &lt;a href=&quot;http://definitions.uslegal.com/i/invasion-of-privacy/&quot; class=&quot;external autonumber&quot; title=&quot;http://definitions.uslegal.com/i/invasion-of-privacy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-5&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism#_ref-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Stephanie&#39;s Law &lt;a href=&quot;http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/legalservices/ch69_2003_stephanie_vidvoy.htm&quot; class=&quot;external autonumber&quot; title=&quot;http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/legalservices/ch69_2003_stephanie_vidvoy.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/7574052167366564194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/7574052167366564194' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/7574052167366564194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/7574052167366564194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/voyeurism.html' title='Voyeurism'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-7286323571630513045</id><published>2007-12-22T18:26:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:26:47.072-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ethnicity of performers in pornography</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Ethnicity of performers in pornography&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;div id=&quot;contentSub&quot;&gt;(Redirected from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Race-oriented_pornography&amp;amp;redirect=no&quot; title=&quot;Race-oriented pornography&quot;&gt;Race-oriented pornography&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;          &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pornography based on the ethnicity of performers&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;Interracial pornography&lt;/b&gt; is often objected to on the grounds that it is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racist&quot; title=&quot;Racist&quot;&gt;racist&lt;/a&gt;, frequently representing its subjects as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_stereotype&quot; title=&quot;Ethnic stereotype&quot;&gt;ethnic stereotypes&lt;/a&gt;, and also on the grounds that it &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectifies&quot; title=&quot;Objectifies&quot;&gt;objectifies&lt;/a&gt; its subjects, presenting ethnicity as a &quot;flavour&quot; of sexual encounter. Nevertheless, it remains extremely popular, both on its own, and in conjunction with other genres of pornography.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#Types_of_ethnic_stereotypes_in_pornography&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Types of ethnic stereotypes in pornography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#Ethnic_pornography_preferences_in_different_regions&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Ethnic pornography preferences in different regions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#In_the_United_States&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;In the United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#In_Europe&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;In Europe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#In_Japan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;In Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#Interracial&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Interracial&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#Overview&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Overview&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#Refusal_to_participate_in_interracial_pornography&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Refusal to participate in interracial pornography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#Current_trends&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Current trends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Types_of_ethnic_stereotypes_in_pornography&quot; id=&quot;Types_of_ethnic_stereotypes_in_pornography&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_of_performers_in_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Types of ethnic stereotypes in pornography&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Types of ethnic stereotypes in pornography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Where the general audience is appealed to, ethnic pornography typically features ethnic groups that are familiar in a particular country, such as members of significant minority groups, particularly those seen as most &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoticism&quot; title=&quot;Exoticism&quot;&gt;exotic&lt;/a&gt;. They may be seen as sexually unattainable, and therefore mysterious and exciting, or as promiscuous or sexually biddable. (People might also simply be curious about what people of different ethnicities look like with their clothes off.) In the wake of the current conflict between the West and some countries in the Middle East, pornography catering for Westerners&#39; curiosity about &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim&quot; title=&quot;Muslim&quot;&gt;Muslim&lt;/a&gt; men and women has also appeared. A new genre of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_war&quot; title=&quot;Iraq war&quot;&gt;Iraq war&lt;/a&gt;-themed pornography, depicting Western men and Arab women, has arisen in the mid-2000s, perhaps inspired by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse&quot; title=&quot;Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse&quot;&gt;Abu Ghraib scandal&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ethnic pornography may also serve the audience of that subset of a particular ethnic group who are only interested in looking at people of their own group. For example, there are a number of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish&quot; title=&quot;Jewish&quot;&gt;Jewish&lt;/a&gt; pornography websites whose material seems primarily directed at Jews or Asian themed sites that target East Asian men. There are also pornography websites aimed at the Arab, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_India&quot; title=&quot;Pornography in India&quot;&gt;Indian&lt;/a&gt; and Pakistani markets, countries where traditional morals and attitudes toward women make dating difficult or impossible for many young men.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ethnic pornography also frequently depicts sex acts between people of different ethnicities, commonly known as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Interracial pornography&quot;&gt;interracial pornography&lt;/a&gt;, perhaps for visual contrast, or (particularly in the U.S.) for extra titillation by breaking &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboos&quot; title=&quot;Taboos&quot;&gt;taboos&lt;/a&gt; regarding the depiction of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_stereotype&quot; title=&quot;Ethnic stereotype&quot;&gt;ethnic stereotypes&lt;/a&gt; and even the highly sensitive taboo subjects of ethnic tensions and old anti-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation&quot; title=&quot;Miscegenation&quot;&gt;miscegenation&lt;/a&gt; laws.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asian women&lt;/b&gt; have been portrayed as aggressive sexual beings. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_film&quot; title=&quot;Western film&quot;&gt;Western film&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_literature&quot; title=&quot;Western literature&quot;&gt;literature&lt;/a&gt; has promoted stereotypes of Asian women, such as depicting Asian women as cunning &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Lady_%28etymology%29&quot; title=&quot;Dragon Lady (etymology)&quot;&gt;Dragon Ladies&lt;/a&gt;&quot;,&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; as servile &quot;Lotus Blossom Babies&quot;, &quot;China dolls&quot;, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha&quot; title=&quot;Geisha&quot;&gt;Geisha girls&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, war brides, or prostitutes.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_media&quot; title=&quot;Japanese media&quot;&gt;Japanese media&lt;/a&gt; have also at times sensationalistically promoted the stereotype of Japanese women overseas as &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_cab_%28stereotype%29&quot; title=&quot;Yellow cab (stereotype)&quot;&gt;yellow cabs&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-5&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#_note-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Asian women are supposed to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submissive&quot; title=&quot;Submissive&quot;&gt;submissive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_objectification&quot; title=&quot;Sexual objectification&quot;&gt;sex objects&lt;/a&gt; which has impeded women&#39;s economic mobility and has fostered increased demand in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail-order_bride&quot; title=&quot;Mail-order bride&quot;&gt;mail-order brides&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Latin women/&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic&quot; title=&quot;Hispanic&quot;&gt;Hispanic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; even throughout the era resistance cinema, have not been able to make much progress in overcoming the degrading stereotypes that Hollywood has created for them. The desirability of Latina women to be stereotyped as overtly sexualized characters persists because the need for it exists with most of the cultural stereotypes in pornography coming from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico&quot; title=&quot;Mexico&quot;&gt;Mexico&lt;/a&gt;. Latin people are often incorrectly given as a racial value with one of several terms of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicity&quot; title=&quot;Ethnicity&quot;&gt;ethnicity&lt;/a&gt; employed to categorize any person, of any racial background (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hispanic&quot; title=&quot;White Hispanic&quot;&gt;White&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_Latin_American&quot; title=&quot;Afro Latin American&quot;&gt;Black&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulatto&quot; title=&quot;Mulatto&quot;&gt;Mulatto&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas&quot; title=&quot;Indigenous peoples of the Americas&quot;&gt;Native American Indian&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-6&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#_note-6&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;African women&lt;/b&gt; variously portrays black women as either asexual or as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersexual&quot; title=&quot;Hypersexual&quot;&gt;hypersexual&lt;/a&gt; and therefore the cause of any sexual encounter between the races.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Ethnic_pornography_preferences_in_different_regions&quot; id=&quot;Ethnic_pornography_preferences_in_different_regions&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_of_performers_in_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Ethnic pornography preferences in different regions&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Ethnic pornography preferences in different regions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_by_region&quot; title=&quot;Pornography by region&quot;&gt;Pornography by region&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;Each different market has its own preferences, usually based on its own ethnic tensions and historical links with other ethnic groups, or in some cases little more that the &quot;exotic&quot;-ness of a particular ethnic group. Some of these are:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;In_the_United_States&quot; id=&quot;In_the_United_States&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_of_performers_in_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: In the United States&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;In the United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia&quot; title=&quot;Asia&quot;&gt;Asian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_fetish&quot; title=&quot;Asian fetish&quot;&gt;Asian fetish&lt;/a&gt;): &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_people&quot; title=&quot;Japanese people&quot;&gt;Japanese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_race&quot; title=&quot;Chinese race&quot;&gt;Chinese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans&quot; title=&quot;Koreans&quot;&gt;Korean&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_%28ethnic_group%29&quot; title=&quot;Thai (ethnic group)&quot;&gt;Thai&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_people&quot; title=&quot;Filipino people&quot;&gt;Filipino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-7&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography#_note-7&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_people&quot; title=&quot;Indonesian people&quot;&gt;Indonesian&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian&quot; title=&quot;South Asian&quot;&gt;South Asian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:pornography features female performers who are of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshi&quot; title=&quot;Bangladeshi&quot;&gt;Bangladeshi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India&quot; title=&quot;India&quot;&gt;Indian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese&quot; title=&quot;Nepalese&quot;&gt;Nepalese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan&quot; title=&quot;Pakistan&quot;&gt;Pakistani&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka&quot; title=&quot;Sri Lanka&quot;&gt;Sri Lankan&lt;/a&gt; origin.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe&quot; title=&quot;Europe&quot;&gt;European&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (normally only for a few specific fetishes): &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people&quot; title=&quot;French people&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_people&quot; title=&quot;German people&quot;&gt;German&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_people&quot; title=&quot;Spanish people&quot;&gt;Spanish&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_people&quot; title=&quot;Italian people&quot;&gt;Italian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_people&quot; title=&quot;Russian people&quot;&gt;Russian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia&quot; title=&quot;Scandinavia&quot;&gt;Scandinavian&lt;/a&gt;, and more recently, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_European&quot; title=&quot;Eastern European&quot;&gt;Eastern European&lt;/a&gt; women, particularly from the countries of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary&quot; title=&quot;Hungary&quot;&gt;Hungary&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic&quot; title=&quot;Czech Republic&quot;&gt;Czech Republic&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania&quot; title=&quot;Romania&quot;&gt;Romania&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;American&lt;/a&gt; pornography, Germans are often associated with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadism_and_masochism&quot; title=&quot;Sadism and masochism&quot;&gt;sadomasochistic&lt;/a&gt; themes. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism&quot; title=&quot;Nazism&quot;&gt;Nazi&lt;/a&gt; regalia and black &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather&quot; title=&quot;Leather&quot;&gt;leather&lt;/a&gt; frequently occur in these depictions; a German or German-accented &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominatrix&quot; title=&quot;Dominatrix&quot;&gt;dominatrix&lt;/a&gt; is a frequently recurring figure. Films such as &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsa:_She-Wolf_of_the_SS&quot; title=&quot;Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS&quot;&gt;Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; play on these stereotypes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960s&quot; title=&quot;1960s&quot;&gt;1960s&lt;/a&gt; and early &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s&quot; title=&quot;1970s&quot;&gt;1970s&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia&quot; title=&quot;Scandinavia&quot;&gt;Scandinavia&lt;/a&gt; was frequently depicted as a sort of sexual paradise, a utopia of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_love&quot; title=&quot;Free love&quot;&gt;free love&lt;/a&gt;. Successful films from Sweden and Denmark, featuring sexual sub-themes, such as &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Curious_%28Yellow%29&quot; title=&quot;I Am Curious (Yellow)&quot;&gt;I Am Curious (Yellow)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Swedish Fly Girls&lt;/i&gt; furthered this stereotype.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa&quot; title=&quot;Africa&quot;&gt;African&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American&quot; title=&quot;African-American&quot;&gt;Black/African-American&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America&quot; title=&quot;North America&quot;&gt;North American&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;: usually Americans of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_American&quot; title=&quot;European American&quot;&gt;European American&lt;/a&gt; descent...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic&quot; title=&quot;Hispanic&quot;&gt;Latin/Latina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;: pornography features female performers who are (or appear to be) from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America&quot; title=&quot;Latin America&quot;&gt;Latin America&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Europe&quot; title=&quot;Latin Europe&quot;&gt;Latin Europe&lt;/a&gt;. Most are of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_people&quot; title=&quot;Spanish people&quot;&gt;Spanish&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_people&quot; title=&quot;Portuguese people&quot;&gt;Portuguese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas&quot; title=&quot;Indigenous peoples of the Americas&quot;&gt;Native American&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestiza&quot; title=&quot;Mestiza&quot;&gt;Mestiza&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Native American/European&lt;/i&gt;) ancestry.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia&quot; title=&quot;Polynesia&quot;&gt;Polynesian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Hawaiians&quot; title=&quot;Native Hawaiians&quot;&gt;Hawaiian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;table class=&quot;wikitable&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lyla_Lei.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Lyla Lei&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Lyla Lei&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Lyla_Lei.jpg/80px-Lyla_Lei.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbborder&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;116&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyla_Lei&quot; title=&quot;Lyla Lei&quot;&gt;Lyla Lei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia&quot; title=&quot;Asia&quot;&gt;Asian&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jazmin.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Jazmin&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Jazmin&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Jazmin.jpg/78px-Jazmin.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbborder&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;117&quot; width=&quot;78&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazmin&quot; title=&quot;Jazmin&quot;&gt;Jazmin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia&quot; title=&quot;South Asia&quot;&gt;South Asian&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Briana_Banks.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Briana Banks&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Briana Banks&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Briana_Banks.jpg/80px-Briana_Banks.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbborder&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;120&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briana_Banks&quot; title=&quot;Briana Banks&quot;&gt;Briana Banks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe&quot; title=&quot;Europe&quot;&gt;European&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Marie_Luv%2C_September_2006%2C_2.JPG&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Marie Luv&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Marie Luv&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Marie_Luv%2C_September_2006%2C_2.JPG/77px-Marie_Luv%2C_September_2006%2C_2.JPG&quot; class=&quot;thumbborder&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;116&quot; width=&quot;77&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Luv&quot; title=&quot;Marie Luv&quot;&gt;Marie Luv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa&quot; title=&quot;Africa&quot;&gt;African&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rebecalinares.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Rebeca Linares&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Rebeca Linares&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Rebecalinares.jpg/105px-Rebecalinares.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbborder&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;114&quot; width=&quot;105&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebeca_Linares&quot; title=&quot;Rebeca Linares&quot;&gt;Rebeca Linares&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Europe&quot; title=&quot;Latin Europe&quot;&gt;Latin European&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shy_Love.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Shy Love&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Shy Love&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Shy_Love.jpg/78px-Shy_Love.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;117&quot; width=&quot;78&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shy_Love&quot; title=&quot;Shy Love&quot;&gt;Shy Love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America&quot; title=&quot;Latin America&quot;&gt;Latin American&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt; 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      &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;i&gt;For the album by Circle Jerks, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_Sex&quot; title=&quot;Group Sex&quot;&gt;Group Sex&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peter_Fendi_scene_erotique.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Peter Fendi, 1835&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Peter Fendi, 1835&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Peter_Fendi_scene_erotique.jpg/180px-Peter_Fendi_scene_erotique.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;289&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peter_Fendi_scene_erotique.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Peter Fendi, 1835&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:India_Sex.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Carvings at Khajuraho, an ancient Hindu Temple near Delhi, India&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Carvings at Khajuraho, an ancient Hindu Temple near Delhi, India&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/India_Sex.jpg/180px-India_Sex.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:India_Sex.