Mexican Kama Sutra

Ceramic pieces featuring couples engaged in sexual intercourse are frequently sold to curiosity-seekers in Mexico. They are thought to be of approximately the same age as the Olmec culture (approx. 1500 to 400 BC). It is possible these were made as teaching aids to demonstrate different sex positions, like the more famous Indian Kama Sutra.

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The Kama Sutra Size Chart

According to the Kama Sutra, men can be classified on the basis of the size of their penis, or lingamas it is called in Sanskrit. A person with a small penis is described as a hare-man, one with an average-sized penis is described as a bull-man, and one with an abnormally large penis is described as a horse-man. Similarly, females can be classified according to the size of their yoni, or vagina. A woman with an unusually small yoni is called a deer, one with an average-sized yoniis a mare and one with an unusually large yoni is an elephant. The Kama Sutra identifies nine types of sexual union, based on each of the three lingam types copulating with each of the three yoni types.

Sex in Babylon

The ancient Babylonians held an exalted view of sex as inducing an altered state of wonder. The clay plaque shown here dates from the early second millennium BC, and predates the Kama Sutra by over 1500 years. It depicts a man penetrating a woman from behind, one of the most popular positions seen in Babylonian art. Anal sex was a popular means of contraception in the ancient world, and the depiction of couples engaging in rear entry may be indicative of that practice.

Source: 4,000-year-old erotica depicts a strikingly racy ancient sexuality.