“Truth is relative.” Essentially meaning, with enough work, every opinion can be justified. The idea largely comes from the study of other cultures, which became popular in the early twentieth century. At the time, the search for truth was focused on language, with great minds like Wittgenstein saying we can’t conceive of something we can’t talk about. But when other cultures were studied, some languages were so different that doubt started to build. Then, when it was realised that we can’t even depend on actions to define things, (Are they pointing at something? Or is it about their finger? ) the idea that truth is defined by culture took hold. This was then pushed to the extreme to say the same thing about individual opinions. It all became a big bloody headache for philosophers.
What has this got to do with fucking? Quite a lot actually. Different cultures do look at things in different ways – the Inuit culture has a lot more words for snow than western culture for example – but we all share common aspects of life, and fucking is one of them. Rather than one take on sex, which would happen if every culture understood it in the same way, we have rich diverse sexual behaviours spanning the world. Dipping into other cultural practices can be so fucking hot.
Take an adventure into West Asia and you’ll find tantric sex with the Kama Sutra. Head into East Asia and indulge in Japanese rope bondage or jump to Europe where anal play is more part of the game. In Central Africa, sexuality is linked to creativity and female ejaculation is triggered using an ancient foreplay technique. The more you explore the wonderful world of sex, the more you realise that as long as respect for one another is never breached, your imagination is the only limit. I don’t believe truth is relative, but I do believe that some truths are so laden with meaning there is no limit to how we can experience them.That’s what makes our culturally diverse world as sexy as fuck.
What has this got to do with fucking? Quite a lot actually. Different cultures do look at things in different ways – the Inuit culture has a lot more words for snow than western culture for example – but we all share common aspects of life, and fucking is one of them. Rather than one take on sex, which would happen if every culture understood it in the same way, we have rich diverse sexual behaviours spanning the world. Dipping into other cultural practices can be so fucking hot.
Take an adventure into West Asia and you’ll find tantric sex with the Kama Sutra. Head into East Asia and indulge in Japanese rope bondage or jump to Europe where anal play is more part of the game. In Central Africa, sexuality is linked to creativity and female ejaculation is triggered using an ancient foreplay technique. The more you explore the wonderful world of sex, the more you realise that as long as respect for one another is never breached, your imagination is the only limit. I don’t believe truth is relative, but I do believe that some truths are so laden with meaning there is no limit to how we can experience them.That’s what makes our culturally diverse world as sexy as fuck.