Intercrural sex
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Intercrural sex (from 'inter-' and Latin 'crura,' legs), also known as interfemoral sex, is a type of 'outercourse,' or non-penetrative sex, in which one partner places his penis between the other partner's thighs (often with lubrication [link]), and thrusts to create friction.
It was a common form of sex in the Ancient Greek system of pederasty, where penetrative sex was considered demeaning to the receiving partner. The historian K.J. Dover wrote about this extensively in his book Greek Homosexuality (1977), from which current theories on the subject of Greek male-male sexuality are largely derived. Joan Roughgarden refers to standing face-to-face intercrural intercourse as the "gay male missionary position" of ancient Greece in a section of her recent book Evoluion's Rainbow that draws heavily on Dover.
In modern times it may be practised as a way of avoiding penetrative sex. This may be for religious reasons, as it is not specifically condemned by Leviticus 18 or 20. [link] The sex education and sexual experimentation of adolescents and children may feature or have featured intercrural sex in the interests of avoiding pregnancy and preserving virginity. [link] [link] At least one organization is promoting it as a safer alternative to anal sex between gay men. [link] Intercrural intercourse is not, however, merely a means of avoiding unwanted consequences of penetration for all who practice it; according to his biographer Richard Ellman, Oscar Wilde was introduced to intercrural sex by Robert Baldwin Ross, Wilde being unattracted by the idea of anal sex. [link]
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External links
- [Pre-marital intercrural sex known as soma in Zulu tradition]
- The [Amazon page] for the 'statistically improbable' phrase 'interfemoral intercourse' has links to a number of books dealing with the subject through history.
- [Dan Savage on Abraham Lincoln and femoral intercourse (third letter)]
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