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Carvings at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khajuraho&quot; title=&quot;Khajuraho&quot;&gt;Khajuraho&lt;/a&gt;, an ancient &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism&quot; title=&quot;Hinduism&quot;&gt;Hindu&lt;/a&gt; Temple near &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi&quot; title=&quot;Delhi&quot;&gt;Delhi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India&quot; title=&quot;India&quot;&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group sex&lt;/b&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_behaviour&quot; title=&quot;Sexual behaviour&quot;&gt;sexual behaviour&lt;/a&gt; involving more than two participants at the same time. The main focus of this page is group sex among humans; however, group sex also exists with other species in the animal kingdom - e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bighorn_sheep&quot; title=&quot;Bighorn sheep&quot;&gt;bighorn sheep&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo&quot; title=&quot;Bonobo&quot;&gt;bonobos&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Any and all sexual behaviour performed by two people can be a part of group sex, as well as a number of behaviors only possible with more than two people. Group sex involving one participant being penetrated by multiple people is sometimes termed a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_bang&quot; title=&quot;Gang bang&quot;&gt;gang bang&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Group sex can occur amongst people of all &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Sexual orientation&quot;&gt;sexual orientations&lt;/a&gt; and genders.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Group_sex_in_contemporary_culture&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Group sex in contemporary culture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Perceptions&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Perceptions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Prevalence&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Prevalence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Safety&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Safety&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Sexual_positions_and_combinations_possible_only_in_group_sex&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Sexual positions and combinations possible only in group sex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Initialism_codes&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Initialism codes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Bukkake&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Bukkake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Group_sex_in_popular_culture&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Group sex in popular culture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Novels&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Novels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Non-fiction&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Non-fiction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Film&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Film&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#Television&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Television&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Group_sex_in_contemporary_culture&quot; id=&quot;Group_sex_in_contemporary_culture&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Group_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Group sex in contemporary culture&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Group sex in contemporary culture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Group sex may involve three or more people of any &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender&quot; title=&quot;Gender&quot;&gt;gender&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Sexual orientation&quot;&gt;sexual orientation&lt;/a&gt;. The events themselves may be characterized by sex; for example, a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight&quot; title=&quot;Straight&quot;&gt;straight&lt;/a&gt; group sex session would involve only &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexual&quot; title=&quot;Heterosexual&quot;&gt;heterosexual&lt;/a&gt; sex. Some venues for group sex may be intended for a particular group or groups of people; for example, many &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_party&quot; title=&quot;Sex party&quot;&gt;sex parties&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; are restricted to women or couples and in these parties homosexual contact between women is common. In the gay male community, there are nightclubs, bath houses, and internet groups that organize and participate in group sex. Different types of group sex may or may not involve switching partners. Some &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_club&quot; title=&quot;Sex club&quot;&gt;sex clubs&lt;/a&gt;, for example, require entrants to come in pairs and do not typically involve actual physical contact between people in different pairs. Group sex may involve a specific set of sexual activities; for example, some involve &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt;, while &quot;tobylove&quot; and &quot;vanilla&quot; group sex does not.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging&quot; title=&quot;Swinging&quot;&gt;swinging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;In many cultures, public intercourse is considered &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo&quot; title=&quot;Taboo&quot;&gt;taboo&lt;/a&gt; and is illegal (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indecent_exposure&quot; title=&quot;Indecent exposure&quot;&gt;indecent exposure&lt;/a&gt;); many groups also frown upon sex that is not &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy&quot; title=&quot;Monogamy&quot;&gt;monogamous&lt;/a&gt;. Group sex often takes place in private or clandestine locations, including homes, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel&quot; title=&quot;Hotel&quot;&gt;hotel&lt;/a&gt; rooms, unpopulated areas like forests, abandoned buildings, or private clubs. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_club&quot; title=&quot;Sex club&quot;&gt;Sex clubs&lt;/a&gt; are often open to members only, while less formal locations (truck stops, wooded areas) may be semi-secret. Group sex also sometimes takes place in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightclub&quot; title=&quot;Nightclub&quot;&gt;nightclubs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathhouse&quot; title=&quot;Bathhouse&quot;&gt;bathhouses&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_massage&quot; title=&quot;Erotic massage&quot;&gt;massage parlors&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_%28establishment%29&quot; title=&quot;Bar (establishment)&quot;&gt;bars&lt;/a&gt;, although such places (particularly those frequented by sexual minorities such as gays or lesbians in countries intolerant of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality&quot; title=&quot;Homosexuality&quot;&gt;homosexuality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since February 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;) are sometimes subject to legal repercussions. Group sex may be a part of other social activities such as parties, although some venues such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bathhouse&quot; title=&quot;Gay bathhouse&quot;&gt;gay bathhouses&lt;/a&gt; tend to eschew talking.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The possibility for awkwardness among friends, significant others, or strangers at group sex is often cited as a problem with them, particularly in relatively spontaneous incidents of group sex such as drunken group sex among friends. Among &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexual&quot; title=&quot;Heterosexual&quot;&gt;heterosexuals&lt;/a&gt;, the relative availability of men and women is also a concern for participants, as social stigma or other factors structures the extent to which many men or women feel comfortable being &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promiscuous&quot; title=&quot;Promiscuous&quot;&gt;promiscuous&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In spite of (or due to) the stigma against group sex, participation in group sex is a common fantasy, although regular participation in group sex remains uncommon in most cultures.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Perceptions&quot; id=&quot;Perceptions&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Group_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Perceptions&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Perceptions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sociological not biological factors may severely limit group sex participation. It is a popular conception that women are less likely to admit an attraction to impersonal sex, multiple sexual partners, and sexual variety for its own sake compared to men. Accordingly, it is thought that the number of men who want to participate in group sex greatly exceeds the number of women. A common theory mentioned as an obstacle to group sex is that most men and women are subject to sexual &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jealousy&quot; title=&quot;Jealousy&quot;&gt;jealousy&lt;/a&gt;, an emotion that can be intensely uncomfortable and potentially damaging to one&#39;s emotional and/or mental health. Group sex is a popular fantasy, but many believe that enactment of this within the context of a committed relationship would result in irreversible emotional trauma. Whether these attitudes are due to social stigma or are a part of human nature is subject to debate. Reliable and conclusive analysis is difficult due to the deeply personal nature of the subject.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Prevalence&quot; id=&quot;Prevalence&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Group_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Prevalence&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Prevalence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;There is little reliable information about group sex-related behavior in the United States in recent times. Information about remote times and places is even more scanty. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Reports&quot; title=&quot;Kinsey Reports&quot;&gt;Kinsey Reports&lt;/a&gt; represent one of the better known data sets. This information, collected between 1948 and 1953, from interviews with about 10,000 people suggests that this kind of sexual activity is uncommon. Many forms of sexual behavior were reported by Kinsey&#39;s subjects, but the official Kinsey Reports web site does not mention threesomes, group sex or group sex in the summary of Kinsey&#39;s findings.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Safety&quot; id=&quot;Safety&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Group_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Safety&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Safety&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since the beginning of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS&quot; title=&quot;AIDS&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/a&gt; epidemic, group sex is widely considered a dangerous activity, precipitating crackdowns on venues where it takes place. In response to the threat of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_infection&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted infection&quot;&gt;sexually transmitted infection&lt;/a&gt;, some people have begun to organize safer sex party in order to give people who enjoy group sex a risk-reduced way to participate in it. Such events typically do not involve &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Intercourse&quot;&gt;intercourse&lt;/a&gt; or sex without necessary barrier methods such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom&quot; title=&quot;Condom&quot;&gt;condoms&lt;/a&gt;, focusing on group masturbation, protected &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt;, the use of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy&quot; title=&quot;Sex toy&quot;&gt;sex toys&lt;/a&gt;, or other activities involving minimal risk of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_infection&quot; title=&quot;Sexually transmitted infection&quot;&gt;STI&lt;/a&gt; transmission. Many venues where group sex often take place provide condoms, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_dam&quot; title=&quot;Dental dam&quot;&gt;dental dams&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latex&quot; title=&quot;Latex&quot;&gt;latex&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glove&quot; title=&quot;Glove&quot;&gt;gloves&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubricant&quot; title=&quot;Lubricant&quot;&gt;lubricant&lt;/a&gt;, or other tools for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_sex&quot; title=&quot;Safe sex&quot;&gt;safer sex&lt;/a&gt; to participants. However, sex involving potential fluid exchange is considered a major risk factor for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV&quot; title=&quot;HIV&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/a&gt; or other diseases.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consent&quot; title=&quot;Consent&quot;&gt;Consent&lt;/a&gt; can also be an issue for participants of group sex, because individual participants may not want to perform certain acts (for example they may only want non-penetrative sex) and it can be difficult to establish clearly defined boundaries before group sex begins. Most organized forms of group sex impose restrictions or use customs to ensure that all sex involved is consensual; for example, some groups have specific non-verbal cues (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_contact&quot; title=&quot;Eye contact&quot;&gt;eye contact&lt;/a&gt;, hand gestures) used to communicate consent or lack thereof. Furthermore, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol&quot; title=&quot;Alcohol&quot;&gt;alcohol&lt;/a&gt; and other drugs may be seen as risk factors for unwanted sexual contact during group sex. While the term “&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgy&quot; title=&quot;Orgy&quot;&gt;orgy&lt;/a&gt;” is used to refer to consensual group sex, it (and other terms such as &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangbang&quot; title=&quot;Gangbang&quot;&gt;gangbang&lt;/a&gt;&quot; or &quot;pulling a train&quot;) can also be used to refer to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault&quot; title=&quot;Sexual assault&quot;&gt;sexual assault&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_rape&quot; title=&quot;Pack rape&quot;&gt;committed by a group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Sexual_positions_and_combinations_possible_only_in_group_sex&quot; id=&quot;Sexual_positions_and_combinations_possible_only_in_group_sex&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Group_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Sexual positions and combinations possible only in group sex&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Sexual positions and combinations possible only in group sex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sex_positions#Group_sex&quot; title=&quot;List of sex positions&quot;&gt;list of sex positions for group sex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Initialism_codes&quot; id=&quot;Initialism_codes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Group_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Initialism codes&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Initialism codes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PeterFendi_Erotic_Scene.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Peter Fendi portrayed group sex in lithography, c. 1834&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Peter Fendi portrayed group sex in lithography, c. 1834&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/PeterFendi_Erotic_Scene.jpg/180px-PeterFendi_Erotic_Scene.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;272&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PeterFendi_Erotic_Scene.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fendi&quot; title=&quot;Peter Fendi&quot;&gt;Peter Fendi&lt;/a&gt; portrayed group sex in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography&quot; title=&quot;Lithography&quot;&gt;lithography&lt;/a&gt;, c. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1834&quot; title=&quot;1834&quot;&gt;1834&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;A system of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym_and_initialism&quot; title=&quot;Acronym and initialism&quot;&gt;initialisms&lt;/a&gt; has evolved to describe the variety of group sex arrangements. These codes can appear in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_literature&quot; title=&quot;Erotic literature&quot;&gt;erotic literature&lt;/a&gt; and film descriptions, member profiles in online communities, and personal ads. These codes consist of arrangements of the letters &lt;i&gt;M&lt;/i&gt; (for &lt;i&gt;male&lt;/i&gt;) and &lt;i&gt;F&lt;/i&gt; (for &lt;i&gt;female&lt;/i&gt;). Adjacent letters explicitly signify sexual contact between the participants represented by those letters, though this does not necessarily mean there is no contact between the other participants. For example, &lt;i&gt;MMF&lt;/i&gt; would signify a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nage_%C3%A0_trois&quot; title=&quot;Ménage à trois&quot;&gt;ménage à trois&lt;/a&gt; of two men and one woman in which the center male has sexual contact with the other male and the female, and in which it is not specified whether there is contact between the female and the other male. &lt;i&gt;MFMF&lt;/i&gt; (situation pictured in photo to left), on the other hand, implies no same-sex contact.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Variations on this system exist that use case to convey more information. Within the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domination_%26_submission_%28BDSM%29&quot; title=&quot;Domination &amp;amp; submission (BDSM)&quot;&gt;D/s&lt;/a&gt; subcultures, upper and lower case letters can signify &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_%28BDSM%29&quot; title=&quot;Dominant (BDSM)&quot;&gt;dominant&lt;/a&gt; (or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_%28BDSM%29&quot; title=&quot;Top (BDSM)&quot;&gt;top&lt;/a&gt;) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submissive_%28BDSM%29&quot; title=&quot;Submissive (BDSM)&quot;&gt;submissive&lt;/a&gt; (or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_%28BDSM%29&quot; title=&quot;Bottom (BDSM)&quot;&gt;bottom&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Bukkake&quot; id=&quot;Bukkake&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Group_sex&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Bukkake&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Bukkake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake&quot; title=&quot;Bukkake&quot;&gt;Bukkake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake&quot; title=&quot;Bukkake&quot;&gt;Bukkake&lt;/a&gt; is a group sex practice seen in pornography where a series of men take turns to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaculation&quot; title=&quot;Ejaculation&quot;&gt;ejaculate&lt;/a&gt; on a kneeling recipient. At the end of the process, the recipient may drink the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semen&quot; title=&quot;Semen&quot;&gt;semen&lt;/a&gt;. Its first filming is credited to adult filmmaker &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiko_Matsumoto&quot; title=&quot;Kazuhiko Matsumoto&quot;&gt;Kazuhiko Matsumoto&lt;/a&gt; in 1998. Bukkake originally became a porn trend because of the mandatory porn &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelization&quot; title=&quot;Pixelization&quot;&gt;mosaic&lt;/a&gt; in Japan. Since the directors could not show penetration they had to figure out new, visually appealing ways to approach sex acts that would satisfy the audience without violating Japanese law. Some women have gone public regarding their sexual enjoyment of bukkake; one prominent example is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Millet&quot; title=&quot;Catherine Millet&quot;&gt;Catherine Millet&lt;/a&gt;. But women are not the only ones that seem to like bukkake. Some men have testified to the fact that they th</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/1110338155606226261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/1110338155606226261' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1110338155606226261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1110338155606226261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/group-sex.html' title='Group sex'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-4075706251653899408</id><published>2007-12-22T18:25:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:25:32.835-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Amateur pornography</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Amateur pornography&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Amateur pornography&lt;/b&gt; is a category of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt; that features models or actors performing without pay, or for whom this material is their first or only paid modeling work. The label is also sometimes applied to professionally-produced pornography which mimics genuinely amateur work.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography#Types_of_amateur_pornography&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Types of amateur pornography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography#Amateur_pornography_and_the_Internet&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Amateur pornography and the Internet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography#Recent_trends&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Recent trends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Types_of_amateur_pornography&quot; id=&quot;Types_of_amateur_pornography&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amateur_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Types of amateur pornography&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Types of amateur pornography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Truly amateur pornography includes pornographic home movies and photographs shot by couples or individuals for their private entertainment, as well as amateur movies created for noncommercial distribution among friends. Several celebrities, most notably &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Anderson&quot; title=&quot;Pamela Anderson&quot;&gt;Pamela Anderson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Hilton&quot; title=&quot;Paris Hilton&quot;&gt;Paris Hilton&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lee&quot; title=&quot;Tommy Lee&quot;&gt;Tommy Lee&lt;/a&gt;, have seen their pornographic home movies illegally distributed commercially by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Warshavsky&quot; title=&quot;Seth Warshavsky&quot;&gt;Internet Entertainment Group&lt;/a&gt;. Home movies may additionally be distributed commercially; for example, a group may throw a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_party&quot; title=&quot;Sex party&quot;&gt;sex party&lt;/a&gt; mainly for the fun of it and agree to sell documentary footage of the events.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Professionally produced amateur pornography - often referred to as &quot;pro-am porn&quot; within the industry - involves &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional&quot; title=&quot;Professional&quot;&gt;professionals&lt;/a&gt; behind the camera but amateur actors, often either first time performers or relative newcomers to pornography. On some occasions a professional actor may appear with the amateur actors. One popular form of pro-am porn are series that purport to introduce new actors appearing for the first time in porn. They often feature a format in which a host introduces a model, interviews her/him about their past sex life, sexual interests, why she/he decided to appear in porn, etc. and they have the actress/actor perform various &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex&quot; title=&quot;Sex&quot;&gt;sex&lt;/a&gt; acts including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Masturbation&quot;&gt;masturbation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral sex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;intercourse&lt;/a&gt;, and sometimes &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian&quot; title=&quot;Lesbian&quot;&gt;lesbian&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay&quot; title=&quot;Gay&quot;&gt;gay&lt;/a&gt; sex acts. In some cases the host may engage in sex with the model or a professional &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornstar&quot; title=&quot;Pornstar&quot;&gt;pornstar&lt;/a&gt; may be used instead. In some cases only amateur actors may be used in a scene such a boyfriend and girlfriend, husband and wife, or same-sex friends.