Quite a surprise to see this posting on goanet. The "missionary position" will be Latin and Greek to those who do not have an opportunity to practice it. This must have been the case of celibate catholic missionaries. The Protestant missionaries could, perhaps, practice what they preached about it! Between the 'Oceanic' and the "angelic" there must be visions of fantasy....recreative procreation...the extra-curricular activities from the missionary point of view!
Viva Goa. Miguel > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "Bosco - Goanet Volunteer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 16:28:26 -0800 (PST) > Subject: [Goanet]The myth of the 'Missionary position' - by Robert Francoeur > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 12:38:24 +0530, Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > One of the first sexual urban myths is that Christian moralists invented "the > missionary position." Did they? The problem with these arguments, of course, is that early Christian morali sts, > including St. Paul, were so clearly uncomfortable with sex, even in marriage. Being celibate monks, they could hardly have attempted to advise the faithful on > the intricate details of coital positions and they certainly never encountered any > literature like the Kama Sutra or Chinese pillow books written years before > Jesus. > > The hole truth is, the male-above-prone-female position was popular for > centuries before the Renaissance. Evidence from ancient pottery and art in > the Fertile Crescent (a.k.a. the legendary land of Eden), also makes it unfair to > credit Christian missionaries with being the first and only advocates of the > male-above position. Through art, we know that Early Greeks, Romans, Peruvians, Indians, Chinese and Japanese enjoyed male-above-female sex because it reinforced their social position of power and control. > But many societies beg to differ. The Bororo Indians of Brazil prefer the Oceanic > position, in which the man crouches between the woman's thighs as she lies on > her back, legs bent, ankles or calves on her partner's shoulders. > If anyone should be given credit for the popularity of the missionary posit ion, historians agree it should be Artemidos, a second century Greek philosopher and interpreter of dreams, who declared this position "the only proper and natu ral" > one, because it affirmed the domination of men over women. When Greco-Roman > Stoics picked up on this, male-above-female sex moved to the top of the cha rt. > Natives of Tuscany even declared ventral-ventral sex la posizione angelica, the > angelic position. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
