Pornography plays a significant role in modern Japanese culture. Men sometimes read graphic porn novels in the open on the subway. Love hotels include rooms designed to look like bordellos or set up to facilitate kinky sex experiences. The preference for unrestrained sexual imagery is rooted in ancient Japanese sexuality. Sex aides were easily available, with royal ladies showing off their expensive double dildos and ben wa balls at court.
Shunga sexuality gets its name from Shunga prints, in which the lovers remained clothed with only their exaggerated genitals exposed. Vulvas gaped open, dripping juice into a thicket of pubic hair; penises were massive and engorged. Get into the Shunga spirit and make sex all about your genitals today:
• Arrange your silky robes so there are openings for genitals and breasts.
• If you shave, wax, or trim pubic hair, make sure it has that fresh-from-the-salon look. If you have natural pubic hair, rub scented oil into it.
• Agree that you are free to touch, caress, fondle, and stimulate one another’s genitals as long as they remain exposed.
• Set aside time that you designate for “Oral Sex on Demand,” with the demand being to perform, not receive.
• Do some drawings of one another’s genitals. Even if you have little or no artistic talent, a penis and a vulva are easy to draw.
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