Sex Through the AgesWhat was sex like in the past? Well, it was the same, but it was different. All cultures differ in their attitude to sex, and if we want to know what kind of sex is ‘normal’, what men and women can, and should do in sex, we need to take a look at what different cultures did in sex in the past. In our own culture, our attitude towards sex has been strongly influenced by Christianity. And as far as sex is concerned, Christianity is a very odd religion indeed. Christianity has always been rather hostile to sex, and by the standards of sex worldwide and throughout history it has been very puritanical. And our own attitudes to sex are changing. Modern medicine has broken the link between sex and having children, so providing the right precautions are taken, we can have much as sex as we like without the fear that it will lead to pregnancy or children. So how much sex should we enjoy, and what forms of sex? Here is a view of sex in the past and in other cultures. A visit to any of our great museums will soon reveal that sex in the past has often been very different and rather more joyous than has been sex in our own traditions. Let us see what sex was like in the past: Enjoy! On to: |