Nov
21st,
2009 - In Chapter V of the “Kama Sutra”, On
the Kinds of Woman Resorted to by the Citizen there
is a list of woman not fit to ‘enjoyed’
(their term, not mine). The list includes:
-A
lunatic
-A
woman turned out of caste
-A
woman who reveals secrets
-A
woman who publicly expresses a desire for sexual intercourse
-A
woman who is extremely white
-A
woman who is extremely black
-A
bad-smelling woman
-A
woman who is a near relative
-A
woman who is a female friend
-A
woman who leads the life of an ascetic
-And,
lastly, the wife of a relative, of a friend, of a learned Braham, and
of the king
Do we
really need to be cautioned against sleeping with lepers, and stinky
woman? Pretty sure those take care of themselves. And I’m going to
need a more specific definition of ‘lunatic’ (the book sheds no
light upon this). Again, I cannot make this stuff up.