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In some cases, a distinction is made between &quot;independent porn&quot; and &quot;pro-am porn&quot;, in that pro-am videos are generally made by porn industry insiders who have access to the normal distribution channels through which most adult videos are marketed, whereas independent porn videos are made outside of this system and are available only by mail order through a catalog or website. The rise of the internet as a major porn venue has confounded many of these distinctions, as the majority of internet pornography is produced outside of the relatively centralized &quot;studio system&quot; in which the majority of adult videos were produced.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some so-called amateur porn is not really amateur in any real sense of the term but actually a professionally produced simulation of amateur porn, using such techniques as poor lighting, varying body types and, in the case film or video, omitting a narrative. They sometimes employ anonymous &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_worker&quot; title=&quot;Sex worker&quot;&gt;sex workers&lt;/a&gt; as performers. Note that some pornographers label pornography not containing any traditional hallmarks of amateur pornography, even the simulated variety, as &quot;amateur&quot; and thus the designation may not always be useful in determining the actual type of content in such pornography.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some people argue that it is the intended audience that distinguishes amateur porn from other forms such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude&quot; title=&quot;Nude&quot;&gt;nude&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography&quot; title=&quot;Photography&quot;&gt;photography&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography&quot; title=&quot;Glamour photography&quot;&gt;glamour photography&lt;/a&gt;. As such, some consider the term more useful as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing&quot; title=&quot;Marketing&quot;&gt;marketing&lt;/a&gt; category than as a well-defined subclass of pornography.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Amateur_pornography_and_the_Internet&quot; id=&quot;Amateur_pornography_and_the_Internet&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amateur_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Amateur pornography and the Internet&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Amateur pornography and the Internet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;As the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet&quot; title=&quot;Internet&quot;&gt;Internet&lt;/a&gt; created easy access and distribution for pornography, producers realized that they could earn easy money as users were paying as much for cheap, shoddy work as they were for high quality pornography. But as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web&quot; title=&quot;World Wide Web&quot;&gt;Web&lt;/a&gt; porn industry matured, the majority of consumers began to demand a certain degree of production quality to the films and videos on offer. For a time, authentic amateur porn dropped off in popularity as casual producers were slowly bumped out of the market. However, a backlash against overly produced pornography created a permanent market for amateur porn as a category of production style and content. This trend has more recently created &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Reality pornography&quot;&gt;Reality porn&lt;/a&gt; which is a more amateur-style approach to professionally produced content. But there are also many genuine amateur sites on the web created without a profit motive in mind, where all of the content is submitted by users who took the photographs and video themselves. Some of these sites, like Privatevoyeur.com and Voyeurweb.com are free, while others, like cynthiak.com charge a membership fee for access and age verification. Many are independently run by the women themselves, such as femnudist and the now-defunct &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennicam&quot; title=&quot;Jennicam&quot;&gt;jennicam&lt;/a&gt;. It is unknown what legal effect, if any, will be felt by this segment of the internet, based on recent modifications to 2257 Laws concerning published adult material.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Recent_trends&quot; id=&quot;Recent_trends&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amateur_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Recent trends&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Recent trends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Like traditional magazine and VHS/DVD-based pornography, internet pornography has long been a profitable venture. However, with the rise of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0&quot; title=&quot;Web 2.0&quot;&gt;Web 2.0&lt;/a&gt; ventures and amateur pornography, websites based upon the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube&quot; title=&quot;YouTube&quot;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; platform of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-generated_content&quot; title=&quot;User-generated content&quot;&gt;user-generated content&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_sharing&quot; title=&quot;Video sharing&quot;&gt;video sharing&lt;/a&gt; have become very popular. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_hosting_service&quot; title=&quot;Video hosting service&quot;&gt;Video hosting service&lt;/a&gt; websites (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouPorn&quot; title=&quot;YouPorn&quot;&gt;YouPorn&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PornoTube&quot; title=&quot;PornoTube&quot;&gt;PornoTube&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shufuni&quot; title=&quot;Shufuni&quot;&gt;Shufuni&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redtube&quot; title=&quot;Redtube&quot;&gt;Redtube&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex2ube&quot; title=&quot;Sex2ube&quot;&gt;Sex2ube&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornhub&quot; title=&quot;Pornhub&quot;&gt;Pornhub&lt;/a&gt; etc.) feature free user-uploaded amateur pornography and have become the most visited pornography websites on the entire internet as users seek to bypass the spam, ads, viruses, and troublesome cookies associated with pay sites.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since the content of these websites is entirely free and of reasonably high quality, and because most of the videos are full-length instead of short clips, these websites have been criticized for sharply cutting in to the profits of pay-per-view pornographic websites and traditional magazine and DVD-based pornography.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Pornography based on video game system networks (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Wii pornography&quot;&gt;Wii pornography&lt;/a&gt;, etc.), pornography on cell phones, and other alternative methods of distribution have also been gaining popularity in the last few years.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/4075706251653899408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/4075706251653899408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/4075706251653899408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/4075706251653899408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/amateur-pornography.html' title='Amateur pornography'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-7515096966995949413</id><published>2007-12-22T18:24:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:24:59.191-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Homosexuality</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Homosexuality&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;metadata plainlinks&quot; id=&quot;administrator&quot; style=&quot;position: absolute; z-index: 100; right: 55px; top: 9px;&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy&quot; title=&quot;This page has been semi-protected from editing.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Padlock-silver-medium.svg/20px-Padlock-silver-medium.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;20&quot; width=&quot;20&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;table class=&quot;infobox&quot; style=&quot;width: 15em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;font-size: 110%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT&quot; title=&quot;LGBT&quot;&gt;LGBT&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_studies&quot; title=&quot;Queer studies&quot;&gt;Queer studies&lt;/a&gt; series&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;floatnone&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gay_flag.svg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Rainbow flag&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Rainbow flag&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Gay_flag.svg/125px-Gay_flag.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;77&quot; width=&quot;125&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; 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&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style=&quot;font-size: 90%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history&quot; title=&quot;Timeline of LGBT history&quot;&gt;Timeline&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Liberation&quot; title=&quot;Gay Liberation&quot;&gt;Gay Liberation&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_social_movements&quot; title=&quot;LGBT social movements&quot;&gt;Social movements&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_AIDS&quot; title=&quot;Timeline of AIDS&quot;&gt;AIDS timeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(51, 136, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_and_gender_identity-based_cultures&quot; title=&quot;Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures&quot;&gt;Culture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style=&quot;font-size: 90%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_community&quot; title=&quot;Gay community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride&quot; title=&quot;Gay pride&quot;&gt;Pride&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_out&quot; title=&quot;Coming out&quot;&gt;Coming out&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_slang&quot; title=&quot;Gay slang&quot;&gt;Gay slang&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_village&quot; title=&quot;Gay village&quot;&gt;Gay village&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory&quot; title=&quot;Queer theory&quot;&gt;Queer theory&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_homosexuality&quot; title=&quot;Religion and homosexuality&quot;&gt;Religion&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_symbols&quot; title=&quot;LGBT symbols&quot;&gt;Symbols&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer&quot; title=&quot;Queer&quot;&gt;Queer&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questioning_%28sexuality_and_gender%29&quot; title=&quot;Questioning (sexuality and gender)&quot;&gt;Questioning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_laws_of_the_world&quot; title=&quot;Homosexuality laws of the world&quot;&gt;Law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style=&quot;font-size: 90%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage&quot; title=&quot;Same-sex marriage&quot;&gt;Marriage&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_union&quot; title=&quot;Civil union&quot;&gt;Civil union&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_adoption&quot; title=&quot;LGBT adoption&quot;&gt;Adoption&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_law&quot; title=&quot;Sodomy law&quot;&gt;Sodomy law&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_military_service&quot; title=&quot;Sexual orientation and military service&quot;&gt;Military service&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime&quot; title=&quot;Hate crime&quot;&gt;Hate crime&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country&quot; title=&quot;LGBT rights by country&quot;&gt;Laws by country&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(170, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT&quot; title=&quot;Category:LGBT&quot;&gt;Categories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint plainlinksneverexpand&quot; style=&quot;padding: 0pt; background-color: transparent; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;This box: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:LGBT&quot; title=&quot;Template:LGBT&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;View this template&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;view&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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Please use the preview button before saving.&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table class=&quot;infobox noprint&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 0.95em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;font-size: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.5em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Sexual orientation&quot;&gt;Sexual orientation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 0.9em;&quot;&gt;Part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexology&quot; title=&quot;Sexology&quot;&gt;sexology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208);&quot;&gt;Distinctions&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality&quot; title=&quot;Asexuality&quot;&gt;Asexuality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexuality&quot; title=&quot;Bisexuality&quot;&gt;Bisexuality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality&quot; title=&quot;Heterosexuality&quot;&gt;Heterosexuality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;selflink&quot;&gt;Homosexuality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality&quot; title=&quot;Pansexuality&quot;&gt;Pansexuality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia&quot; title=&quot;Paraphilia&quot;&gt;Paraphilia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208);&quot;&gt;Labels&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay&quot; title=&quot;Gay&quot;&gt;Gay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian&quot; title=&quot;Lesbian&quot;&gt;Lesbian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer&quot; title=&quot;Queer&quot;&gt;Queer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questioning_%28sexuality_and_gender%29&quot; title=&quot;Questioning (sexuality and gender)&quot;&gt;Questioning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208);&quot;&gt;Methods&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale&quot; title=&quot;Kinsey scale&quot;&gt;Kinsey scale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_Sexual_Orientation_Grid&quot; title=&quot;Klein Sexual Orientation Grid&quot;&gt;Klein Grid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208);&quot;&gt;Study&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Biology and sexual orientation&quot;&gt;Biology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Demographics of sexual orientation&quot;&gt;Demographics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_medicine&quot; title=&quot;Sexual orientation and medicine&quot;&gt;Medicine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208);&quot;&gt;Animal&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_animals&quot; title=&quot;Homosexuality in animals&quot;&gt;Homosexuality in animals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style=&quot;background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208);&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersexuality&quot; title=&quot;Intersexuality&quot;&gt;Intersex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender&quot; title=&quot;Transgender&quot;&gt;Transgender&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexualism&quot; title=&quot;Transsexualism&quot;&gt;Transsexual&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint plainlinksneverexpand&quot; style=&quot;padding: 0pt; background-color: transparent; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;This box: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Template:Sexual orientation&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;View this template&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;view&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 80%;&quot;&gt;•&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Template talk:Sexual orientation&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 43, 184);&quot; title=&quot;Discussion about this template&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 80%;&quot;&gt;•&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Sexual_orientation&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; 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Please use the preview button before saving.&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Homosexuality&lt;/b&gt; can refer to both &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_attraction&quot; title=&quot;Sexual attraction&quot;&gt;attraction&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior&quot; title=&quot;Human sexual behavior&quot;&gt;sexual behavior&lt;/a&gt; between organisms of the same &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex&quot; title=&quot;Sex&quot;&gt;sex&lt;/a&gt;, or to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation&quot; title=&quot;Sexual orientation&quot;&gt;sexual orientation&lt;/a&gt;. When describing the latter, it refers to enduring sexual and romantic attraction towards those of the same sex, but not necessarily to sexual behavior.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-apahelp_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#_note-apahelp&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Homosexuality is contrasted with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality&quot; title=&quot;Heterosexuality&quot;&gt;heterosexuality&lt;/a&gt; (attraction, behavior, or orientation between opposite sexes), &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexuality&quot; title=&quot;Bisexuality&quot;&gt;bisexuality&lt;/a&gt; (both sexes), and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality&quot; title=&quot;Asexuality&quot;&gt;asexuality&lt;/a&gt; (neither sex).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Etymologically, the word &lt;i&gt;homosexual&lt;/i&gt; is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek&quot; title=&quot;Ancient Greek&quot;&gt;Greek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin&quot; title=&quot;Latin&quot;&gt;Latin&lt;/a&gt; hybrid with &lt;i&gt;homo&lt;/i&gt; (often confused with the later Latin meaning of &quot;man&quot;, as in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens&quot; title=&quot;Homo sapiens&quot;&gt;homo sapiens&lt;/a&gt;) deriving from the Greek word for &lt;i&gt;same&lt;/i&gt;, thus connoting sexual acts and affections between members of the same sex, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian&quot; title=&quot;Lesbian&quot;&gt;lesbianism&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-uwaterloo_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#_note-uwaterloo&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In the English-speaking world, the term &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay&quot; title=&quot;Gay&quot;&gt;gay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; had been used within the subculture for decades before becoming popularized by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_social_movements&quot; title=&quot;LGBT social movements&quot;&gt;gay rights movement&lt;/a&gt; in the 1970s.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since August 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In a narrow sense, &lt;i&gt;gay&lt;/i&gt; refers to male homosexuality, but it often is used in its broadest sense, especially in media headlines and reports, to refer to homosexuality in general. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian&quot; title=&quot;Lesbian&quot;&gt;Lesbian&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/i&gt; however, always denotes female homosexuality.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Homosexual behavior occurs among numerous animals other than humans, particularly among social animals.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-The_Gay_Animal_Kingdom_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#_note-The_Gay_Animal_Kingdom&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/7515096966995949413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/7515096966995949413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/7515096966995949413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/7515096966995949413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/homosexuality.html' title='Homosexuality'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-1421440655033936534</id><published>2007-12-22T18:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:24:19.743-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sexual fetishism</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Sexual fetishism&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;div id=&quot;contentSub&quot;&gt;(Redirected from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexual_Fetishism&amp;amp;redirect=no&quot; title=&quot;Sexual Fetishism&quot;&gt;Sexual Fetishism&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;          &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Fetishism#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Fetishism#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 302px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:100_1895.JPG&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;A public display of fetishistic art in California.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A public display of fetishistic art in California.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/100_1895.JPG/300px-100_1895.JPG&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:100_1895.JPG&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; A public display of fetishistic art in California.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;infobox sisterproject&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;floatleft&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikinews-logo.svg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Wikinews-logo.svg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/45px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png&quot; 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Body parts may also be subject to sexual fetishes (also known as &lt;i&gt;partialism&lt;/i&gt;) in which the preferred body part for the fetishist takes a sexual precedent over the owner. Sexual Fetishism may be regarded as a disorder of sexual preference, or as an enhancing element to a relationship.