sex. As it turns out, sperm is highly alkaline, more than any other body fluid. When introduced during unprotected sex, this causes the overall pH level of the vagina to rise, and briefly allows unhealthy bacteria to gain advantage.
Usually the body quickly readjusts to normal levels, especially when the sperm is familiar, as it is when two partners are committed to each other and monogamous. But if a woman has unprotected sex with one or more new partners, the body may not be able to restore balance as quickly as possible as a result of immunological factors.
So in some sense, smell may be indicative of promiscuity, and is probably why the Kamasutra describes licentious women as smelling like fish.
“In fact, the idea of pairing wine and women isn’t a bad one, as the acidity of the vagina in health is just about that of a glass of red wine. This is the vagina that sings; this is the vagina with a bouquet…” (Natalie Angier)
Cheers.
We’ve Come a Long Way…
O RAL SEX in America, especially cunnilingus, has come a long, long way.
Back in the 1920s, oral sex (also known as the “genital kiss”) was thought to be an activity best left to the marital bed, and was largely deemed a special gesture, a bonus expression of intimacy, but not necessarily a regular part of a couple’s sexual practices. It was definitely not a casual activity, and was usually thought to be something that occurred after a couple was already having intercourse in a committed relationship.
So much for the Roaring Twenties. Sounds more like the Boring Twenties.
Attitudes began to ease a bit in the 1940s and 1950s, with studies showing that oral sex was becoming more prevalent and better known as a technique that was especially satisfying for women. Even so, in a 1953 Kinsey Report, only 3 percent of younger women whowere still virgins reported ever receiving cunnilingus. The rate was substantially higher among married women.
During the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, oral sex evolved into an acceptable practice for all couples, whether or not they were married. It became particularly popular on college campuses, and maybe that’s why to this day, according to the authors of Sex in America: A Definitive Survey, “Twice as many women who went to college have given or received oral sex as compared to those who did not finish high school and twice as many of those better-educated women had or received oral sex the last time they had sex.”
Whereas men’s rates of receiving oral sex peaked and leveled out in the 1960s, it appears that women spent the remainder of the twentieth century catching up, with rates steadily rising year after year. Today, cunnilingus is considered to be an important part of the arousal process, with enlightened and sexually confident women insisting on quid pro quo—giving according to how they receive. “If there has been any basic change in the script for sex between men and women, it is the increase in the incidence and frequency of fellatio and cunnilingus.” ( Sex in America )
From the conservative to the liberal, women of all stripes enjoy cunnilingus. In examining contemporary sexual mores, the authors of the 1994 Sex in America Survey (based on the National Health and Social Life Survey ) grouped their participants into three different categories: traditional, relational, and recreational.
The traditionalists were those people who maintained that their religious beliefs always guided their sexual behavior and believed that homosexuality was wrong; they also believed in restrictions on abortion and did not condone premarital sex, teenage sex, or extramarital sex.
Relationalists believed that sex did not have to be reserved for marriage, but that it should be part of a loving relationship. They condoned premarital sex, but did not condone infidelity or sex without love.
Finally, the recreationalists did not believe that sex need have anything to do with love, and they also
Usually the body quickly readjusts to normal levels, especially when the sperm is familiar, as it is when two partners are committed to each other and monogamous. But if a woman has unprotected sex with one or more new partners, the body may not be able to restore balance as quickly as possible as a result of immunological factors.
So in some sense, smell may be indicative of promiscuity, and is probably why the Kamasutra describes licentious women as smelling like fish.
“In fact, the idea of pairing wine and women isn’t a bad one, as the acidity of the vagina in health is just about that of a glass of red wine. This is the vagina that sings; this is the vagina with a bouquet…” (Natalie Angier)
Cheers.
We’ve Come a Long Way…
O RAL SEX in America, especially cunnilingus, has come a long, long way.
Back in the 1920s, oral sex (also known as the “genital kiss”) was thought to be an activity best left to the marital bed, and was largely deemed a special gesture, a bonus expression of intimacy, but not necessarily a regular part of a couple’s sexual practices. It was definitely not a casual activity, and was usually thought to be something that occurred after a couple was already having intercourse in a committed relationship.
So much for the Roaring Twenties. Sounds more like the Boring Twenties.
Attitudes began to ease a bit in the 1940s and 1950s, with studies showing that oral sex was becoming more prevalent and better known as a technique that was especially satisfying for women. Even so, in a 1953 Kinsey Report, only 3 percent of younger women whowere still virgins reported ever receiving cunnilingus. The rate was substantially higher among married women.
During the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, oral sex evolved into an acceptable practice for all couples, whether or not they were married. It became particularly popular on college campuses, and maybe that’s why to this day, according to the authors of Sex in America: A Definitive Survey, “Twice as many women who went to college have given or received oral sex as compared to those who did not finish high school and twice as many of those better-educated women had or received oral sex the last time they had sex.”
Whereas men’s rates of receiving oral sex peaked and leveled out in the 1960s, it appears that women spent the remainder of the twentieth century catching up, with rates steadily rising year after year. Today, cunnilingus is considered to be an important part of the arousal process, with enlightened and sexually confident women insisting on quid pro quo—giving according to how they receive. “If there has been any basic change in the script for sex between men and women, it is the increase in the incidence and frequency of fellatio and cunnilingus.” ( Sex in America )
From the conservative to the liberal, women of all stripes enjoy cunnilingus. In examining contemporary sexual mores, the authors of the 1994 Sex in America Survey (based on the National Health and Social Life Survey ) grouped their participants into three different categories: traditional, relational, and recreational.
The traditionalists were those people who maintained that their religious beliefs always guided their sexual behavior and believed that homosexuality was wrong; they also believed in restrictions on abortion and did not condone premarital sex, teenage sex, or extramarital sex.
Relationalists believed that sex did not have to be reserved for marriage, but that it should be part of a loving relationship. They condoned premarital sex, but did not condone infidelity or sex without love.
Finally, the recreationalists did not believe that sex need have anything to do with love, and they also
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