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. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Sexual penetration is the Penetration of a Bodily orifice, such as the Vagina, Anus or Mouth, with a body part or another object Non-penetrative sex (also known as outercourse and dry sex) is Sexual activity without Vaginal Anal, and Oral penetration

Heterosexuality

The sex education and sexual experimentation of adolescents may feature intercrural sex in the interests of avoiding pregnancy and preserving virginity ^[2][3]. Sex education is a broad term used to describe Education about human sexual anatomy, Sexual reproduction, Sexual intercourse, Reproductive Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female 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. Shere Hite (born November 2 1942, Saint Joseph, Missouri) is an American -born German sex educator and feminist ^[4]

A variation on this practice is known in Japan as sumata. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Sumata ( Japanese: 素股 literally "bare Crotch " is a Japanese term for a non-penetrative Sex act popular in Japanese Brothels

Male homosexuality

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

Intercrural intercourse (termed diamerizein, "to do it between the thighs") was common in the Ancient Greek system of pederasty, where anal sex was considered demeaning to the receiving partner. In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed Attica (Αττική Attikí;) is a periphery (subdivision in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. Drinkware or beverageware is a general term for the class of vessels from which people drink Tarquinia, formerly Corneto and in Antiquity Tarquinii, is an ancient city in the Province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. Events By place Greece May — King Xerxes I of Persia marches from Sardis and onto Thrace The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States attracting over one million visitors a year Greek Pederasty, as idealised by the Greeks from archaic times onward was a relationship and bond between an adolescent boy and an adult man outside Anal sex most often refers to the sex act involving insertion of the Penis into the Rectum. 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. Sir Kenneth James Dover, FRSE, FBA (born March 11, 1920) is a distinguished British Greek Homosexuality is the first work of the 20th century in the English language to address the topic of same sex relation in ancient Greece The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Generally speaking human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings ^[5] 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. Joan E Roughgarden (b Jonathan Roughgarden in Paterson New Jersey on 13 March 1946) is an American Biologist. The missionary position is a male-superior (man on top Sex position in which the woman lies on her back and the partners face each other ^[6]

Intercrural sex is sometimes known as the "Princeton First-Year". Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ^[7] 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". The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the 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). The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Aristotle (Greek Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC was a Greek philosopher a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. In Classical antiquity, writers such as Herodotus, Plato, Xenophon, Athenaeus and many others explored aspects of same-sex love in

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. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of Robbie Ross links here for the Australian rugby league players see Robbie Ross (rugby league. ^[8] Shaka Zulu is speculated to have encouraged intercrural intercourse among his troops to "create intimacy and loyalty". Shaka (sometimes spelled Tshaka, Tchaka or Chaka; ca 1787 – ca ^[9] 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 Hephaestion. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' Hephaestion ( Greek:, alternative spelling "Hephaistion" c ^[10] Similarly, comments made by a bed mate about Abraham Lincoln's thighs led to speculation of intercrural intercourse between the two in C. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal A. Tripp's recent The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln. The sexuality of Abraham Lincoln is a topic of debate Lincoln was married to Mary Todd from November 4, 1842 until his death on April 15 ^[11]

Though some modern Christians and Jews have made the argument that intercrural intercourse is not specifically condemned by Leviticus 18 or 20,^[12] it has been subject to various historical sodomy laws and religious restrictions;^[13] 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?"^[14] 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". Leviticus 18 is a chapter of the Biblical book of Leviticus. It narrates part of the instructions given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai. A sodomy law is a Law that defines certain Sexual acts as sex crimes. Ganymede most often refers to Ganymede (mythology, a Trojan prince in Greek mythology taken by Zeus to Mount Olympus Ganymede (moon, ^[15][16]

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. Men who have sex with men or males who have sex with males ( MSM) refers to men who engage in sexual activity with other men whether ^[17] A similar study from South Asia reported that intercrural sex was tied with anal sex as the second most preferred sex act of gay men, making it more popular than oral sex or frot. Frot ( French frotter, to rub is male-male Non-penetrative sex, where male partners engage in the rubbing of erect Penis on erect penis typically ^[18]

See also

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

References

External links

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