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-icd_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Fetishism#_note-icd&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The concept has its origins in the 18th century with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Brosses&quot; title=&quot;Charles de Brosses&quot;&gt;Charles de Brosses&lt;/a&gt;&#39; theory of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Fetishism&quot;&gt;fetishism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; as a primary stage in the evolution of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion&quot; title=&quot;Religion&quot;&gt;religion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Fetishism#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, and from the advent of psychosexual/psychodynamic theories of society and individuals in 19th century Europe by (amongst others) psychologist &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Binet&quot; title=&quot;Alfred Binet&quot;&gt;Alfred Binet&lt;/a&gt;, German philosopher &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dessoir&quot; title=&quot;Max Dessoir&quot;&gt;Max Dessoir&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Fetishism#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud&quot; title=&quot;Sigmund Freud&quot;&gt;Sigmund Freud&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Freud_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Fetishism#_note-Freud&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/1421440655033936534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/1421440655033936534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1421440655033936534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1421440655033936534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/sexual-fetishism.html' title='Sexual fetishism'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-865513166031596152</id><published>2007-12-22T18:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:23:38.088-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sexploitation</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Sexploitation&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;table style=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-notice&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-image&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;width: 52px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wiki_letter_w.svg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Wiki letter w.svg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;44&quot; width=&quot;44&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-text&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please help &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexploitation&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexploitation&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;improve this article or section&lt;/a&gt; by expanding it.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Further information might be found on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sexploitation&quot; title=&quot;Talk:Sexploitation&quot;&gt;talk page&lt;/a&gt; or at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_expansion&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Requests for expansion&quot;&gt;requests for expansion&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;i&gt;(January 2007)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sexploitation&lt;/b&gt; or &quot;sex-exploitation&quot; describe a class of independently produced, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_budget&quot; title=&quot;Low budget&quot;&gt;low budget&lt;/a&gt; feature films generally associated with the 1960s and serving largely as a vehicle for the exhibition of non-explicit sexual situations and/or gratuitous nudity. The term is often considered to designate a subgenre of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_film&quot; title=&quot;Exploitation film&quot;&gt;exploitation films&lt;/a&gt; as a whole. Sexploitation films were generally exhibited in urban &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindhouse&quot; title=&quot;Grindhouse&quot;&gt;grindhouse theatres&lt;/a&gt;, the precursor to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_movie&quot; title=&quot;Adult movie&quot;&gt;adult movie&lt;/a&gt; theaters of the 1970s and &#39;80s that featured &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Hardcore pornography&quot;&gt;hardcore&lt;/a&gt; content. The term &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft-core&quot; title=&quot;Soft-core&quot;&gt;soft-core&lt;/a&gt; is often used to designate non-explicit sexploitation films after the general legalization of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Hardcore pornography&quot;&gt;hardcore&lt;/a&gt; content. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudist_film&quot; title=&quot;Nudist film&quot;&gt;Nudist films&lt;/a&gt; are often considered to be subgenres of the sex-exploitation genre as well.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#White_coaters&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;White coaters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#Notable_sexploitation_directors&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Notable sexploitation directors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#Notes&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;White_coaters&quot; id=&quot;White_coaters&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexploitation&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: White coaters&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;White coaters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the late &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960s&quot; title=&quot;1960s&quot;&gt;1960s&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;American&lt;/a&gt; obscenity laws were tested by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden&quot; title=&quot;Sweden&quot;&gt;Swedish&lt;/a&gt; film, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Curious_%28Yellow%29&quot; title=&quot;I Am Curious (Yellow)&quot;&gt;I Am Curious (Yellow)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Because of the ruling by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court&quot; title=&quot;United States Supreme Court&quot;&gt;United States Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;, allowing the film on the basis of its educational context, the late 1960s and early &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s&quot; title=&quot;1970s&quot;&gt;1970s&lt;/a&gt; saw a number of sexploitation films which were widely referred to as &quot;white coaters&quot; because a doctor would give an introduction to the graphic content, dressed in a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_coat&quot; title=&quot;White coat&quot;&gt;white coat&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_Love&quot; title=&quot;Language of Love&quot;&gt;Language of Love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and other Swedish and American films capitalized on this idea until the laws were relaxed.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/865513166031596152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/865513166031596152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/865513166031596152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/865513166031596152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/sexploitation.html' title='Sexploitation'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-6631997705286060246</id><published>2007-12-22T18:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:23:09.380-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Non-nude photography</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Non-nude photography&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-nude_photography#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-nude_photography#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;table style=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-image&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;width: 52px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Question_book-3.svg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Question book-3.svg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Question_book-3.svg/50px-Question_book-3.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;39&quot; width=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-text&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This article does not &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources&quot; 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&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1luda_087.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;an example of non-nude erotic photography&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;an example of non-nude erotic photography&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/1luda_087.jpg/180px-1luda_087.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;135&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1luda_087.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; an example of non-nude erotic photography&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Non-nude photography&lt;/b&gt;, also called &quot;&lt;b&gt;NN&lt;/b&gt;&quot; or simply &quot;&lt;b&gt;non-nude&lt;/b&gt;&quot;, is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre&quot; title=&quot;Genre&quot;&gt;genre&lt;/a&gt; of photography which contains &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic&quot; title=&quot;Erotic&quot;&gt;sexually suggestive&lt;/a&gt; images of human subjects intended to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_response_cycle#Excitement_phase&quot; title=&quot;Human sexual response cycle&quot;&gt;arouse&lt;/a&gt;, but never complete &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudity&quot; title=&quot;Nudity&quot;&gt;nudity&lt;/a&gt;. The genre is closely tied to certain &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_communities&quot; title=&quot;Online communities&quot;&gt;online communities&lt;/a&gt; whose purpose is the sharing of photos within the genre. Non-nude communities vary in the level of sexuality they allow, and whether or not they permit &quot;implied nudity&quot; and the depiction of sexual acts. Not only an online phenomenon, non-nude photography is the focus of such contemporary &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lad_mags&quot; title=&quot;Lad mags&quot;&gt;lad mags&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29&quot; title=&quot;Maxim (magazine)&quot;&gt;Maxim&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM&quot; title=&quot;FHM&quot;&gt;FHM&lt;/a&gt;, which showcase scantily-clad photos, often of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity&quot; title=&quot;Celebrity&quot;&gt;celebrity&lt;/a&gt; subjects. Detractors of non-nude photography claim it is unequivocal &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Softcore pornography&quot;&gt;softcore pornography&lt;/a&gt;, and prefer to call it &quot;non-nude pornography&quot;; a label that is not favored by adherents of the genre. Non-nude photography can be of both candid subjects and professional &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_%28person%29&quot; title=&quot;Model (person)&quot;&gt;models&lt;/a&gt;, can include the subject in normal street clothes, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimwear&quot; title=&quot;Swimwear&quot;&gt;swimwear&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingerie&quot; title=&quot;Lingerie&quot;&gt;lingerie&lt;/a&gt;, and even technically nudity through obscuring the private areas with such techniques as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbra&quot; title=&quot;Handbra&quot;&gt;handbra&lt;/a&gt;, or careful posing. The vast majority of websites featuring non-nude photos focus on photos of women.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fans of NN often consider it a hobby, and cite a number of reasons for participation: some are not &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroused&quot; title=&quot;Aroused&quot;&gt;aroused&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Hardcore pornography&quot;&gt;hardcore pornography&lt;/a&gt; or prefer the look of clothed people to nudes, some wish to avoid the stigma or consequences of visiting pornographic websites, and others simply point out that many attractive people refuse to be photographed completely nude. Older men who frequent NN sites with underage content could be classified as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia&quot; title=&quot;Ephebophilia&quot;&gt;ephebophiles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The origins of the non-nude photography are highly debated, but many in the &quot;NN community&quot; trace their roots to various &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet&quot; title=&quot;Usenet&quot;&gt;Usenet&lt;/a&gt; photography groups in the days before the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet&quot; title=&quot;Internet&quot;&gt;Internet&lt;/a&gt;. Many NN sites have existed for years, although there is a high turnover rate and a number of major sites—and hundreds of obscure sites—come and go each year. The use of personal computers and high-speed Internet connections has proliferated growth and popularity of NN among younger web-surfers.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/6631997705286060246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/6631997705286060246' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/6631997705286060246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/6631997705286060246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/non-nude-photography.html' title='Non-nude photography'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-6517717673733047865</id><published>2007-12-22T18:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:10:55.711-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ist of pornographic sub-genres</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;ist of pornographic sub-genres&lt;/h1&gt;   &lt;div id=&quot;bodyContent&quot;&gt;    &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;p&gt;The following are common &lt;b&gt;sub-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre&quot; title=&quot;Genre&quot;&gt;genres&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. This list may not be comprehensive, as there are many genres of pornography. Pornographic films may include elements of more than one genre.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The two main distinctions of pornography are between &lt;b&gt;softcore&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;hardcore&lt;/b&gt; pornography.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore&quot; title=&quot;Softcore&quot;&gt;Softcore pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; generally depicts naked or partially clothed &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women&quot; title=&quot;Women&quot;&gt;women&lt;/a&gt; in alluring poses, but does not show &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_activity&quot; title=&quot;Sexual activity&quot;&gt;sexual activity&lt;/a&gt;, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_penetration&quot; title=&quot;Sexual penetration&quot;&gt;sexual penetration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Hardcore pornography&quot;&gt;Hardcore pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; depicts graphic sexual acts. Most of the genres in this list are of hardcore pornography.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#By_physical_characteristics_of_participants&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;By physical characteristics of participants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Age&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Age&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Body_features&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Body features&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Race&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Race&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Subculture&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Subculture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Fetish&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Fetish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Bondage.2FBDSM&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Bondage/BDSM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Bodily_functions&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Bodily functions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Other_fetish&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Other fetish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Lesbian.2C_gay.2C_bisexual.2C_transsexual&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Men_with_men&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Men with men&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Women_with_women&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Women with women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Men_and_women&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Men and women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Transsexual_people&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Transsexual people&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Reality&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Reality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Specific_sex_acts&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Specific sex acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Anal&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Anal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Other_sex_acts&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Other sex acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Other_categories&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Other categories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Computer-generated.2C_interactive.2C_and_animated&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Computer-generated, interactive, and animated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Miscellaneous&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Miscellaneous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#General&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;General&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Usually_illegal&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6.2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Usually illegal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;By_physical_characteristics_of_participants&quot; id=&quot;By_physical_characteristics_of_participants&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: By physical characteristics of participants&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;By physical characteristics of participants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Age&quot; id=&quot;Age&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Age&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Age&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age&quot; title=&quot;Middle age&quot;&gt;Mature&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers who are in their 40s and 50s and in some cases over 60.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/MILF&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikt:MILF&quot;&gt;MILF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography, which stands for &lt;i&gt;Mothers I&#39;d Like to Fuck&lt;/i&gt;, features older women in fantasy scenarios with younger men.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Teen pornography&quot;&gt;Teen pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, also known as &lt;b&gt;barely legal&lt;/b&gt; pornography depicts performers from 18 years old to early 20s and emphasizes themes such as youth, inexperience, innocence, or curiosity. Teen pornography often caters to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophile&quot; title=&quot;Ephebophile&quot;&gt;ephebophiles&lt;/a&gt;. There is considerable overlap between teen pornography and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Other_fetish&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Lolita pornography&lt;/a&gt; and some overlap with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Body_features&quot; title=&quot;List of pornographic sub-genres&quot;&gt;tiny tits pornography&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Body_features&quot; id=&quot;Body_features&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Body features&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Body features&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Beautiful_Women&quot; title=&quot;Big Beautiful Women&quot;&gt;Big Beautiful Women&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (BBW) pornography features &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overweight&quot; title=&quot;Overweight&quot;&gt;overweight&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obese&quot; title=&quot;Obese&quot;&gt;obese&lt;/a&gt; women.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Breast fetishism&quot;&gt;Big-breast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography, also called &lt;b&gt;big-boob&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;big-bust&lt;/b&gt; pornography features women with large breasts. Some viewers prefer performers with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_implants&quot; title=&quot;Breast implants&quot;&gt;breast implants&lt;/a&gt;, others prefer women who have naturally large breasts.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Big butt&lt;/b&gt; pornography features women with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badonkadonk&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Badonkadonk&quot;&gt;large buttocks&lt;/a&gt;. This genre eroticizes the buttocks and anus, and often overlaps with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Anal&quot; title=&quot;List of pornographic sub-genres&quot;&gt;anal pornography&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hairy&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves conspicuous amounts of body and/or pubic hair. Because of the increased trend toward total &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depilation&quot; title=&quot;Depilation&quot;&gt;depilation&lt;/a&gt; in contemporary pornography, the presence of any pubic hair at all on a model, even when groomed, is sometimes considered as making the model &quot;hairy&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Foot fetishism&quot;&gt;Leg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography has an extreme emphasis on women&#39;s legs and feet.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tiny tits&lt;/b&gt; pornography features women with very small breasts. These women are often portrayed as teenagers. There is some overlap between tiny tits pornograhy, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Age&quot; title=&quot;List of pornographic sub-genres&quot;&gt;teen pornography&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Other_fetish&quot; title=&quot;List of pornographic sub-genres&quot;&gt;Lolita pornography&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Race&quot; id=&quot;Race&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Race&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Race&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Race-oriented pornography&quot;&gt;Race-oriented pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;Race-oriented pornography does not always feature performers who are actually of the race listed in the title. Performers are sometimes billed as being of a certain race, if their facial features, body shape, or skin color fit a publicly accepted idea of what people of that race look like. Some performers are billed as being of one race, and then of another, depending on the film.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_people&quot; title=&quot;Asian people&quot;&gt;Asian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers who are (or appear to be) Asian.