Cunnilingus is as old as the human species, but this sex act is still taboo in our modern society. So taboo that Batman was forbidden to do it in a recent HBO Max series. Why is it that an act for female pleasure is seen as delinquent, but fellatio is being boasted about in locker rooms across America?
We’re lapping up the history of cunnilingus across the animal kingdom, what evolutionary benefit this sex act may have had, and why the power dynamics of sex make us so uncomfortable. All this to get to the bottom of the rude question: Does Batman go down, and should you?
That’s what you're in for today on Impolite Society.
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Male Bats Caught Performing Oral Sex on Females
Gorillas shock onlookers with oral sex show at Bronx Zoo in hilarious video
A brief history of oral sex, from ancient China to DJ Khaled
The Evolution Of Oral Sex: Does 'Going Down' On Your Partner Have Biological Roots?
Researchers explore the evolutionary roots of cunnilingus
Cunnilingus in the Middle Ages and the Problem of Understanding Past Sex Lives
A history of oral sex, from fellatio's ancient roots to the modern blow job
Going Down is Coming Up: Oral Sex and its Confusions
A Study of Sex, Gender, and Power: Cunnilingus and Fellacio in Casual Sex Ads
Dominant or Submissive? Paradox of Power in Sexual Relations
What It Really Means If a Man Won't Go Down on You
Men Explain, in Great Detail, Why They Don't Eat Pussy
AN ORAL HISTORY OF MEN NOT EATING PUSSY
I’m a Straight Man and I Hate Giving Oral Sex
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