Peace Through Pleasure - by Susan Block, Ph.D.
The Dr. Susan Block Bonobo Foundation
http://www.blockbonobofoundation.org

The Horniest Apes on Earth

Just in case you don't know a bonobo from a bonsai tree, bonobos,
classified as Pan paniscus, are also called pygmy chimpanzees in
primatology circles. We call them the horniest apes on Earth.

Some scientists say they're closer to humans than common chimps, though
that's debatable. They certainly look more like us, with their longer
legs, smaller ears and more open faces with higher foreheads.

Sexually speaking, the genitals of bonobo females are rotated forward
like those of human females, so that they can have face-to-face sex
rather than just "doggie style," with the male mounting from behind,
like most other primates. Basically, bonobos can do "it" in almost as
many positions as we can, and they do do it a lot.

Bonobos have some kind of sex usually several times a day.

Females are in heat for three-quarters of their cycle, and many of
them copulate even when not in heat, a sexual pattern more like human
females than that of any other mammal. Though common chimpanzees only
partake in basic reproductive sex, bonobos share all kinds of sexual
pleasures, including cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation, massage,
bisexuality, incest, body-licking, sex in different positions, group
sex, and lots of long, deep, wet, soulful, French kissing. Bonobos
Even Use "Sex Toys"

Like tantric sex practitioners, or just like two people very much in
love, copulating bonobos often look deeply into each other's eyes.

Such loving passion, such sexual dexterity, such clever, horny
playfulness is found nowhere else on Earth except among certain humans.
But that's not all that makes our kissin' cousins, the bonobos, so
worthy of our attention -- worthy enough to be our official mascots
here at the Dr. Susan Block Institute (we even call our staff the
"Bonobo Gang"). It's not just how they have sex, but how they use sex --
to maintain friendly relationships, to ease stress (e.g., Don't be
nervous, come here and sit on my face), as a form of commercial exchange
(e.g., I'll give you a ***** if you give me a banana), and to reduce
violent conflict. That is, they seem to use sex to make peace. And that,
in a coconut shell, is why we love bonobos.

Scientific observation has revealed that social interactions among
bonobos are far less hostile than among common chimps. This is not
to say that bonobos never fight; they just do so a lot less. Unlike
common chimps (and humans, of course), bonobos have never been
observed deliberately killing members of their own species. Among
bonobos observed both in the wild and in captivity, sex and mutual
pleasure are keys to keeping the peace, reinforcing social relations
based upon the give and take of sensual, erotic pleasure rather than
on pain and force and fear. Apparently, all that hot sex just cools 'em
out.

The power behind this astonishingly peaceful, highly erotic "paradise"
lies in bonobo social organization. Unlike common chimps and the other
great apes, bonobo society is not male dominated.

Females are on essentially equal footing with the boys. "Female power
is the sine qua non of bonobo life," writes Dr. Richard Wrangham in
Demonic Males, "the magic key to their world." Female bonobos have
strong relationships with each other, creating a chimp version of
"solidarity" or "sisterhood," even though adult females in any one
group are generally not sisters, or blood-related at all.

Bonobo female solidarity helps to keep the males in line; if a male
is so arrogant as to attack a female, her "sisters" will all jump
on him. By contrast, the males almost never form alliances with each
other, either to defend themselves or attack females. "Bun Grabbing"
is Another Part of Bonobo Fun.

Bonobo "ladies" strengthen their friendships through "lesbian" sex,
frequently performing what researchers call "genito-genital rubbing."
The Mogandu people have a much more appealing, expressive name
for this act of rapidly rubbing their large sensitive clitorises and
labia against each other : hoka-hoka. Sounds like a sexy sort of
dance, doesn't it ? That's what it looks like, the bonobo tango,
but it's quick vulva-to-vulva action rather than slow cheek-to-cheek.

Bonobo females grow closer to each other as they do the hoka-hoka,
consolidating their social connections along with their orgasms.
These highly sexed females are also far more likely to initiate sex
with the males than any other great ape females (including humans !).
So the bonobo guys get a pretty good deal : Give the ladies some
respect, and get plenty of sex, all year 'round.

Moreover, since the males do get plenty of sex -- from confident,
horny females who disguise their ovulation time -- they don't compete
with each other so much. That is, male bonobos don't seem to partake
in the deadly "wars," raiding parties and other acts of ape "terrorism"
so prevalent among male common chimps, and humans. They also tend to
resolve any conflicts they might have by mounting each other or
engaging in oral or manual sex.

As Dr. Franz de Waal points out in ""Bonobo : The Forgotten Ape"" :
"common chimps resolve sexual issues with power. Bonobos resolve
power issues with sex." The latter seems to be safer and more fun for
everyone.

What I call "The Bonobo Way" is a very simple philosophy (after all,
these aren't geniuses, they're chimpanzees) that we all know deep in
our bones, but that we seem to forget in the midst of our busy, lonely,
fearful, stressed, repressed, polluted, violent lives :

Pleasure Eases Pain
Good Sex Defuses Tension
Affection Calms Terror
Love Lessens Violence
Females Rule
And You Can't Very Well Fight a War
While You're Having an Orgasm

My philosophy of Ethical Hedonism applies the principles of The
Bonobo Way to the far more complex, civilized lives of human ladies
and gentlemen. Ethical hedonism supports the repression of violence
and the free, exuberant, erotic, raunchy, loving, peaceful, adventurous,
consensual expression of pleasure.

Meanwhile, the bonobo chimpanzees are extremely endangered.
The current war in the Congo is especially devastating to all forms
of life in that rain forest, including the bonobos. Time is running
out quickly. Our hairy, horny, kissin' cousins will simply die out
very soon if we humans don't make an active effort ..........
More :
http://www.SmirkingChimp.com


WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER !
LIBERATE YOUR INNER BONOBO
Use the Bonobo Way to Find Solutions to War & Terror

Such loving passion, such sexual dexterity, such clever, horny
playfulness is found nowhere else on Earth except among certain humans.