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%28people%29&quot; title=&quot;Black (people)&quot;&gt;Ebony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;black&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers who are (or appear to be) &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%28people%29&quot; title=&quot;Black (people)&quot;&gt;black&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Interracial pornography&quot;&gt;Interracial pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; usually features sex between people of different racial backgrounds, but is more associated with pairing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%28people%29&quot; title=&quot;Black (people)&quot;&gt;black&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_%28race%29&quot; title=&quot;White (race)&quot;&gt;white&lt;/a&gt; actors and actresses.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_India&quot; title=&quot;Pornography in India&quot;&gt;Indian pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; features performers who are (or appear to be) Indian.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Inline-Template&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;The material in the vicinity of this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s) since July 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot;&gt;verification needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latino&quot; title=&quot;Latino&quot;&gt;Latina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/&lt;b&gt;Latin&lt;/b&gt; pornography features female performers who are (or appear to be) from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America&quot; title=&quot;Latin America&quot;&gt;Latin America&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Europe&quot; title=&quot;Latin Europe&quot;&gt;Latin Europe&lt;/a&gt;. Most are of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_people&quot; title=&quot;Spanish people&quot;&gt;Spanish&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_people&quot; title=&quot;Portuguese people&quot;&gt;Portuguese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas&quot; title=&quot;Indigenous peoples of the Americas&quot;&gt;Native American&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestiza&quot; title=&quot;Mestiza&quot;&gt;Mestiza&lt;/a&gt; descent.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern&quot; title=&quot;Middle Eastern&quot;&gt;Middle Eastern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography centers around the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo&quot; title=&quot;Taboo&quot;&gt;taboo&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab&quot; title=&quot;Hijab&quot;&gt;unveiling&lt;/a&gt; women from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic&quot; title=&quot;Islamic&quot;&gt;Islamic&lt;/a&gt; countries.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Inline-Template&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;The material in the vicinity of this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s) since July 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Verifiability&quot;&gt;verification needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Subculture&quot; id=&quot;Subculture&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Subculture&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Subculture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_porn&quot; title=&quot;Alt porn&quot;&gt;Alt porn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; features performers with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo&quot; title=&quot;Tattoo&quot;&gt;tattoos&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piercing&quot; title=&quot;Piercing&quot;&gt;piercings&lt;/a&gt;, unusually coloured hair, or who have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture&quot; title=&quot;Goth subculture&quot;&gt;goth&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock&quot; title=&quot;Punk rock&quot;&gt;punk rock&lt;/a&gt; appearance.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Fetish&quot; id=&quot;Fetish&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Fetish&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Fetish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;boilerplate seealso&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Sexual fetishism&quot;&gt;Sexual fetishism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Bondage.2FBDSM&quot; id=&quot;Bondage.2FBDSM&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Bondage/BDSM&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Bondage/BDSM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondage_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Bondage pornography&quot;&gt;Bondage pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; features performers tied up or constrained in various ways.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography depicts a wide range of related activities.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rough sex&lt;/b&gt; pornography is similar to pornography featuring &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadomasochism&quot; title=&quot;Sadomasochism&quot;&gt;sadomasochism&lt;/a&gt;, and typically features a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top&quot; title=&quot;Top&quot;&gt;Top&lt;/a&gt; who &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humiliation&quot; title=&quot;Humiliation&quot;&gt;humiliates&lt;/a&gt; and/or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degradation&quot; title=&quot;Degradation&quot;&gt;degrades&lt;/a&gt; a Bottom while being physically &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent&quot; title=&quot;Violent&quot;&gt;violent&lt;/a&gt; towards them. Typically featured are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitting&quot; title=&quot;Hitting&quot;&gt;hitting&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choking&quot; title=&quot;Choking&quot;&gt;choking&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name-calling&quot; title=&quot;Name-calling&quot;&gt;name-calling&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair&quot; title=&quot;Hair&quot;&gt;hair&lt;/a&gt;-pulling.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape&quot; title=&quot;Rape&quot;&gt;Rape&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers simulating rape. Rape itself is a crime in most countries.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanking&quot; title=&quot;Spanking&quot;&gt;Spanking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves spanking, generally of the buttocks, with the hand or with other objects.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wired&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves the use of electrical shocks and stimuli.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Bodily_functions&quot; id=&quot;Bodily_functions&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=8&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Bodily functions&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Bodily functions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual&quot; title=&quot;Menstrual&quot;&gt;Menstrual&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; or &quot;red rhapsody&quot; pornography features sexual activities involving women who are menstruating, with a focus on the menstrual blood.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophilia&quot; title=&quot;Coprophilia&quot;&gt;Scat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; or &quot;brown&quot; pornography features defecation, manipulation of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feces&quot; title=&quot;Feces&quot;&gt;feces&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophagia&quot; title=&quot;Coprophagia&quot;&gt;consumption of feces&lt;/a&gt;, in reality or fantasy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urolagnia&quot; title=&quot;Urolagnia&quot;&gt;Watersports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features sexual activities involving &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine&quot; title=&quot;Urine&quot;&gt;urine&lt;/a&gt;, such as &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_showers&quot; title=&quot;Golden showers&quot;&gt;golden showers&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emetophilia&quot; title=&quot;Emetophilia&quot;&gt;Emetophilia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involving vomiting and gagging.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Other_fetish&quot; id=&quot;Other_fetish&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=9&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Other fetish&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Other fetish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake&quot; title=&quot;Bukkake&quot;&gt;Bukkake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves a performer, usually female, onto whom many men ejaculate.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFNM&quot; title=&quot;CFNM&quot;&gt;Clothed female, naked male&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features naked men and clothed women; typically, the women humiliate and abuse the men or perform &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio&quot;&gt;fellatio&lt;/a&gt; and/or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handjob&quot; title=&quot;Handjob&quot;&gt;handjobs&lt;/a&gt; on the men. (This is often abbreviated to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFNM&quot; title=&quot;CFNM&quot;&gt;CFNM&lt;/a&gt;.) The reverse of this, in which nude women interact with clothed men, is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMNF&quot; title=&quot;CMNF&quot;&gt;CMNF&lt;/a&gt; (Clothed male, naked female).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creampie_%28sexual_act%29&quot; title=&quot;Creampie (sexual act)&quot;&gt;Creampie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features ejaculation inside the vagina or anus, instead of external ejaculation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_fetish&quot; title=&quot;Crush fetish&quot;&gt;Crush&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features objects being crushed by an actress or actor, who generally plays an overtly dominant role. &lt;i&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Usually_illegal&quot; title=&quot;List of pornographic sub-genres&quot;&gt;Hard crush&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum_swapping&quot; title=&quot;Cum swapping&quot;&gt;Cum swapping&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves performers trading semen between their &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth&quot; title=&quot;Mouth&quot;&gt;mouths&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_fetish&quot; title=&quot;Foot fetish&quot;&gt;Foot fetish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features heavy emphasis on the feet of the participants, either in combination with kissing and genital sex or in the context of acts such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_fetish#Trampling_fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Crush fetish&quot;&gt;trampling&lt;/a&gt; or crush fetishism.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilic_infantilism&quot; title=&quot;Paraphilic infantilism&quot;&gt;Diaper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves performers pretending to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant&quot; title=&quot;Infant&quot;&gt;infants&lt;/a&gt;, often with an adult performer acting in the role of an adult caretaker.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Incest pornography&quot;&gt;Incest pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; features sex between actors who portray a familial relationship. Incest itself is largely &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo&quot; title=&quot;Taboo&quot;&gt;taboo&lt;/a&gt;, and is a crime in many countries.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Lolita pornography&quot;&gt;Lolita pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (also known as &lt;b&gt;lollipop&lt;/b&gt;) features women who are 18 years old or slightly older, who pretend to be underage teen girls. The fetish centers around this fantasy portrayal. Lolita pornography that features actual teenage girls under the age of 18 is illegal in most countries and treated as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Usually_illegal&quot; title=&quot;List of pornographic sub-genres&quot;&gt;child pornography&lt;/a&gt;. Lolita pornography caters to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophile&quot; title=&quot;Ephebophile&quot;&gt;ephebophiles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup class=&quot;noprint Template-Fact&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources since July 2007&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy_fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Pregnancy fetishism&quot;&gt;Preggo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features pregnant performers and may include &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactation&quot; title=&quot;Lactation&quot;&gt;lactation&lt;/a&gt; as a fetish.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latex&quot; title=&quot;Latex&quot;&gt;Rubber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves rubber, latex, and similar materials.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spit&quot; title=&quot;Spit&quot;&gt;Saliva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves salivation and saliva.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_ejaculation&quot; title=&quot;Female ejaculation&quot;&gt;Squirt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves women ejaculating.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia&quot; title=&quot;Zoophilia&quot;&gt;Bestiality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves the sexual attraction of humans to animals.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetlook&quot; title=&quot;Wetlook&quot;&gt;Wetlook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves clothed wet persons&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Lesbian.2C_gay.2C_bisexual.2C_transsexual&quot; id=&quot;Lesbian.2C_gay.2C_bisexual.2C_transsexual&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=10&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Men_with_men&quot; id=&quot;Men_with_men&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=11&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Men with men&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Men with men&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Gay pornography&quot;&gt;Gay pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is usually male homosexual pornography, sometimes featuring actors that identify as straight (i.e. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay-for-pay&quot; title=&quot;Gay-for-pay&quot;&gt;Gay-for-pay&lt;/a&gt;). Acts depicted typically include oral and anal sex.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barebacking&quot; title=&quot;Barebacking&quot;&gt;Bareback&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers who are not wearing condoms.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_%28gay%29&quot; title=&quot;Bear (gay)&quot;&gt;Bear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features large hairy men.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_%28gay_slang%29&quot; title=&quot;Twinkie (gay slang)&quot;&gt;Twink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features young-looking performers.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Women_with_women&quot; id=&quot;Women_with_women&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=12&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Women with women&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Women with women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbianism_in_erotica#Lesbianism_in_contemporary_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Lesbianism in erotica&quot;&gt;Lesbianism in erotica: Lesbianism in contemporary pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian&quot; title=&quot;Lesbian&quot;&gt;Lesbian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;girl-girl&lt;/b&gt; pornography features women engaged in sex together, but is typically aimed at a male audience. Women who perform in lesbian pornography are often not lesbian or bisexual. &lt;i&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay-for-pay&quot; title=&quot;Gay-for-pay&quot;&gt;Gay-for-pay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian&quot; title=&quot;Lesbian&quot;&gt;Lesbian&lt;/a&gt; pornography made for women&lt;/b&gt; is usually made by women, and usually features women who identify as lesbian or bisexual. Lesbian pornography typically features a wider range of appearances and body types than is typical of mainstream pornography. Particularly, some pornography in this genre features &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme&quot; title=&quot;Butch and femme&quot;&gt;butch&lt;/a&gt; women, who are almost never seen in mainstream pornography.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Men_and_women&quot; id=&quot;Men_and_women&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=13&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Men and women&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Men and women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual_pornography_%28genre%29&quot; title=&quot;Bisexual pornography (genre)&quot;&gt;Bisexual pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; features &lt;b&gt;one woman&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;two men&lt;/b&gt; who all perform sex acts on each other. The pornography is geared towards men; hence the word &quot;bisexual&quot; describes the men rather than the woman.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threesome&quot; title=&quot;Threesome&quot;&gt;Threesome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features &lt;b&gt;one man&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;two women&lt;/b&gt; who all perform sex acts on each other. It is geared towards heterosexual men, who would most typically define a threesome as such.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Transsexual_people&quot; id=&quot;Transsexual_people&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=14&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Transsexual people&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Transsexual people&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTM&quot; title=&quot;FTM&quot;&gt;FTM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers who were born &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female&quot; title=&quot;Female&quot;&gt;female&lt;/a&gt; and who &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_change&quot; title=&quot;Sex change&quot;&gt;medically transitioned&lt;/a&gt; to male. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Angel&quot; title=&quot;Buck Angel&quot;&gt;Buck Angel&lt;/a&gt; is the best-known example of this genre.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexual&quot; title=&quot;Transsexual&quot;&gt;Transsexual&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers who were born &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male&quot; title=&quot;Male&quot;&gt;male&lt;/a&gt; and who &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_change&quot; title=&quot;Sex change&quot;&gt;medically transitioned&lt;/a&gt; to female. They are most often featured with male co-stars, but sometimes are featured with other transsexuals or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgendered&quot; title=&quot;Cisgendered&quot;&gt;cisgendered&lt;/a&gt; women. Common phrases used to refer to these performers are &quot;chicks with dicks&quot; or &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She-male&quot; title=&quot;She-male&quot;&gt;she-male&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, although these are generally considered pejorative among &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transwomen&quot; title=&quot;Transwomen&quot;&gt;transwomen&lt;/a&gt; and in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer&quot; title=&quot;Queer&quot;&gt;queer&lt;/a&gt; community.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Reality&quot; id=&quot;Reality&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=15&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Reality&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Reality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Reality pornography&quot;&gt;Reality pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; refers to real or faked &#39;amateur&#39; encounters. This category also includes pornographic &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_movies&quot; title=&quot;Home movies&quot;&gt;home movies&lt;/a&gt;. Related genres include:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Amateur pornography&quot;&gt;Amateur pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; was originally produced by amateurs. There is now also professionally made pornography designed to appear as if it were amateur.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_sex_tapes&quot; title=&quot;Celebrity sex tapes&quot;&gt;Celebrity sex tapes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; are amateur or professionally-made recordings of sex acts, as performed by a celebrity and their partner(s). These typically are leaked to the public via the Internet, without the celebrity&#39;s consent. A celebrity may allow such a recording to surface willingly, as part of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_stunt&quot; title=&quot;Publicity stunt&quot;&gt;publicity stunt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibitionism&quot; title=&quot;Exhibitionism&quot;&gt;Exhibitionist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers, usually female, displaying their breasts or genitals in public. It also includes depictions of sex in public. The &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Gone_Wild&quot; title=&quot;Girls Gone Wild&quot;&gt;Girls Gone Wild&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; series is one example.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzo_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Gonzo pornography&quot;&gt;Gonzo pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; involves a first-person cameraman/performer perspective.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upskirt&quot; title=&quot;Upskirt&quot;&gt;Upskirt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downblouse&quot; title=&quot;Downblouse&quot;&gt;Downblouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features staged filming up women&#39;s skirts or down their blouses while in public. Actual upskirt or downblouse shots may violate privacy laws.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeur&quot; title=&quot;Voyeur&quot;&gt;Voyeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves staged shots that appear to spy or peep on a woman who is unaware she is being viewed or filmed while dressing or showering. Actual spying may violate privacy or trespassing laws.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Specific_sex_acts&quot; id=&quot;Specific_sex_acts&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=16&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Specific sex acts&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Specific sex acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Anal&quot; id=&quot;Anal&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=17&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Anal&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Anal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Anal sex&quot;&gt;Anal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features primarily male-male scenes and sometimes male-female &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Anal sex&quot;&gt;anal sex&lt;/a&gt; scenes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ass_to_mouth&quot; title=&quot;Ass to mouth&quot;&gt;Ass to mouth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography shows the transfer of a performer&#39;s penis or object from another performer&#39;s anus to their mouth in a single shot.