Who could sully the reputation and who would offer it for morals? We have found some the interesting facts about ethics and sexuality in different centuries and in the different countries. Estimate and compare.
 25 000 years ago, Europe
The primitive person thought, that not too differs from an animal, therefore drew animals, instead of is more often. Though could represent and a hybrid (here whence centaurs!). A vivid example – a rock painting in a cave of Troyes-Frer: sexually raised bison with feet of the person. We will forgive our ancestors for frankness – what to do, they drew only that felt.
2500 years ago, the Mediterranean And the EAST
Ancient people esteemed the goddess of love: in Элладе her called the Aphrodite, in Babylon – Иштар, in Phoenicia – Астарта. Girls worshipping to the Aphrodite before to marry, have been obliged to pass ritual дефлорацию in a temple of the Great Goddess. The ceremony essence is simple: the virgin came to a temple and was given there to any unfamiliar man.
2400 years ago, ANCIENT Greece
Nobody looked sideways at men who did not require women, and have been quite satisfied by a society each other. Ancient Greeks the first have studied, have described, systematised and have made definition of homosexuality. And they discussed not so unisex marriages, and philosophical questions, for example: homosexuality should be Platonic or sexual relations are supposed? And what relations higher – unisex or bisexual?
GIRLS ALWAYS RIPENED BEFORE BOYS, HOWEVER THEY BEGAN THE SEXUAL LIFE FOR 1-2 YEARS AFTER COEVALS. ONLY IN THE LAST OF FIVE-SIX TENS YEARS THE SITUATION BEGAN TO VARY.
2100 years ago, India
Has come true! At last there was "Kama Sutra". Only this marvellous book on what has not affected – Hindus as married daughters on arrangement (before wedding it could be absolutely not familiar with the groom), and continued it to do. Ватьяс – so called the doctor who has written "Kama Sutra", – too has been assured, that sexual perfection it is possible to reach only in marriage.
1000 years ago, China
That the foot did not grow, since the childhood of a foot of Chinese women strong bandaged – in a fashion there was “a gold lotus”: tiny (let and deformed!) a foot, no more 10 sm in length. But aristocrats were delighted. Why? All is simple: a chronic pain (bones grow!) and constant pressure of muscles of a basin (appeared because of unnatural walking on культях) caused pressure of muscles of a vagina. It gave to men certain pleasure.
700 years ago, Venice
As is known, to call to order windy wives, the Venetian merchants whom on a service sort long business trips relied, have thought up “the Venetian lattices”. Easier speaking, the driving off merchant put on an iron belt which has been arranged by rather artful image the fighting girlfriend: the woman could go to a toilet, and to the husband to change – is not present. But here commerce, as always, has interfered: wives right after departure благоверного ordered a twirl in the dealer who sold to husbands “fidelity belts”. For the considerable price, certainly.
600 years ago, Germany
Here there was a custom of public division of a bed. Was considered, that marriage is really concluded only under a condition when the groom and the bride in the presence of witnesses have laid down in bed and have kissed. When marriages of convenience – among princes consisted, for example, – the groom without ceremony could be absent. Well the person to whom does not happen has been occupied. In that case the role newly married was carried out by its assistant – it did not confuse visitors, and nobody asked the bride.
150 years ago, England
During board of the queen of Victoria (1837-1901) state and church inspired to people: sex is it is a shame, untidily, badly and in general богомерзко, античеловечно and is antireligious. Especially if it is a question of women. Carnal feelings викторианцы declared lust, and thoughts about оргазме – sinful and unworthy, and also have officially informed: nakedness is, misters, horror that such, even alone with herself it is inadmissible, therefore to sleep it is necessary in a night shirt and in a cap. Then female frigidity and a man's psychogenic impotence became the mass phenomenon.
Same time, Russia
Nikolay's command I from March, 14th, 1848 had been legalised prostitution. Become the mistress of the public house any lady from 35 till 55 years, having the state document – the certificate on reliability could . It is interesting, whether reliability of owners of similar institutions in some cities of modern Europe is checked?
Our time, Tibet
In Tibet the earth bad, infertile, demanding leaving. It is no wonder, that many ethnographic groups always lacked meal, drink and women (including as in a labour). Полиандрия has solved all problems at one stroke. As it is more favourable to live, working together, the earth all family began to own at once – brothers of a ground among themselves did not divide. Also took men of one family one wife on all. Such form полиандрии is called as brotherly. But there is also another – not brotherly. It meets basically among inhabitants of the North America where husbands do not consist in consanguinity.
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