List of comical practices

Sexuality has taken many forms throughout the ages and political and religious contexts, ranging from extreme prudishness to the most extravagant debauchery. Here is our selection of the most unusual sexual practices.

Sexy business cards: in the United States, the 19th The Puritan century was a major source of annoyance for young men who couldn’t flirt happily without being seen as monstrous perverts. To approach the women they wanted, the most ingenious made business cards containing the essential information for a secret meeting: name, address, type of request, level of feelings involved, etc. They were called invitation cards, escort cards, or acquaintance cards. Even in the Victorian era, men couldn’t be prevented from flirting…

Erotic pocket watches: When it comes to sex, men have never lacked imagination. Also, a traveling husband from the 18th century e century conceived the idea of having a portrait of his wife painted inside his pocket watch. Needless to say, it wasn’t long before some clever people transformed the concept to insert erotic images instead. These watches, remarkable works of art, are very rare today and sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars to discerning collectors.

Vulvas as a Bun: Flirting in 17th -Century England century took a rather extravagant form among some women. To show their interest in the man of their choice, some of them made small loaves in the shape of a vulva. Clocklebread, as they were called, was molded from the female conquest’s genitals. And if the recipient of this voluptuous loaf ate it, the relationship was assured and the promise of happy love was certain.

Impotence trials: in the Middle Ages, marriage was no laughing matter. Not only did the contract between spouses have to be duly signed, but it also had to be consummated to avoid annulment. A dishonored wife could drag her husband before the judges and sue him for impotence. The poor fellow, closely examined by doctors, also had to answer very intimate questions about what was going on in his bed. If the courts weren’t convinced, he would then undergo a trial by sexual intercourse. That is, he had to honor his wife, with bodily fluids to prove it, before a crowd of nobles and pseudo-experts who gawked at him with impunity. If he succeeded, he then had the right to publicly humiliate his shrew. Ouch!

Pederasty among the Greeks: we have always known that the eromenos and the erastes were joyful fools in Antiquity and that they had nothing to envy of the extravagances of the Marais today. But what we don’t always know is that it was an honor for a father to see one of his guests, namely a mature man, weigh his son’s balls. Even if a male guest did not proceed to this type of touching on the son old enough to be groped, this disdain was seen as a shame by the father. That’s enough to leave you speechless!

Masturbation in the Nile: The Nile, in addition to being the second largest river in the world, was also a veritable repository of fertility in ancient times. According to an ancient legend, the flooding of the Nile was the result of the divine masturbation of Atum, and it was to help him in this delicate mission that the Egyptians masturbated in the sacred river to help ward off droughts. In short, a place where swimming was supposed to be forbidden…

Nepalese women and fraternal polyandry: To prevent the dispersal of family lands during inheritance, an old Nepalese tradition allowed Nepalese women to marry all the brothers of the same family, in order to keep the inheritance in a single plot. All for one, one for all!

The happy Bashilele of Congo: we’ve saved the best for dessert. In this Congolese ethnic group, there was a time when Bashilele boys of marriageable age, but without financial means, pooled their meager assets to buy a wife together. Be careful, it wasn’t about acquiring a commodity, far from it. The marital candidates then had to, for six months to two years, devote themselves to all kinds of pampering and attention so that the beauty could choose her five future husbands from the group. But that’s not all; in addition to her legal husbands, the happy Bashilele could also copulate with other men in the village, to the extent that she frolicked with her disposable lovers in the forest… Isn’t life beautiful!

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