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gape shots&lt;/b&gt; in pornography feature scenes of anal sex with a focus on the recipient&#39;s anus &quot;gaping&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegging_%28sexual_practice%29&quot; title=&quot;Pegging (sexual practice)&quot;&gt;Pegging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features a woman penetrating a man with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strap-on_dildo&quot; title=&quot;Strap-on dildo&quot;&gt;strap-on dildo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analingus&quot; title=&quot;Analingus&quot;&gt;Rimjob&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography centers around &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analingus&quot; title=&quot;Analingus&quot;&gt;analingus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Other_sex_acts&quot; id=&quot;Other_sex_acts&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=18&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Other sex acts&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Other sex acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum-shot&quot; title=&quot;Cum-shot&quot;&gt;Cum-shot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features a collection of ejaculation scenes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sex_positions#Multiple_penetrations&quot; title=&quot;List of sex positions&quot;&gt;Double penetration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography depicts simultaneous anal and vaginal penetration of one woman.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisting&quot; title=&quot;Fisting&quot;&gt;Fisting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features the insertion of an entire hand into a performer&#39;s vagina or anus.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_bang_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Gang bang pornography&quot;&gt;Gang bang pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; usually depicts numerous men having sex with one woman, or one man. A scene where many women have sex with one submissive man is referred to as a &quot;reverse &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang-bang&quot; title=&quot;Gang-bang&quot;&gt;gang-bang&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;Oral sex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography usually features a person performing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio&quot; title=&quot;Fellatio&quot;&gt;fellatio&lt;/a&gt;, it occasionally features &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnilingus&quot; title=&quot;Cunnilingus&quot;&gt;cunnilingus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Masturbation&quot;&gt;Solo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography features performers masturbating.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Other_categories&quot; id=&quot;Other_categories&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=19&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Other categories&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Other categories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Computer-generated.2C_interactive.2C_and_animated&quot; id=&quot;Computer-generated.2C_interactive.2C_and_animated&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=20&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Computer-generated, interactive, and animated&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Computer-generated, interactive, and animated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentai&quot; title=&quot;Hentai&quot;&gt;Hentai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a catch-all term for various forms of Japanese pornography, including H-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga&quot; title=&quot;Manga&quot;&gt;manga&lt;/a&gt;, H-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime&quot; title=&quot;Anime&quot;&gt;anime&lt;/a&gt; and H-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_games&quot; title=&quot;Computer games&quot;&gt;computer games&lt;/a&gt;. The term &lt;i&gt;hentai&lt;/i&gt; is never used in this context in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language&quot; title=&quot;Japanese language&quot;&gt;Japanese&lt;/a&gt;. The meaning of &lt;i&gt;hentai&lt;/i&gt; is &quot;perversion&quot;, &quot;abnormality&quot;, or &quot;metamorphosis&quot;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi&quot; title=&quot;Yaoi&quot;&gt;Yaoi&lt;/a&gt; is pornographic anime or manga that features gay males. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_%28term%29&quot; title=&quot;Yuri (term)&quot;&gt;Yuri&lt;/a&gt; is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian&quot; title=&quot;Lesbian&quot;&gt;lesbian&lt;/a&gt; equivalent.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Interactive pornography&quot;&gt;Interactive pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, available in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM&quot; title=&quot;CD-ROM&quot;&gt;CD-ROM&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD&quot; title=&quot;DVD&quot;&gt;DVD&lt;/a&gt; format, allows the viewer to select the particular acts performed at any one time, sometimes with the camera providing a first person view.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poser_porn&quot; title=&quot;Poser porn&quot;&gt;Poser porn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;Renderotica&lt;/b&gt; is pornography made using 3D computer graphics, usually with the 3D art program &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poser&quot; title=&quot;Poser&quot;&gt;Poser&lt;/a&gt;, made to represent people in various sexual acts.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Miscellaneous&quot; id=&quot;Miscellaneous&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=21&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Miscellaneous&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Miscellaneous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;General&quot; id=&quot;General&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=22&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: General&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;General&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Classics&lt;/b&gt; are pornographic films from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970&quot; title=&quot;1970&quot;&gt;1970s&lt;/a&gt; and sometimes &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980&quot; title=&quot;1980&quot;&gt;1980s&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Compilations&lt;/b&gt; are a collection of short pornographic scenes, usually themed to a particular fetish such as anal or cum-shots.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Full-feature&lt;/b&gt; pornographic films are typically about two hours long, and usually have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot&quot; title=&quot;Plot&quot;&gt;plot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Independent pornography&quot;&gt;Independent pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is pornography produced by filmmakers unconnected to the major porn studios in a given country. It is often mislabled &quot;amateur pornography&quot;, though the producers and actors are often professional pornographic filmmakers and actors.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_video&quot; title=&quot;Japanese adult video&quot;&gt;Japanese adult video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;JAV&lt;/b&gt; is pornography produced in Japan for domestic consumption, though it has a large international audience as well. JAV has a number of features that place it in a unique genre when compared to pornography produced in other countries. Notably, because of Japanese &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscenity&quot; title=&quot;Obscenity&quot;&gt;obscenity&lt;/a&gt; laws, most Japanese pornography videos and photographs include a &quot;mosaic&quot; that blocks the view of the performers genitalia. (&quot;Uncensored&quot; JAV is also produced, though illegally.) JAV has a diverse array of subgenres, many of which are the same as the subgenres in general pornography, however, there are also fetish and costume genres that are largely unique to the JAV milieu.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_erotica&quot; title=&quot;Vintage erotica&quot;&gt;Vintage erotica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is generally pre-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970&quot; title=&quot;1970&quot;&gt;1970s&lt;/a&gt; pornography, especially early twentieth-century black and white photographs and stag films.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Extreme pornography&quot;&gt;Extreme pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a term introduced by the UK Government, describing a classification of adult pornography that will be illegal to possess under new laws.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Usually_illegal&quot; id=&quot;Usually_illegal&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=23&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Usually illegal&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Usually illegal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Child pornography&quot;&gt;Child pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is pornography involving children, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenager&quot; title=&quot;Teenager&quot;&gt;teenagers&lt;/a&gt; and minors usually under the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent&quot; title=&quot;Age of consent&quot;&gt;age of consent&lt;/a&gt; (although in some countries such as the UK, the definition of child pornography includes subjects over the age of consent). This genre often documents the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse#Child_sexual_abuse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual abuse&quot;&gt;sexual abuse of children&lt;/a&gt;, and both creation and possession of child pornography are illegal almost everywhere. Age limits differ between countries. In many countries &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indecent_pseudo-photograph_of_a_child&quot; title=&quot;Indecent pseudo-photograph of a child&quot;&gt;simulated photographs&lt;/a&gt; (&quot;pseudo-photographs&quot;) or lifelike edited images representing child sex are illegal. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon&quot; title=&quot;Lolicon&quot;&gt;Lolicon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres#Computer-generated.2C_interactive.2C_and_animated&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;hentai&lt;/a&gt; featuring drawn or animated images of female children or characters that appear to be children. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotacon&quot; title=&quot;Shotacon&quot;&gt;Shotacon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is the equivalent which depicts male children. These two genres are illegal in some areas.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hard crush&lt;/b&gt; pornography features the actual killing of small animals and the act itself is generally illegal under &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelty_to_animals&quot; title=&quot;Cruelty to animals&quot;&gt;cruelty to animals&lt;/a&gt; laws.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_film&quot; title=&quot;Snuff film&quot;&gt;Snuff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; pornography involves the death of one of the participants, consenting or otherwise. The existence of such content in commercially available pornography is widely considered an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend&quot; title=&quot;Urban legend&quot;&gt;urban legend&lt;/a&gt;. In some areas, there are laws stating it is not legally possible to consent to be killed, and elsewhere it may still be legally dubious (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes&quot; title=&quot;Armin Meiwes&quot;&gt;Armin Meiwes&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/6517717673733047865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/6517717673733047865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/6517717673733047865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/6517717673733047865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/ist-of-pornographic-sub-genres.html' title='ist of pornographic sub-genres'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-378013671811949663</id><published>2007-12-22T18:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:06:10.610-08:00</updated><title type='text'>History of erotic photography</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;History of erotic photography&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;History of erotic photography&lt;/b&gt; refers to the history of the art and process of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography&quot; title=&quot;Photography&quot;&gt;taking pictures&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudity&quot; title=&quot;Nudity&quot;&gt;unclothed&lt;/a&gt; subjects. In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;, all portraits from prior to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1&quot; title=&quot;January 1&quot;&gt;January 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923&quot; title=&quot;1923&quot;&gt;1923&lt;/a&gt;, have passed into the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain&quot; title=&quot;Public domain&quot;&gt;public domain&lt;/a&gt;. Most are in black-and-white, since they predate the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935&quot; title=&quot;1935&quot;&gt;1935&lt;/a&gt; invention of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome&quot; title=&quot;Kodachrome&quot;&gt;Kodachrome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. (However, some color photographs exist which may date back as early as 1861 but were mostly experimental and not used seriously for erotic photography. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell&quot; title=&quot;James Clerk Maxwell&quot;&gt;James Clerk Maxwell&lt;/a&gt; for early color photography.)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#Early_beginnings&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Early beginnings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#French_influence&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;French influence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#Early_20th_century&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Early 20th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#Citations&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Citations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Early_beginnings&quot; id=&quot;Early_beginnings&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_erotic_photography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Early beginnings&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Early beginnings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_pictures&quot; title=&quot;Nude pictures&quot;&gt;Nude pictures&lt;/a&gt; prior to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835&quot; title=&quot;1835&quot;&gt;1835&lt;/a&gt; generally consisted of paintings and drawings. That year, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Jacques-Mand%C3%A9_Daguerre&quot; title=&quot;Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre&quot;&gt;Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre&lt;/a&gt; invented the first practical process of photography&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. Unlike earlier photographs, his &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype&quot; title=&quot;Daguerreotype&quot;&gt;daguerreotypes&lt;/a&gt; had stunning quality and did not fade with time. The new technology did not go unnoticed by artists eager for new ways to depict the undraped feminine form. In &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_photography&quot; title=&quot;Nude photography&quot;&gt;Nude photography&lt;/a&gt;, 1840–1920&lt;/i&gt;, Peter Marshall notes: &quot;In the prevailing moral climate at the time of the invention of photography, the only officially sanctioned photography of the body was for the production of artist&#39;s studies. Many of the surviving examples of daguerreotypes are clearly not in this genre but have a sensuality that clearly implies they were designed as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic&quot; title=&quot;Erotic&quot;&gt;erotic&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic&quot; title=&quot;Pornographic&quot;&gt;pornographic&lt;/a&gt; images&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-2&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-2&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The daguerreotypes were not without drawbacks, however. The main difficulty was that they could only be reproduced by photographing the original picture. In addition, the earliest daguerreotypes had exposure times ranging from three to fifteen minutes, making them somewhat impractical for portraiture. Since one picture could cost a week&#39;s salary, the audience for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudes&quot; title=&quot;Nudes&quot;&gt;nudes&lt;/a&gt; mostly consisted of artists and the upper echelon of society&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-3&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-3&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude&quot; title=&quot;Nude&quot;&gt;Nude&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy&quot; title=&quot;Stereoscopy&quot;&gt;stereoscopy&lt;/a&gt; began in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838&quot; title=&quot;1838&quot;&gt;1838&lt;/a&gt; and became extremely popular. In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1841&quot; title=&quot;1841&quot;&gt;1841&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fox_Talbot&quot; title=&quot;William Fox Talbot&quot;&gt;William Fox Talbot&lt;/a&gt; patented the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotype&quot; title=&quot;Calotype&quot;&gt;calotype&lt;/a&gt; process, the first negative-positive process, making possible multiple copies&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-4&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-4&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. The technology was immediately employed to reproduce nude portraits.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;French_influence&quot; id=&quot;French_influence&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_erotic_photography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: French influence&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;French influence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 227px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vint3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;French postcard, circa 1860.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;French postcard, circa 1860.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Vint3.jpg/225px-Vint3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;140&quot; width=&quot;225&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vint3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; French postcard, circa 1860.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The French pioneered erotic photography, producing nude &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcards&quot; title=&quot;Postcards&quot;&gt;postcards&lt;/a&gt; that became the subject of an officer&#39;s letter to President &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln&quot; title=&quot;Abraham Lincoln&quot;&gt;Abraham Lincoln&lt;/a&gt; after they were found in the possession of U.S. troops, according to &lt;i&gt;An Underground Education&lt;/i&gt; by Richard Zacks. &lt;i&gt;A Brief History of Postcards&lt;/i&gt; explains, &quot;A majority of the French nude postcards were called postcards because of the size. They were never meant to be postally sent. It was illegal&quot;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-5&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-5&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Instead, nudes were marketed in a monthly magazine called &quot;La Beaute&quot; that targeted artists looking for poses. Each issue contained 75 nude images which could be ordered by mail, in the form of postcards, hand-tinted or sepia toned. Street dealers, tobacco shops, and a variety of other vendors bought the photographs for resale to American tourists.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Early_20th_century&quot; id=&quot;Early_20th_century&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_erotic_photography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Early 20th century&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Early 20th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 227px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bellocq_Storyville_undamaged.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;The warm relationship Bellocq had with his sitters is reflected in their seeming lack of self-consciousness.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;The warm relationship Bellocq had with his sitters is reflected in their seeming lack of self-consciousness.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bellocq_Storyville_undamaged.jpg/225px-Bellocq_Storyville_undamaged.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; width=&quot;225&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bellocq_Storyville_undamaged.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; The warm relationship Bellocq had with his sitters is reflected in their seeming lack of self-consciousness.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The early 1900s saw several important improvements in camera design, including the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913&quot; title=&quot;1913&quot;&gt;1913&lt;/a&gt; invention of the 35-mm or &quot;candid&quot; camera by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Barnack&quot; title=&quot;Oskar Barnack&quot;&gt;Oskar Barnack&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Leitz&quot; title=&quot;Ernst Leitz&quot;&gt;Ernst Leitz&lt;/a&gt; company. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ur-Leica&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Ur-Leica&quot;&gt;Ur-Leica&lt;/a&gt; was a compact camera based on the idea of reducing the format of negatives and enlarging them later, after they had been exposed. This small, portable device made nude photography in secluded parks and other semi-public places easier, and represented a great advance for amateur erotica. Artists were enamored with their new ability to take impromptu photos without carrying around a clunky apparatus.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Early 20th century artist &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Bellocq&quot; title=&quot;E. J. Bellocq&quot;&gt;E. J. Bellocq&lt;/a&gt;, who made his best known images with the older style glass plate negatives, is best remembered for his down-to-earth pictures of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitute&quot; title=&quot;Prostitute&quot;&gt;prostitutes&lt;/a&gt; in domestic settings in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyville&quot; title=&quot;Storyville&quot;&gt;Storyville&lt;/a&gt; red light district of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans&quot; title=&quot;New Orleans&quot;&gt;New Orleans&lt;/a&gt;. In contrast to the usual pictures of women awkwardly posed amid drapery, veils, flowers, fruit, classical columns and oriental braziers, Bellocq&#39;s sitters appear relaxed and comfortable. David Steinberg speculates that the prostitutes may have felt at ease with Bellocq because he was &quot;so much of a fellow outcast&quot;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 269px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Julian_Mandel_8.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;One of Mandel&#39;s early outdoor photos.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;One of Mandel&#39;s early outdoor photos.