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How this article misrepresents this issue (i.e. China is still very conservative regarding this and just about everything else)[edit]

It's true that you could meet some free-thinking people in China, and see homosexual couples in China, etc., but still the average person in China has very traditional view of this. Did this article mention how if there is ever an advertisement for underwear, or breast enlargements, they always use obviously non-Chinese people. Note how there is no Chinese article about this subject... Spettro9 (talk) 19:34, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sexuality in China article class rating: I have downgraded to "C" conservatively[edit]

considering the questions raised, and the scope of the article, i dont think this article is a "B" class article. its either "C" or "Start". I have downgraded to "C" conservatively.

Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:57, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV[edit]

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Change from what: this article discusses nothing except the opening up and change of chinese attitudes[edit]

This article discusses nothing except the opening up and change of chinese attitudes, but without any idea of what old attitudes were and how they might still exist in the society, this article is deeply flawed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.43.65 (talk) 06:12, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Need history of the topic[edit]

Isn't there a lot to be said about sex in pre-twentieth century China?

deisenbe (talk) 12:35, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Taoist sexual practices[edit]

There are some mentioned in that article, but not much. Some of the stuffs could be transferred to this article. 2A02:C7D:1AAD:BB00:B4FA:E9B6:66A1:9CD (talk) 21:59, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Contemporary texts[edit]

Frantzis, Bruce. Taoist Sexual Meditation. North Atlantic Books, 2012.
Chang, Jolan. The Tao of Love and Sex. Plume, 1977.
Chang, Stephen T.. The Tao of Sexology: The Book of Infinite Wisdom. Tao Longevity LLC, 1986.
Chia, Mantak and Maneewan. Cultivating Female Sexual Energy. Healing Tao, 1986.
Chia, Mantak and Michael Winn. Taoist Secrets of Love. Aurora, 1984.
Chia, Mantak and Maneewan. The Multi-Orgasmic Couple. HarperOne, 2002.
Hsi Lai. The Sexual Teachings of the White Tigress: Secrets of the Female Taoist Masters. Destiny Books, 2001.
Needham, Joseph. Science and Civilization in China, 5:2. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1983.
Reid, Daniel P. The Tao of Health, Sex & Longevity. Simon & Schuster, 1989.
Robinet, Isabelle. Taoism: Growth of a Religion (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997 [original French 1992]). ISBN 0-8047-2839-9
Van Gulik, Robert. The Sexual Life of Ancient China: A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D. Leiden: Brill, 1961. OL 13350221W
Ruan Fang Fu. Sex in China: Studies in Sexology in Chinese Culture Plenum Press, 1991. OL 13567038W
Wik, Mieke and Stephan. Beyond Tantra: Healing through Taoist Sacred Sex. Findhorn Press, 2005.OL 16989994W
Wile, Douglas. The Art of the Bedchamber: The Chinese Sexual Yoga Classics including Women's Solo Meditation Texts. Albany: State University of New York, 1992.
Zettnersan, Chian. Taoist Bedroom Secrets, Twin Lakes, WI: Lotus Press, 2002.OL 8676171W

Classical texts[edit]

Health Benefits of the Bedchamber
Ishinpō (醫心方)

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Recentism[edit]

More than anything this article is incredibly recentist and does not cover enough of China's sexual norms before Mao's rule, and there is almost nothing related to pre-Westernized China. These absolutely need to be added to the article. Uness232 (talk) 10:04, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]