In the story of "The Wife of Bath", the woman enjoyed pleasure immensely. And when i think of a culture that likes sex i think of India. Though we may see India as a uptight country because of there traditions on marriage, they like sex a lot. Yes their culture may believe its for husband and wife, but they sure know how to do it. Now why do i associate India with sex so much. Because of a little book called the "Kama Sutra".
The "Kama Sutra" is a book that talks about how sex is a transcendent and spiritual thing. But it doesn't just say why sex is great, it shows us how we should be doing it for better pleasure. So they aren't as uptight as some may have thought.
Now i feel as if the wife of bath was probably very skilled in the realm of sex, but the "Kama Sutra" would have possibly helped her skills slightly. Though the wife of bath didn't always see sex as a spiritual thing, if my memory is correct, she kept it within her marriages. So even though she had more then one partner she still tried to keep it somewhat romantic.
Wife of Bath did enjoy sex, and did stay within her marriages while doing it, so according to India and the "Kama Sutra" she was much like so, however to the Europeans, she would be frowned upon due to the fact that she had multiple marriages. Also, in China, they believed that romantic love was through sexual attraction, along with the emotional state of the relationship, which Wife of Bath did not have. According to all of the cultures and religions, I definitely agree that Wife of Bath most resembled the love of India, however her love life was far from romantic, but more of sexual attractions to any man she could get.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know this about India! How did you find all of this out? Have you visited there before, or just studied it?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know this about India! How did you find all of this out? Have you visited there before, or just studied it?
ReplyDeleteI've heard about Kama Sutra but I've never read it or knew it's history. Thanks for the info!
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