Since the advent of the human race, human is considering nature as a mother. Even there are a lot of community till exist who worship nature as Goddess. But have you ever imagined nature as your beloved?? Have you ever imagined being romantic with nature itself??
Yes, you have heard right. There are a lot of customs, rituals, and beliefs which may look weird to us but they exist on this very earth. One of such belief is ‘Ecosexuality.’
Ecosexuality takes the phrase “getting back to nature” to its most extreme, as a concept that celebrates and encourages humans to come together with the elements in both sexual and non-sexual relationships.
With the future of our environment increasingly in peril, ecosexuals want us to examine the state of our relationship with the world a little closer.
The community is lead by a Melbourne-based group who recently helped launch an ecosex bathhouse – Pony Express – with a composting glory hole, eco-porn in HD, and hourly bee swarms to carry you on a “honey tsunami”.
Jennifer Reed, A Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is writing a dissertation in ‘Ecosexuality’, and says that the number of people who identify as ecosexuals has increased markedly in past three years. And Google Search Data confirms that interest in the term has spiked dramatically over the past two years. We may look back on 2016 as the year ecosexuality hit the mainstream.
For the ones who is new to this concept, here are a few attributes that you should know:
1. Having sex with the Earth
Ecosexuality fundamentally means showing the Earth some love- which could be physical or otherwise. There is an ecosex manifesto ( Link: https://theecosexuals.ucsc.edu/ecosexualmanifesto/ ) which spells this out clearly: “We shamelessly hug trees, massage the earth with our feet, and talk erotically to plants. We are skinny dippers, sun worshippers, and stargazers. We caress rocks, are pleasured by waterfalls, and admire the Earth’s curves. We make love with the Earth through our senses. We celebrate our E-spots. We are very dirty.”
2. They want you to see nature as your lover
Ecosexuals believe that we should not treat the planet as our mother, but as our lover. In an interview to the Guardian, Annie Sprinkle, one of the pioneers of the movement had said, “You might give your mother a hard time and she’ll put up with it, but with a lover, it’s a question of give and take and, ecosexuals believe, that’s just what the planet needs right now.”
3. Fighting climate change
By seeing the Earth as a lover, ecosexuals believe that they shall be able to battle climate change and hence protect and preserve the environment. They feel that by actions such as hugging trees and having intercourse with the earth, they can help battle the stresses that industrialization and related factors affecting Nature.
4. Ecosexuality as an identity
According to their manifesto, ecosexuality is an identity just like being gay or bisexual.
It says: “For some of us being ecosexual is our primary (sexual) identity, whereas for others it is not. Ecosexuals can be LGBTQI, heterosexual, asexual, and/or other. We invite and encourage ecosexuals to come out. We are everywhere. We are polymorphouse and pollen-amourous.”
5. Ecosexuals wear condoms- on their fingers
Ecosexuals at times also use tiny condoms which are worn on the fingers, since contraception as an integral part of ecosexuality. In fact, the Ecosexual Bathhouse in Australia takes the aid of sensors, UV light and, microphones in order to sensitize people to non-human life and make them empathize with the environment in new ways.
To sum up, it can be said that it is an extreme approach of loving and protecting nature. They express their love as “The Earth is our lover. We are madly, passionately, and fiercely in love, and we are grateful for this relationship each and every day. In order to create a more mutual and sustainable relationship with the Earth, we collaborate with nature. We treat the Earth with kindness, respect, and affection.”
So what do you think can nature be a beloved of human being? or is it just a taboo or a weird belief of our modern developed society!!
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