by Aramock Nanuck

      March 2017

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Ancient History

Throughout history, from the time of cavemen, Invaders, Husbands, all men throughout history, when they wanted sex, threw women down, penetrated them, ejaculated into them and left. Sex for 200,000 years ended when the man ejaculated, and never made this experience pleasurable for women. It was unnecessary to do so, or even appeared unnatural.

 

Dominants viewed thralls as property and treated them as they wished, whenever and wherever they saw fit. Conquering armies would kill the local population and enslave or claim the remaining as workers or breeding stock. This, more than any other activity, is proven scientifically to help diversify the gene pool. Like the Inuit, isolated tribes in the Americas, Africa, and Asia experienced inbreeding, resulting in numerous genetic defects within these closed societies.

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The Start of Repression

Repression coincided with the rise of the bourgeoisie and the influence of capitalism. The new social class viewed sex as a waste of energy and focused on promoting a more productive and disciplined society. This happened concurrent with a rise in discussions in the 17th and 18th centuries about sexuality, not just the silencing or suppression of activities. Those outside the bourgeoisie retained their sexual curiosity and usually took advantage of the lower class or poorer members of society for their particular tastes—the end of the 1700s, which was the previous incredible explosion of kink. 

 

The advent of the Imperial  Age and the Victorian era was about control of the masses, and suppressing and controlling sex through language, discourse, and the creation of norms became a tool of societal power.  It failed miserably, succeeding only in shoving kink into dark and sulled places, never questioned, asked about, and only shared by random coincidence.

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The worst aspects of this repression included the common practices of female genital mutilation. Individuals believed to have engaged in behaviours contradicting social, religious or cultural expectations of sexual repression, such as same-sex sexual activity, may be punished through imprisonment, honour killing (including in Western societies, the death penalty).

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Post Second World War

Mother Nature is also acutely aware that procreation ensures the survival of the species, but now it is at the core of the very threat to our existence. The continuation of the species became a mantra for establishing religions that challenge population control and same-sex unions merely because they will not accept the impact we are having. Women "knew" their place; men were arrogant, in charge and took such liberties as they desired with their wives and other women. It was always behind closed doors, and so long as it was not publicly a spectacle, it was turned a blind eye to by all and sundry. Men would joke and brag about conquests in private, but the "wife" tolerated it as long as she was never shamed or publicly humiliated.

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Partners couldn't have raw, animalistic sex or conquer another person's body. Repression reared strong in the pronouncements of polite society.

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The Real 1950s Household

There was a period of change from the 1950s to the present. Initially, we saw a very traditional household where politeness, correct behaviour and the illusion of "normalcy" reigned. Sex was primarily focused on reproduction as a necessary component for social growth, but became an economic opportunity. Our offspring were our investment in our retirement. Even today, this is the case in many Asia, African and Latin cultures. This is why they continue to experience explosive population growth, while more advanced societies see their populations shrink. There are exceptions, as countries like Singapore have explosive population growth as a core component of their government's economic policy, which drives their massive earning power.

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Changing Attitudes

The 1960s saw the second age of enlightenment and a radical shift in many advanced societies, as the religious right had a significant impact on culture. Coupled with the view that liberal sexual activities always occur with those who pay for such services and are never expected at home. This perception changed as free love came into being without the focus on procreation.

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The liberalization of women's chests, sexual pairings and alternative lifestyles all accompanied a waning of sexual constraints. This tolerance period became acceptable with the younger generation, who felt a need to discover themselves and explore their sexuality. Long before kink came alive again, the discussions about a woman's sexual needs thrust onto the stage. Now men had to think about a woman's pleasure when they had sex. Because the lesbians had actively rediscovered and promoted the orgasms, and became a real threat to male supremacy, as they were frequently more caring and better lovers than men. Men began to pretend they enjoyed eating pussy for five minutes at a time during this strange new invention called "foreplay" but discovered a real taste soon (forgive the pun) for foreplay and how it extended the sensations. However, it opened the door to a variety of activities and variations.

