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Intercrural sex (from 'inter-' and Latin 'crura,' legs), also known as femoral/interfemoral sex/intercourse, is a type of intercourse variously regarded as penetrative and non-penetrative sex, in which a male partner places his penis between the other partner's thighs (often with lubrication[1]), and thrusts to create friction. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Sumata (Japanese: ç´ è‚¡, literally: real crotch) is a Japanese term for a non-penetrative sex act popular in Japanese brothels. ... Sexual penetration (as opposed to outercourse) typically involves the insertion of the penis into a bodily orifice. ... Non-penetrative sex (also known as outercourse) is sexual activity without vaginal, anal, and possibly oral penetration, as opposed to intercourse. ...

Heterosexuality

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.[2][3] In 1987 the Shere Hite report on Female Sexuality found that some adult women reported being able to orgasm through stimulation of the clitoris by the penis, including via intercrural contact.^[1] Sex education is a broad term used to describe education about human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, and other aspects of human sexual behavior. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Shere Hite Shere Hite (born November 2, 1942 in Saint Joseph, Missouri) is a sex educator and feminist. ...

Male homosexuality

Zephyrus and Hyacinth; Attic red-figure cup from Tarquinia, ca 480 BC, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Intercrural intercourse was common 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.^[2] 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 Evolution's Rainbow that draws heavily on Dover.^[3] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (748x993, 655 KB) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (748x993, 655 KB) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind and the goddess Chloris, from a 1875 engraving by William-Adolphe Bouguereau In Greek mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι — winds) were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction, from which their respective winds came, and were each associated with various... Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ... Woman officiating at an altar, Attic red-figure kylix by Chairias, c. ... ... Tarquinia, formerly Corneto and in Antiquity Tarquinii, is an ancient city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. ... The Persian invasion of Greece in 480-479 BC May — King Xerxes I of Persia marches from Sardis and onto Thrace and Macedonia. ... Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (Doù venons-nous? Que faisons-nous? Où allons-nous?) (1897). ... Pederastic courtship scene Athenian black-figure amphora, 5th c. ... Sir Kenneth James Dover, FRSE, FBA (born March 11, 1920) is a distinguished British academic who is currently Chancellor of the University of St Andrews. ... K. J. Dover – Greek Homosexuality Greek Homosexuality is a scholarly work by K.J. Dover, published in 1978 and discussing the practices and attitudes of the ancient Greeks toward homosexuality, based on archaelogical and literary sources. ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... Joan E. Roughgarden (b. ... The missionary position The missionary position A variation on the missionary position as depicted in Pompeii The missionary position is a common human sex position also used by certain other species including bonobos[1] and armadillos. ...

Intercrural sex is sometimes known as the "Princeton First-Year".^[4] The term may refer to a system by which upperclassmen helped new students assimilate to university life in exchange for sexual gratification. A similar system was present at Oxford University, hence the synonym "Oxford Style." Students at both Oxford and Princeton may have been imitating homosexual practices in ancient Greece, referenced by authors such as Plato and Aristotle (see homosexuality in ancient Greece). Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States of America. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Temple of Athena, the Parthenon Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around nine hundred years. ... PLATO was one of the first generalized Computer assisted instruction systems, originally built by the University of Illinois (U of I) and later taken over by Control Data Corporation (CDC), who provided the machines it ran on. ... Aristotle (Greek: Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. ... Same-sex love was an sporadic part of civic life in ancient Greece from the seventh century until the Roman era. ...

Intercrural intercourse has been proposed as an important part of the sexual lives of a handful of notable historical figures known or suspected to have been homosexual or bisexual. According to his biographer Richard Ellman, Oscar Wilde was introduced to intercrural sex by Robert Baldwin Ross, and it appears to have been his preferred activity, even over oral sex. [4]. Shaka Zulu is speculated to have encouraged intercrural intercourse among his troops to "create intimacy and loyalty".^[5] Quotes attributed to the Cynic philosophers regarding Alexander the Great, made both during and after his lifetime, seem to presume intercrural intercourse between Alexander and Hephaistion.^[6] Similarly, comments made by a bed mate about Abraham Lincoln's thighs led to speculation of intercrural intercourse between the two in C.A. Tripp's recent The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln.^[7] Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... Robert Ross at twenty-four For other uses of this name, see Robert Baldwin (disambiguation). ... Shaka Shaka (sometimes spelled Chaka) (ca. ... Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1] Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC–June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of the most successful military commanders in history. ... Hephaestion (born ca. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincolns sexuality is a topic of dispute. ...

Though some modern Christians and Jews have made the argument that intercrural intercourse is not specifically condemned by Leviticus 18 or 20, [5] it has been subject to various historical sodomy laws and religious restrictions; [6] one of the questions a young man entering confessional during the medieval period would be asked was "Have you fornicated with another male between his thighs? By this I mean, have you ever put your manhood between the thighs of the other, and through vigorous movement ejaculated semen?"^[8] Intercrural intercourse appears to have been common during the medieval era anyway, a contemporary document titled the "Altercatio Ganimedis et Helene" (the Debate of Helen and Ganymede) depicts Greco-Roman mythical figure Ganymede describing the "slippery thighs of a boy" as superior to the "stink and gaping looseness of the female cave".^[9] [7], Leviticus 18 is a chapter of the Biblical book of Leviticus. ... A sodomy law is a law which makes certain sexual acts into sex crimes. ... The Rape of Ganymede, by Rubens In Greek mythology, Ganymede, or closer to the Greek Ganymede the great man that leads (in Greek — Γανυμήδης, Ganumēdēs) was a divine hero whose homeland was the Troad. ...

Intercrural sex is still quite common in some communities, a recent report on the sexual health needs of MSM in the Calcutta suburbs found that 73% of men asked engaged in intercrural intercourse, though the frequency varied based on demographic factors: only 54% of sex workers, 50% of lower income men and 40% of Muslims reported intercrural sex; while 82% of Hindus and 88% of middle income men reported engaging in it.^[10] A similar study from South Asia reported that intercrural sex was tied with anal sex as the second most preferred sex act of men asked, making it more popular than oral sex or frottage.^[11] Men who have sex with men (MSM) is a term used to classify men who have sex with men, regardless of whether they self-identify as gay, bisexual, or heterosexual. ... Non-penetrative sex (also known as outercourse) is sexual activity without vaginal, anal, and possibly oral penetration, as opposed to intercourse. ...

See also

• Non-penetrative sex
• Greek love
• Mammary intercourse
• Oral sex

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References

Shere Hite Shere Hite (born November 2, 1942 in Saint Joseph, Missouri) is a sex educator and feminist. ...

External links

• Pre-marital intercrural sex known as soma in Zulu tradition
• Dan Savage on Abraham Lincoln and femoral intercourse (third letter)