Mammary intercourse
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Mammary intercourse is a non-penetrative sex act involving the partner's penis between the woman's breasts.[1][2] During mammary intercourse, the woman ordinarily receives no direct sexual stimulation, though Alex Comfort noted that women with sensitive breasts could achieve orgasm through this act, which Margot Anand called local orgasms of the breast.[3]
Key facts and history
The book The Joy of Sex recommended that women with smaller breasts be on top during mammary intercourse.[1] Alex Comfort stated that mammary intercourse can produce orgasm in women with sensitive breasts.[3] Margot Anand termed such experiences "local orgasms of the breast."[3] Mammary intercourse was one of nine substitute exercises for penetrative sexual activities detailed in the Paradis Charnels of 1903.[3]
The risk of transmitting HIV via mammary intercourse is very low because the infection requires direct contact between mucous membranes and semen.[2] Sigmund Freud considered such extensions of sexual interest normal unless marked by exclusivity and repudiation of other sexual contact.[4] According to Alex Comfort's The Joy of Sex and a 2006 article by Levin in Sexual & Relationship Therapy, smaller female breasts are more sensitive than larger ones.[1] A sex worker, as documented in a 1996 study by Woods (reported in Davis, pages 125–127), stated that when she performed mammary intercourse with large breasts, it felt to the client like penetrative vaginal sex.[5]
What the cited sources add
The 1972 book The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort provided specific positioning advice for women with smaller breasts.[1] A 1995 article by Kelly in Family Relations stated that mammary intercourse greatly reduces STI risk because it avoids direct mucous membrane contact.[2] HIV transmission is very unlikely via mammary intercourse.[2] Clifford Allen's 1969 A Textbook of Psychosexual Disorders and Sigmund Freud's writings addressed historical views of mammary intercourse as a perversion or normal variation.[4]
A 2006 article by Levin in Sexual & Relationship Therapy stated that smaller female breasts have greater sensitivity than larger ones, a point also made in Alex Comfort's The Joy of Sex.[1] A 1996 study by Woods, as presented in Davis (pages 125–127), recorded a sex worker's account that mammary intercourse with large breasts gave clients a sensation similar to penetrative vaginal sex.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Mammary intercourse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Alex Comfort, The Joy of Sex (1972) p. 69; Levin, "The breast/nipple/areola complex and human sexuality", Sexual & Relationship Therapy, May 2006, p. 237–249 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mammary intercourse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kelly, "Advances in HIV/AIDS education and prevention", Family Relations, October 1995, p. 345–352 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mammary intercourse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Alex Comfort, The Joy of Sex (1972) pp. 69, 175 and 176; Margo Ananad, The Art of Sexual Ecstasy (1990) p. 309 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mammary intercourse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: O'Barr, "Sex and Advertising", Advertising & Society Review, 2011, p. 2; Clifford Allen, A Textbook of Psychosexual Disorders (1969) p. 200; Sigmund Freud, On Sexuality (PFL 7) p. 65 and p. 75 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mammary intercourse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Woods, 1996, in Davis, pages 125–127 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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