{"id":345564,"date":"2014-03-26T08:18:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T00:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/why-the-french-kiss-345564.html"},"modified":"2014-03-26T08:18:28","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T00:18:28","slug":"why-the-french-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/lifelove-hk\/decoding-hk\/why-the-french-kiss-345564.html","title":{"rendered":"The Kissing Report: Why the 'French' kiss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/03\/XSoigneTout2.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-10386\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" wp-image-10386 img-responsive  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/03\/XSoigneTout2.jpg\" alt=\"XSoigneTout2\" width=\"544\" height=\"362\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p>It now concerns the vast majority of humanity.\u00a0And if it only spread in the West in the eighteenth century, it had already been recommended in Chinese texts dating from 200 BC to delay orgasms... Nevertheless \u2013 though the French themselves call it is the \u201cprofound\u201d\u00a0<a title=\"And you, would you kiss a stranger?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/and-you-would-you-kiss-a-stranger\/\">kiss<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0it is known as 100% French worldwide.<em><\/em><\/p> <p>Ah, the famous French kiss<em>...<\/em>\u00a0But where does this name originally come from?\u00a0The answer lies in British and American soldiers, just after the First World War.\u00a0Far from paying a tribute, it was at first used as a taunt \u2013 shocking stories recounted about their hair-raising erotic experiences, the Anglo-Saxons were laughing at the mysterious French ways.<\/p> <p>Too free, devoid of inhibitions, the French culture clashed with their Puritanism marked by a strong divide between romantic aspiration and <a title=\"Is faux fur the future for African tribes?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/faux-fur-the-future-in-africa\/\">animal<\/a> instinct... Since then, things have changed, and the former French exception has become commonplace to express the intense sexual desire in most <a title=\"Oscars 2014: Gravity takes flight + Highlights of the night!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/oscars-2014-gravity-wings\/\">Hollywood<\/a> productions.<\/p> <p>Even better \u2013 on the show\u00a0<em>Dismissed,<\/em>\u00a0MTV made \u200b\u200bthe French kiss the subject of a new concept: in each episode, a teenager is invited to compare two boys before choosing one.\u00a0And guess what the deciding factor is?\u00a0<em>So shocking...<\/em><\/p>  <p><strong>Continue reading our report on<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/the-kiss-heals-all\/\"><strong>\u201cThe kiss heals all\u201d:<\/strong><\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/what-do-your-lips-say-about-you\/\">What do your lips say about you?<\/a><\/p>  <p><em>St\u00e9phanie Torre<\/em><\/p>   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French kiss is known worldwide! 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