Analysis Of Kama Sutra By Vatsyaayana

The Pursuit of Sexuality

Thereafter she may reciprocate all the actions her lover had earlier exhibited. Breathing hard and laughing, she presses hard on his chest with her breasts as she tries again and again to join her mouth to his, bending her head and scattering the flowers in her hair. ‘You got me down!’ she says with a laugh as she threatens and beats him, ‘I do the same to you in return!’ Then she may show signs of embarrassment, fatigue and a wish to stop, having proceeded exactly as does a man. [Kama Sutra Pg 60]

In this section of the Kama Sutra which focuses on Reversing Roles, Vatsyayana addresses the reader in a tone that seems factual and he very cleverly detaches himself from taking responsibility for the ideas portrayed by

In the entire paragraph, Salmacis’s dialogue has a tone of desperation which can be seen by the various kinds of words used. Salmacis finds every person in vicinity of Hermaphroditus who in some way can have a physical contact with him as lucky, even his brother which not only portrays incest but also homosexuality in a very natural and effortless manner completely contrary to how presently talks and ideas of incest and homosexuality both in their own sense are sinful and looked upon with discomfiture. When talking about sisters Salmacis uses for sure, this again gives us insight about how heterosexual incest is somehow more understandable and acceptable than a homosexual incestuous relationship. The use of plural noun sisters can come across as a consequence of the popularly accepted fact that having multiple female partners is admissible because it keeps in consideration the certain patriarchal societal norms of men being higher than a woman. A paradox is seen with the usage of gave you her breasts to suck! Because sucking breasts on one hand, is one of the most intimate acts between a mother or a nurse and a child whereas, on the other hand it is used as an act of pleasure during sex, here Salmacis uses both the acts to portray how she wishes to be the woman who gave him her breasts to suck not because she wants to be the one nurturing him but because she wants it for her own sexual fulfillment. Breasts are clearly objectified by Salmacis without any hesitation which is similar to how everyone in the society has clearly accepted objectification of the female body as normal. When Salmacis says the maid whom torches escort to your house in the wedding