 

​Reinventing Kink

Kink has always reared its head, but it frequently gets beaten back as a way to control or impose strict conduct on populations. "Justine" by the Marquis de Sade, during the French Revolution, is one such example. The immediate resurfacing of the BDSM lifestyle in the 1930s began with the popularization of books like "The Story of O," the rediscovery of "Kama Sutra," or "Lolita," and others. The idea developed that the hardware store held opportunities for kink, ropes, chains, horse crops, and cattle prods, and all started seeing people who would not have an occupational reason venturing there to buy items for other purposes. Kink found its way into the pulp novels and magazines of the time. Noted psychologists began examining the reality (or their perceived view of it of human sexuality.

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Backlash

The 1960s and 1970s began to support alternative styles, with the liberalization reaching into taboo areas such as homosexual relations. The backlash was massive, and many felt it had gone too far, as governments and communities split along numerous lines over these separate views. Sex also became a rallying cry for both the ultra-liberals and the ultra-conservatives, while the formal church initially sided with the right. Two things happened, though, that reinforced that some changes were here to stay. Once the information age, through TV, media, and later the internet, became a forum for sharing ideas from all sides. And human inquisitiveness kept pushing boundaries. The increase in affluence of the middle class meant they could now do many of the same things that the rich had always done, and began to flaunt the accepted norms of polite society.

 

The Uglies Come Back

The 1980s saw liberal changes stalled, marked by thirty years of questioning, transformation, and cultural reevaluation. The redefinition of what was weird and normal struck upon some shoals for a while. It took two to three decades for a fetish lifestyle to climb back out of the closets into which society shoved them.

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Men and women were having significantly more sex and with a broader variety of people. Yet, something was missing, and it always seemed like a somewhat meaningless exercise. People thought they would enjoy and naturally get better at sex. But this wasn't the case in many circumstances.

 

AIDS Reinforced Repression

The advent of AIDS and some high-profile exposés on sexually deviant behaviour were wrongly linked together. Society immediately withdrew and reverted to old habits of the 1950s. Society assumed that "safe and sane" did not count when it came to sex, and the fundamentalist Christian communities claimed their God was punishing the immoral and unrighteous with these diseases. Publicly, it was seen as a resurgence in the organized religions, but soon science showed that much of the myth was false.

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What is Normal

The search for a more natural acceptance of sex and deviant behaviour came not from accepting deviance but from redefining what it meant to be eccentric. Society drew a line in the sand with underage participants, and those in all walks of life professed to accept the limit.

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Another change was that women refound their inner sexual selves. Many of these women became sluts, but it is now a label many adopt as a badge of honour. With help from porn and general inquisitive nature to re-explore, the nature of kink changes began to happen by the end of the decade.​

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​Making Sex Natural 

The 1990s ′s saw a new wave of pornographers who truly understood and were not afraid to show what made both men and women satisfied. They also rediscovered the need for humiliating sex and the need for domination by both women and men as objects d'amour. The latest sex toys were not the Hitachi massagers but the "slut” down the street.

 

Porn Led the Way

Leading the charge was "Max Hardcore" with extraordinarily degrading and abusive pornography. One of Max's favourite tricks was introducing the 'yellow rain' play. Many people believed he would fail within six months, as who would willingly want to work with him? Porn workers could make the same money shooting ordinary scenes for 100′s of different companies; no one would want to suffer the sort of abuse that Max Hardcore was dishing out, or would they?

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Max knew deep down that many craved domination. Max understood the history and need for dominance and that individuals wanted, but not only required, sex, but also abuse—the idea of a submissive suffering for their dominant rushed to the forefront. In the end, he had no shortage of willing participants. Parallel to him, the Bear and leather propelled the gay and bi community to the same discoveries. Soon, they merged into today’s modern Fetish reality and existence of the likes of "Upper Floor," "Kink.com," and its counterparts.

 

Exploring Continued

Individuals became eager to explore taking scenes further. Anal, deep throat, Ass-To-Mouth all came into being decide such items as gangbangs and as people looked to other cultures explore many of the ceremonial aspect s of sex in different cultures. Incorporating into the fetish lifestyle, brutal throat fucking, bukkake, and shibari all were and, as it became common in pornography, started to spread into broader communities. No longer a few hidden few, but vast groups of people were attending fetish festivals, events in near-public settings.

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Spanking for foreplay soon moved to beatings, wax play, electric shock, water torture, and eventually even cutting and needles. It is almost commonplace for lifestyle members to be spat on, pissed in, choked and abused without mercy as a form of foreplay or only as its activity.

 

  

And Kink is Back

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