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Julian_Mandel_8.jpg/267px-Julian_Mandel_8.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;149&quot; width=&quot;267&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Julian_Mandel_8.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; One of Mandel&#39;s early outdoor photos.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Mandel&quot; title=&quot;Julian Mandel&quot;&gt;Julian Mandel&lt;/a&gt; became known in the 1920s and 1930s for his exceptional photographs of the female form. Participating in the German &quot;new age outdoor movement,&quot; Mandel took numerous pictures in natural settings, publishing them through the Paris-based studios of A. Noyer and PC Paris&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-6&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-6&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. A &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University&quot; title=&quot;Johns Hopkins University&quot;&gt;Johns Hopkins University&lt;/a&gt; scholarship was named in his honor.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Another noteworthy nude photographer of the first two decades of the 20th century was &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arundel_Holmes_Nicholls&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Arundel Holmes Nicholls&quot;&gt;Arundel Holmes Nicholls&lt;/a&gt;. His work, featured in the archives of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Institute&quot; title=&quot;Kinsey Institute&quot;&gt;Kinsey Institute&lt;/a&gt;, is artistically composed, often giving an iridescent glow to his figures &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-7&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-7&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. Following in Mandel&#39;s footsteps, Nicholls favored outdoor shots.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Many photographs from this era are damaged; Bellocq, for instance, frequently scratched out the faces of his sitters to obscure their identities. Some of his other sitters were photographed wearing masks. Peter Marshall writes, &quot;Even in the relatively bohemian atmosphere of Carmel, California in the 1920s and 30s, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Weston&quot; title=&quot;Edward Weston&quot;&gt;Edward Weston&lt;/a&gt; had to photograph many of his models without showing their faces, and some 75 years on, many communities are less open about such things than Carmel was then&quot; &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-8&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_note-8&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Citations&quot; id=&quot;Citations&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_erotic_photography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Citations&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Citations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 227px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vint13.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;19th century nude photographs featured the ideal body of the time, frequently with trimmed pubic hair.&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;19th century nude photographs featured the ideal body of the time, frequently with trimmed pubic hair.&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Vint13.jpg/225px-Vint13.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;367&quot; width=&quot;225&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vint13.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 19th century nude photographs featured the ideal body of the time, frequently with trimmed pubic hair.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;references-small&quot;&gt; &lt;ol class=&quot;references&quot;&gt;&lt;li id=&quot;_note-0&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_photography#_ref-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.otal.umd.edu/%7Evg/amst205.S97/vj19/Project5-3.html&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://www.otal.umd.edu/~vg/amst205.S97/vj19/Project5-3.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Important Kodak Milestones(1935-1945&lt;/a&gt;. 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      &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Michele_Merkin_1.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Model Michelle Merkin poses in a semi-nude glamour photography shoot&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Model Michelle Merkin poses in a semi-nude glamour photography shoot&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Michele_Merkin_1.jpg/180px-Michele_Merkin_1.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Michele_Merkin_1.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Model &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Merkin&quot; title=&quot;Michelle Merkin&quot;&gt;Michelle Merkin&lt;/a&gt; poses in a semi-nude glamour photography shoot&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Glamour photography&lt;/b&gt; is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography&quot; title=&quot;Photography&quot;&gt;photographing&lt;/a&gt; of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_model&quot; title=&quot;Photographic model&quot;&gt;model&lt;/a&gt; with the emphasis on the subject. Photographers use a combination of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics&quot; title=&quot;Cosmetics&quot;&gt;cosmetics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighting&quot; title=&quot;Lighting&quot;&gt;lighting&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbrushing&quot; title=&quot;Airbrushing&quot;&gt;airbrushing&lt;/a&gt; techniques to produce the most physically appealing image of the model possible. &lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Thomas_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#_note-Thomas&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-Peterson_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#_note-Peterson&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#Magazines_and_movie_stars&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Magazines and movie stars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#Popular_portraiture&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Popular portraiture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#Magazines&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Magazines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#Related_photography_genres&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Related photography genres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Magazines_and_movie_stars&quot; id=&quot;Magazines_and_movie_stars&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glamour_photography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Magazines and movie stars&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Magazines and movie stars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Standards of glamour photography have changed over time, reflecting changes in social acceptance. In the early &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920&quot; title=&quot;1920&quot;&gt;1920s&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America&quot; title=&quot;United States of America&quot;&gt;USA&lt;/a&gt; photographers like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Harriet_Louise&quot; title=&quot;Ruth Harriet Louise&quot;&gt;Ruth Harriet Louise&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hurrell&quot; title=&quot;George Hurrell&quot;&gt;George Hurrell&lt;/a&gt; photographed celebrities to glamourise their stature by utilizing lighting techniques to develop dramatic effects.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-LaSalle_0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography#_note-LaSalle&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; During &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II&quot; title=&quot;World War II&quot;&gt;World War II&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up_girl&quot; title=&quot;Pin-up girl&quot;&gt;pin-up&lt;/a&gt; pictures of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-nude_photography&quot; title=&quot;Non-nude photography&quot;&gt;scantily clad&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_star&quot; title=&quot;Movie star&quot;&gt;movie stars&lt;/a&gt; were extremely popular among US servicemen. However, until the 1950s, the use of glamour photography in advertising or men’s magazines was highly controversial or even illegal. Magazines featuring glamour photography were sometimes marketed as &quot;art magazines&quot; or &quot;health magazines&quot;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Popular_portraiture&quot; id=&quot;Popular_portraiture&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glamour_photography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Popular portraiture&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Popular portraiture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 252px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:At_work_%28semansco%29.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Glamour photographer at work&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Glamour photographer at work&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/At_work_%28semansco%29.jpg/250px-At_work_%28semansco%29.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;187&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:At_work_%28semansco%29.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Glamour photographer at work&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since the 1990s glamour photography has increased in popularity among the public. Glamour portrait studios opened, offering professional hair and makeup artists and professional retouching to allow the general public to have the &quot;model&quot; experience. These sometimes include &quot;boudoir&quot; portraits but are more commonly used by professionals and high school seniors who want to look &quot;their best&quot; for their portraits.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Magazines&quot; id=&quot;Magazines&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glamour_photography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Magazines&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Magazines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy&quot; title=&quot;Playboy&quot;&gt;Playboy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; was instrumental in changing the world of glamour photography as the first magazine that focused on nude models and was targeted at the mainstream consumer. In December 1953, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner&quot; title=&quot;Hugh Hefner&quot;&gt;Hugh Hefner&lt;/a&gt; published the first edition of &lt;i&gt;Playboy&lt;/i&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe&quot; title=&quot;Marilyn Monroe&quot;&gt;Marilyn Monroe&lt;/a&gt; on the cover and nude photos of Monroe inside. Marilyn&#39;s star status and charming personality helped to diminish the public outcry. When asked what she had on during the photoshoot, she replied &quot;the radio&quot;. After &lt;i&gt;Playboy&lt;/i&gt; broke through, many magazines followed and this was instrumental in opening the market for the introduction of glamour photography into modern society. Today, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore&quot; title=&quot;Softcore&quot;&gt;softcore&lt;/a&gt; nude photographs of models appear in publications such as &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_10&quot; title=&quot;Perfect 10&quot;&gt;Perfect 10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid&quot; title=&quot;Tabloid&quot;&gt;tabloid&lt;/a&gt; newspapers such as Britain&#39;s &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_%28newspaper%29&quot; title=&quot;The Sun (newspaper)&quot;&gt;The Sun&lt;/a&gt;&#39;&lt;/i&gt;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_three_girl&quot; title=&quot;Page three girl&quot;&gt;Page 3&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Recently several popular glamour magazines known as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men%27s_magazines#lad_mags&quot; title=&quot;List of men&#39;s magazines&quot;&gt;lad mags&lt;/a&gt; are reversing the trend by emphasizing glamour while showing less nudity, in favor of implied (covered) nudity or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topless&quot; title=&quot;Topless&quot;&gt;toplessness&lt;/a&gt; such as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbra&quot; title=&quot;Handbra&quot;&gt;handbra&lt;/a&gt; technique. Examples include &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM&quot; title=&quot;FHM&quot;&gt;FHM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (For Him Magazine) and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29&quot; title=&quot;Maxim (magazine)&quot;&gt;Maxim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; magazines, which launched in 1994 and 1995, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/3743861519425790534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/3743861519425790534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/3743861519425790534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/3743861519425790534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/glamour-photography.html' title='Glamour photography'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-1680611864876834886</id><published>2007-12-22T18:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:04:53.073-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Erotica</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Erotica&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 152px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Agelou22.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Fernande (1910-1917) by Jean Agélou&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Fernande (1910-1917) by Jean Agélou&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Agelou22.jpg/150px-Agelou22.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;227&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Agelou22.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;i&gt;Fernande&lt;/i&gt; (1910-1917) by Jean Agélou&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;dablink&quot;&gt;For other uses, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica_%28disambiguation%29&quot; title=&quot;Erotica (disambiguation)&quot;&gt;Erotica (disambiguation)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Erotica&lt;/b&gt; (from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language&quot; title=&quot;Greek language&quot;&gt;Greek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_%28love%29&quot; title=&quot;Eros (love)&quot;&gt;Eros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - &quot;desire&quot;) — refers to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_of_art&quot; title=&quot;Work of art&quot;&gt;works of art&lt;/a&gt;, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_literature&quot; title=&quot;Erotic literature&quot;&gt;literature&lt;/a&gt;, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroticism&quot; title=&quot;Eroticism&quot;&gt;erotically&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_stimulation&quot; title=&quot;Sexual stimulation&quot;&gt;stimulating&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_arousal&quot; title=&quot;Sexual arousal&quot;&gt;arousing&lt;/a&gt; descriptions. &lt;i&gt;Erotica&lt;/i&gt; is a modern word used to describe the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_%28arts%29&quot; title=&quot;Representation (arts)&quot;&gt;portrayal&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_anatomy&quot; title=&quot;Human anatomy&quot;&gt;human anatomy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_activity&quot; title=&quot;Sexual activity&quot;&gt;sexuality&lt;/a&gt; with high-art aspirations, differentiating such work from commercial &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica#Genres_and_themes&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Genres and themes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica#The_erotica.2Fpornography_debate&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;The erotica/pornography debate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica#External_links&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Genres_and_themes&quot; id=&quot;Genres_and_themes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erotica&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Genres and themes&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Genres and themes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are various sub-genres of erotica. As with fiction as a whole, there are erotic stories with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction&quot; title=&quot;Science fiction&quot;&gt;science fiction&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy&quot; title=&quot;Fantasy&quot;&gt;fantasy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_fiction&quot; title=&quot;Horror fiction&quot;&gt;horror&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_novel&quot; title=&quot;Romance novel&quot;&gt;romance&lt;/a&gt; focus. Additionally, erotica can also focus on specific sexual behavior or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetish&quot; title=&quot;Fetish&quot;&gt;fetishes&lt;/a&gt; such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM&quot; title=&quot;BDSM&quot;&gt;BDSM&lt;/a&gt;, wearing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms&quot; title=&quot;Uniforms&quot;&gt;uniforms&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-dressing&quot; title=&quot;Cross-dressing&quot;&gt;cross-dressing&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy&quot; title=&quot;Polygamy&quot;&gt;polygamy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_promiscuity&quot; title=&quot;Sexual promiscuity&quot;&gt;sexual promiscuity&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction&quot; title=&quot;Fan fiction&quot;&gt;Fan fiction&lt;/a&gt; featuring characters engaging in male homosexual acts has become known as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_fiction&quot; title=&quot;Slash fiction&quot;&gt;slash fiction&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;The_erotica.2Fpornography_debate&quot; id=&quot;The_erotica.2Fpornography_debate&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erotica&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: The erotica/pornography debate&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;The erotica/pornography debate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;table style=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-image&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;width: 52px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Unbalanced_scales.svg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Unbalanced scales.svg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/50px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;44&quot; width=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;ambox-text&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Neutral point of view&quot;&gt;neutrality&lt;/a&gt; of this section is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:NPOV dispute&quot;&gt;disputed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Please see the discussion on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Erotica&quot; title=&quot;Talk:Erotica&quot;&gt;talk page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;This section has been tagged since December 2007.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;The distinction between erotica and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt; (as well as the lesser known genre of sexual entertainment, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribaldry&quot; title=&quot;Ribaldry&quot;&gt;ribaldry&lt;/a&gt;) is difficult to identify as it is, to a degree, highly personal. Essentially, the difference lies in the individual&#39;s approach to sexuality and the sex act. Inexperience and a simplistic social model of sexuality tends to produce a prurient and undeveloped approach to sexual pleasure, which revels in the deliberate flouting and perversion of accepted moral principles. A more open view of sexuality tends to set the moral view aside and accepts that sexual gratification is the right of each human being and each has the right to pursue that in their own way without judgmental burdens being placed on them by external sources.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_011.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;The Naked Maja (c. 1800-1803) by Francisco de Goya&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;The Naked Maja (c. 1800-1803) by Francisco de Goya&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_011.jpg/180px-Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_011.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;92&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_011.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;i&gt;The Naked Maja&lt;/i&gt; (c. 1800-1803) by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Goya&quot; title=&quot;Francisco de Goya&quot;&gt;Francisco de Goya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_art&quot; title=&quot;Erotic art&quot;&gt;Erotic art&lt;/a&gt; tends to spring from this latter, more amoral viewpoint. Proponents for erotic art argue that such work is intended to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art&quot; title=&quot;Art&quot;&gt;artistically&lt;/a&gt; interesting and deliberate rather than simply sexually stimulating, and is therefore not pornographic. Opponents see this as a pretentious stand as they believe that erotic art is indeed intended for sexual arousal.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The issue of whether a distinction can be made between erotica and pornography raises multiple complicated questions. These questions include whether aesthetic and erotic feelings are mutually exclusive, how the level of commercialism and tastefulness in an artwork can be objectively measured, and at what point they make the work pornographic.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In general, &quot;erotica&quot; refers to portrayals of sexually arousing material that hold or aspire to artistic, scientific or human merit, whereas &quot;pornography&quot; often connotes the commercial, prurient, morally valueless depiction of sexual acts, with little or no artistic value.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/1680611864876834886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/1680611864876834886' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1680611864876834886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1680611864876834886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/erotica.html' title='Erotica'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-1347318714875993627</id><published>2007-12-22T18:03:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:03:55.889-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hardcore pornography</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Hardcore pornography&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcore pornography&lt;/b&gt; is a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt; that features &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_explicit_material&quot; title=&quot;Sexually explicit material&quot;&gt;explicit sexual acts&lt;/a&gt;. The term was coined in the second half of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century&quot; title=&quot;20th century&quot;&gt;20th century&lt;/a&gt; to distinguish it from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore&quot; title=&quot;Softcore&quot;&gt;softcore&lt;/a&gt; pornography. It usually takes the form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photograph&quot; title=&quot;Photograph&quot;&gt;photographs&lt;/a&gt;, often in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine&quot; title=&quot;Magazine&quot;&gt;magazines&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film&quot; title=&quot;Film&quot;&gt;films&lt;/a&gt; but it may also appear as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon&quot; title=&quot;Cartoon&quot;&gt;cartoon&lt;/a&gt;. Since the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s&quot; title=&quot;1990s&quot;&gt;1990s&lt;/a&gt; it has been distributed widely over the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet&quot; title=&quot;Internet&quot;&gt;Internet&lt;/a&gt;.It also means to do it hard.