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Vanilla sex is sometimes used as a derogative term
that refers to what a society regards as standard or conventional
sexual behavior. Different cultures, subcultures, and individuals
have different ideas about what constitutes vanilla sex. Often it is
interpreted as sex that does not involve such elements as BDSM,
kink, or fetish activities.
Among homosexual men it sometimes implies that the activity is non-insertive
(i.e. intercrural intercourse(in which one partner places his penis
between the other partner's thighs), manual sex, frottage etc.).
Among heterosexual couples in the Western world, vanilla sex often
refers to the missionary position.
The term "vanilla" derives from the use of vanilla extract as the
basic flavoring for ice cream, and by extension meaning "plain" or
"conventional". Thus, the term "vanilla" is sometimes used as an
insult to describe someone who is overly conventional or unwilling
to take risks, in both sexual and non-sexual contexts. |
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