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 T.V. Asokan

Psychiatrist

 

karl manheim

 

            Sex    

                        

Glorified in temples & driven out of cloisters praised poetically & condemned morally depicted pornographically & studied scientifically equating sexuality with  “an act “or “reproductive biology”  is debatable is it marital ? procreative act ? cross gender ? relational ?

            Sexuality is….

                          Psychological vehicle

                                 Physiological capacity

                                 Resource

                                 Repertoire of interactions

                                 Emotional response system

                                 Vantage point

                                 Window of the drama

                                 Multidimensional process

        Kama sutra

  • comprehensive treatise

  •  deals with marriage,courtship,embracing,kissing

  •  and coital techniques.

  •  oral and manual stimulation are also described.

  •  homosexuality dealt

  •  activities of enuchs.

  •  7 different ways of kissing,

  •  8 varieties of touch,

  •  8 playful bites,

  •  4 methods of striking the body with the hands and

  •  8 sounds that may be emitted while doing sex.

  •  encourages fidelity in marriage

  •  describes  64 possible variations of coitus. 

  •  sp rules /alternatives of intercourse.