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hardcore pornography was widely &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition&quot; title=&quot;Prohibition&quot;&gt;prohibited&lt;/a&gt; in many countries until the second half of the 20th century when many of the world&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy&quot; title=&quot;Liberal democracy&quot;&gt;liberal democracies&lt;/a&gt;, experiencing a change in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_norm&quot; title=&quot;Sexual norm&quot;&gt;sexual norms&lt;/a&gt;, began to allow limited access. Supply is usually regulated by a combination of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_picture_rating_system&quot; title=&quot;Motion picture rating system&quot;&gt;classification system&lt;/a&gt; and regulation of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_sale&quot; title=&quot;Point of sale&quot;&gt;points of sale&lt;/a&gt;, although today hardcore pornography can be easily downloaded from many Internet sites with little regulation. Public display and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising&quot; title=&quot;Advertising&quot;&gt;advertising&lt;/a&gt; is often prohibited. Supply to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_%28law%29&quot; title=&quot;Minor (law)&quot;&gt;minors&lt;/a&gt; is usually prohibited.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hardcore pornography can be a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo&quot; title=&quot;Taboo&quot;&gt;taboo&lt;/a&gt; subject that is prone to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic&quot; title=&quot;Moral panic&quot;&gt;moral panic&lt;/a&gt;. Admitting to an interest in it is often viewed as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shame&quot; title=&quot;Shame&quot;&gt;shameful&lt;/a&gt; in societies with a strong taboo about sex. This can inhibit discussion and makes research difficult. Research results are often contradictory or inconclusive, or are dismissed by critics for being motivated by either pro-pornography or anti-pornography agendas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography#Difference_from_softcore&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Difference from softcore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography#Recent_history&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Recent history&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography#Legalization&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Legalization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Difference_from_softcore&quot; id=&quot;Difference_from_softcore&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hardcore_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Difference from softcore&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Difference from softcore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;While both softcore and hardcore feature extensive &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudity&quot; title=&quot;Nudity&quot;&gt;nudity&lt;/a&gt; and sexual situations with the intention of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_arousal&quot; title=&quot;Sexual arousal&quot;&gt;arousing&lt;/a&gt; the viewer, the key difference between softcore and hardcore is that softcore does not include the following elements: shots of an erect &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis&quot; title=&quot;Penis&quot;&gt;penis&lt;/a&gt;, shots of actual &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;penetration&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina&quot; title=&quot;Vagina&quot;&gt;vaginal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex&quot; title=&quot;Anal sex&quot;&gt;anal&lt;/a&gt; and/or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex&quot; title=&quot;Oral sex&quot;&gt;oral&lt;/a&gt;), and generally (although not always), sexual acts in softcore are simulated, while the appeal of hardcore is that the acts themselves are inarguably genuine and frequently portrayed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-up&quot; title=&quot;Close-up&quot;&gt;close-up&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Recent_history&quot; id=&quot;Recent_history&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hardcore_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Recent history&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Recent history&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The development of home &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape&quot; title=&quot;Videotape&quot;&gt;videotape&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s&quot; title=&quot;1980s&quot;&gt;1980s&lt;/a&gt; significantly increased the distribution of hardcore material because it allowed people to view films in the privacy of their own &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home&quot; title=&quot;Home&quot;&gt;home&lt;/a&gt;, rather than visiting a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_theater&quot; title=&quot;Movie theater&quot;&gt;movie theater&lt;/a&gt;, and also because it became easier to make. It became possible for couples to make videotapes of themselves having sex although this is not usually considered to be pornography unless it is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_%28business%29&quot; title=&quot;Distribution (business)&quot;&gt;distributed&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit&quot; title=&quot;Profit&quot;&gt;profit&lt;/a&gt;. The development of the Internet has further increased distribution - see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Internet pornography&quot;&gt;Internet pornography&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;Legalization&quot; id=&quot;Legalization&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hardcore_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Legalization&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Legalization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969&quot; title=&quot;1969&quot;&gt;1969&lt;/a&gt;, most of the world&#39;s liberal democracies have taken steps to legalize hardcore pornography, or they increasingly fail to enforce legislation to prohibit it resulting in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto&quot; title=&quot;De facto&quot;&gt;de facto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; legalisation. There is often vigorous opposition to legalisation - see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-pornography_movement&quot; title=&quot;Anti-pornography movement&quot;&gt;Anti-pornography movement&lt;/a&gt;. The years that hardcore pornography was legalised are roughly as follows:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark&quot; title=&quot;Denmark&quot;&gt;Denmark&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969&quot; title=&quot;1969&quot;&gt;1969&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden&quot; title=&quot;Sweden&quot;&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970&quot; title=&quot;1970&quot;&gt;1970&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany&quot; title=&quot;West Germany&quot;&gt;West Germany&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973&quot; title=&quot;1973&quot;&gt;1973&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany&quot; title=&quot;East Germany&quot;&gt;East Germany&lt;/a&gt; was included in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990&quot; title=&quot;1990&quot;&gt;1990&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom&quot; title=&quot;United Kingdom&quot;&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000&quot; title=&quot;2000&quot;&gt;2000&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway&quot; title=&quot;Norway&quot;&gt;Norway&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006&quot; title=&quot;2006&quot;&gt;2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the U.S., legal interpretations of pornography in relation to the constitutional right to free speech differ from state to state.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;See_also&quot; id=&quot;See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hardcore_pornography&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: See also&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore&quot; title=&quot;Softcore&quot;&gt;Softcore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_norm&quot; title=&quot;Sexual norm&quot;&gt;Sexual norm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_revolution&quot; title=&quot;Sexual revolution&quot;&gt;Sexual revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/1347318714875993627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/1347318714875993627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1347318714875993627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1347318714875993627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/hardcore-pornography.html' title='Hardcore pornography'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-1487814607426356025</id><published>2007-12-22T18:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:03:02.446-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Softcore</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class=&quot;firstHeading&quot;&gt;Softcore&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;h3 id=&quot;siteSub&quot;&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;div id=&quot;contentSub&quot;&gt;(Redirected from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Softcore_pornography&amp;amp;redirect=no&quot; title=&quot;Softcore pornography&quot;&gt;Softcore pornography&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;          &lt;div id=&quot;jump-to-nav&quot;&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography#column-one&quot;&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography#searchInput&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 182px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Michele_Merkin_3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Softcore pornography is designed to arouse without being explicit&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Softcore pornography is designed to arouse without being explicit&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Michele_Merkin_3.jpg/180px-Michele_Merkin_3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Michele_Merkin_3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Softcore pornography is designed to arouse without being explicit&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Softcore&lt;/b&gt; (or &lt;b&gt;soft porn&lt;/b&gt;) is a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography&quot; title=&quot;Pornography&quot;&gt;pornography&lt;/a&gt;, either video or nude &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography&quot; title=&quot;Glamour photography&quot;&gt;glamour photography&lt;/a&gt;, that is less &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_explicit_material&quot; title=&quot;Sexually explicit material&quot;&gt;explicit&lt;/a&gt; than &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Hardcore pornography&quot;&gt;hardcore&lt;/a&gt; material in depicting or describing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior&quot; title=&quot;Human sexual behavior&quot;&gt;sexual behaviour&lt;/a&gt;. Softcore does not depict explicit sexual contact, but ranges from nudity to simulated &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse&quot; title=&quot;Sexual intercourse&quot;&gt;intercourse&lt;/a&gt;. While both softcore and hardcore feature sexual situations with the intention of arousing the viewer, the key difference is that softcore does not clearly show &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_arousal&quot; title=&quot;Sexual arousal&quot;&gt;aroused&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_organ&quot; title=&quot;Sex organ&quot;&gt;genitalia&lt;/a&gt; (including &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation&quot; title=&quot;Masturbation&quot;&gt;masturbation&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaculation&quot; title=&quot;Ejaculation&quot;&gt;ejaculation&lt;/a&gt;, or penetration (vaginal, anal and/or oral). Some softcore porn, especially recently, is more explicit in that &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis&quot; title=&quot;Penis&quot;&gt;penises&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva&quot; title=&quot;Vulva&quot;&gt;vulvae&lt;/a&gt; are shown as well as contact in those areas. In milder forms of softcore porn, much of the nudity is implied, such as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbra&quot; title=&quot;Handbra&quot;&gt;handbra&lt;/a&gt; technique, with only limited nipple exposure.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id=&quot;toc&quot; class=&quot;toc&quot; summary=&quot;Contents&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;toctitle&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;toctoggle&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:toggleToc()&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; id=&quot;togglelink&quot;&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography#History&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography#Examples&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;Examples&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography#See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;toclevel-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography#References&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;tocnumber&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;toctext&quot;&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;History&quot; id=&quot;History&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Softcore&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: History&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;After the formation of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America_film_rating_system&quot; title=&quot;Motion Picture Association of America film rating system&quot;&gt;MPAA rating system&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot; title=&quot;United States&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; and prior to the 1980s, numerous softcore films, ranging from low to high production costs, were released to mainstream movie theatres especially &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-in_theater&quot; title=&quot;Drive-in theater&quot;&gt;drive-ins&lt;/a&gt;. Some, such as &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle&quot; title=&quot;Emmanuelle&quot;&gt;Emmanuelle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-0&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography#_note-0&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_%281976_film%29&quot; title=&quot;Alice in Wonderland (1976 film)&quot;&gt;Alice in Wonderland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;sup id=&quot;_ref-1&quot; class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography#_note-1&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, received positive reviews from noted critics such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert&quot; title=&quot;Roger Ebert&quot;&gt;Roger Ebert&lt;/a&gt;. Since the rise in popularity of home video in the 1980s, however, most softcore films have been restricted to home video releases or overnight timeslots on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium_television&quot; title=&quot;Premium television&quot;&gt;premium channels&lt;/a&gt; such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemax&quot; title=&quot;Cinemax&quot;&gt;Cinemax&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showtime&quot; title=&quot;Showtime&quot;&gt;Showtime&lt;/a&gt;, and production values have dropped. Softcore films are carried by many mainstream video stores which often segregate them in an adults-only room.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/1487814607426356025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/1487814607426356025' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1487814607426356025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/1487814607426356025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/softcore.html' title='Softcore'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-3821209453552450208</id><published>2007-12-22T18:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:02:07.327-08:00</updated><title type='text'>soft sex porno</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Examples&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 254px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Perfect_10_Marisa_Miller.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Perfect 10 Marisa Miller.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Perfect_10_Marisa_Miller.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;332&quot; width=&quot;252&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Examples of American softcore &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography&quot; title=&quot;Photography&quot;&gt;photography&lt;/a&gt; include &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_%28magazine%29&quot; title=&quot;Playboy (magazine)&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Playboy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metart&quot; title=&quot;Metart&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;METart&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_10&quot; title=&quot;Perfect 10&quot;&gt;Perfect 10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. In Japan, the softcore theatrical &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_film&quot; title=&quot;Pink film&quot;&gt;Pink film&lt;/a&gt; has been a major cinematic genre since the early 1960s.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;See_also&quot; id=&quot;See_also&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Softcore&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: See also&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Hardcore pornography&quot;&gt;Hardcore pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica&quot; title=&quot;Erotica&quot;&gt;Erotica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_photography&quot; title=&quot;Glamour photography&quot;&gt;Glamour photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nikkatsu_Roman_Porno_films&quot; title=&quot;List of Nikkatsu Roman Porno films&quot;&gt;List of Nikkatsu Roman Porno films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&quot; title=&quot;List of pornographic sub-genres&quot;&gt;List of pornographic sub-genres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-nude_photography&quot; title=&quot;Non-nude photography&quot;&gt;Non-nude photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_film&quot; title=&quot;Pink film&quot;&gt;Pink film&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexploitation&quot; title=&quot;Sexploitation&quot;&gt;Sexploitation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softporn_Adventure&quot; title=&quot;Softporn Adventure&quot;&gt;Softporn Adventure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/3821209453552450208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/3821209453552450208' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/3821209453552450208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/3821209453552450208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/soft-sex-porno.html' title='soft sex porno'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398104823068343977.post-2939898547923967017</id><published>2007-12-22T18:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-22T18:01:09.209-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sub-genres pornografi</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot;&gt;Sub-genres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width: 142px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Michele_Merkin_3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Softcore pornography is designed to arouse without being explicit&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Softcore pornography is designed to arouse without being explicit&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Michele_Merkin_3.jpg/140px-Michele_Merkin_3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;210&quot; width=&quot;140&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Michele_Merkin_3.jpg&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Softcore pornography&quot;&gt;Softcore pornography&lt;/a&gt; is designed to arouse without being explicit&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;noprint relarticle mainarticle&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornographic_sub-genres&quot; title=&quot;List of pornographic sub-genres&quot;&gt;List of pornographic sub-genres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;In general, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore&quot; title=&quot;Softcore&quot;&gt;softcore&lt;/a&gt; refers to pornography that does not depict penetration (usually &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitals&quot; title=&quot;Genitals&quot;&gt;genitals&lt;/a&gt; are not shown), and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Hardcore pornography&quot;&gt;hardcore&lt;/a&gt; refers to pornography that depicts penetration explicitly.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Pornography is of different forms depending on physical characteristics of the participants, fetish, sexual orientation etc. Reality and voyeur pornography, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation&quot; title=&quot;Animation&quot;&gt;animated&lt;/a&gt; videos, legally prohibited acts also depicted. Some popular genres of pornography:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Amateur pornography&quot;&gt;Amateur pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Fetishism&quot; title=&quot;Sexual Fetishism&quot;&gt;Fetish pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality&quot; title=&quot;Homosexuality&quot;&gt;Homosexual pornography&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Gay pornography&quot;&gt;gay pornography&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Lesbian pornography&quot;&gt;lesbian pornography&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_sex&quot; title=&quot;Group sex&quot;&gt;Orgy pornography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race-oriented_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Race-oriented pornography&quot;&gt;Race-oriented pornography&lt;/a&gt; (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_people&quot; title=&quot;Asian people&quot;&gt;Asian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black&quot; title=&quot;Black&quot;&gt;black&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latino&quot; title=&quot;Latino&quot;&gt;Latino&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_pornography&quot; title=&quot;Interracial pornography&quot;&gt;interracial&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/feeds/2939898547923967017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5398104823068343977/2939898547923967017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/2939898547923967017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5398104823068343977/posts/default/2939898547923967017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sexratio.blogspot.com/2007/12/sub-genres-pornografi.html' title='Sub-genres pornografi'/><author><name>sexandsex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17911167361549273670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

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