Sex in non-Western cultures

Although we discussed the close relationship of sex with procreation in Western traditions, this does not mean that all other world cultures adhere to the same concept. Thus, in ancient China, Taoism (originating approximately in the II century BC) actively encouraged sexual activity not only for the purpose of procreation, but also for the purpose of spiritual growth and harmony.
This is confirmed by the fact that the earliest known sexual guidelines were written in ancient China around 200 BC. er And although men were not advised to spend their seed during masturbation, practices such as anal intercourse and oral-genital stimulation were considered legal. (These free views, characteristic of Taoism, were later supplanted by a much more rigorous attitude to sex of Confucianism during its revival around 1000 AD. To this day, the attitude of the Chinese to sex continues to be fairly conservative.
In the ancient Indian religion of Hinduism, sexual enjoyment was also celebrated as one of the means of attaining spiritual perfection. Like the ancient Chinese, the Indians used the sexual leadership of the Kama Sutra, dating from about III-V centuries AD. er
{The Kama Sutra contains numerous color images of exotic positions for sex}
The third greatest non-Western religion, Islam, also attached great importance to sexual behavior in marriage, and not only as a means to continue the race. The Prophet Mohammed forbade celibacy, considering sexual intercourse in marriage to be the greatest blessing in human life, but opposed premarital relations. However, according to the orthodox faith of Islam, both polygamy (when one man can have several wives at a time) and concubinage (the content of concubine-concubines) were allowed.