In sexual positions, there is one that is considered more shameful than others, even if it is one of the favorites of the French: the doggy style. That is to say when a partner is located behind the other, resting on his hands or forearms. In our podcast Wait a minute !we find our appointment Everything is explained, and we will discuss this practice. Because to be interested in it is to plunge into the history of a taboo, while it has been the subject of religious, moral and medical prohibitions. Since the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, however, it has returned to favor in the practices admitted by the French.
The history of doggy style is not a long calm river
To talk about the history of this sexual position adopted in the animal kingdom, and its taboos, Didier Dillen, Belgian journalist, author of the recent The Fabulous Doggy Style Story ( The Musardine, The Body Catcher, 18 euros). A work that is intended as an excursion into human sexuality over several thousand years, from Antiquity to our 21st century.
Several millennia ago, recalls Didier Dillen in this interview, the ancient Greeks and then the Romans did not seem to condemn doggy style. On the contrary, it seems appreciated and is represented in frescoes for example. The condemnation comes a little before the Western Christian Middle Ages. This position is associated with shame, the refusal of procreation and the search for pleasure. It became taboo, a taboo that crumbled in the 20th century. However, it is still considered by some to be immoral, even dangerous for its practitioners. A dangerousness which is not proven, underlines Didier Dillen. For the rest of this interview, it’s in the audio player above.
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