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发帖数: 687 | 11 THIS appears to be so-called not because it was used by missionaries (
although that was probably the case) but because it was the position
missionaries are supposed to have advocated for the 'lesser races' they were
preaching to. There seem to be two reasons for this preference. The face-to
-face position was thought more 'civilised' than other 'animalistic' ones
and, secondly, it literally put the man on top. In this way the position
embodied two key aspects of the nineteenth century middle-class view of the
world. The evidence of sex positions in the past suggests that it was by no
means the most preferred and perhaps not the most common. Presumably the
missionaries encountered a situation where it was not so common otherwise
they would not have had to advocate it. The rise of the missionary position,
therefore, seems to be related to the intensificiation of a male dominated,
imperialist, class society. But contemporary sex surveys also suggest that
both men and women often get more pleasure from alternative positions.
Readers sympathetic towards the Labour Party's current abandoment of class
politics might like to consider the significance this has for their own
lives. Not only are revolutionary positions more politically correct, they
are also likely to be more fun. |
