In ancient Mesopotamia, women delighted in having sex with men and actively participated in incantations to overcome men’s impotence. … Read the post ancient Mesopotamian women strove to overcome men’s impotence
Ishtar insistently proposed marrying Gilgamesh, yet he rejected her. His invective moved beyond the Marriage of Martu to signal new Amorite rulers. … Read the post Gilgamesh rejected marriage to Ishtar to favor Martu & Amorites
In the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Gilgamesh’s mutual, intimate friendship, not the prostitute Shamhat, civilized them. … Read the post intimate friendship, not Shamhat, civilized Enkidu and Gilgamesh
Men and women prostitutes related happily in ancient Sumer with its prostitute goddess Inanna. Medieval European men protested prostitutes exploiting them. … Read the post men and female prostitutes from ancient Sumer to medieval Europe
With concrete, mundane figures, Sumerian love poems from about 4000 years ago delight in differentiated female and male physical sexual organs. … Read the post ancient Sumerian love poems delight in physical reality