The "distortion" of the book happened "in part because the first edition of Kama Sutra in English was done by colonial enthusiast-and Orientalist-Richard Burton in the late nineteenth century," Mitra explains. But, she adds, "Unfortunately, people still use these reductive, racist ideas to think about Indian sexuality in the past and present." Burton "wanted to create a fantasy for his English-speaking audience by portraying people of the East as hypersexual and unchanging, without history," notes Mitra. The Kama Sutra does address sex positions, but it’s really only in one section, points out Gigi Engle, a certified sex coach. " about the art of living and loving well and obtaining and maintaining the pleasures of life- including sex and love," confirms sex therapist Debra Laino, DHS. That said, the section on sexuality is packed with a number of sex positions that promote emotional intimacy between partners by way of touch and physical connection. The ancient text even teaches that men should prioritize a woman’s pleasure over their own (hear hear!), by focusing on making sure she climaxes before even thinking about their own orgasm.
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The Kama Sutra section on sexuality "was designed to teach a man how to make sure that the woman was fully pleasured," says sex expert Seema Anand, author of The Arts of Seduction. "It even says that if a man can pleasure a woman properly, his business will do better because she won’t spend your money needlessly, and that a man would even be a better warrior." "They believed that if the woman was fully pleasured, sex would go on for longer in a marriage," she adds.