A review by josee_hg
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Richard Francis Burton

funny fast-paced

3.0

It is worth reading only to find out what people thought was okay at the time, but I doubt that there weren't any disagreements with Vatsyayana when he compiled this. on the other hand, it's timeless in the sense that men have always assumed they need to study women as subjects, rather than just asking women what they want. And also to confidently mark their ideas as wise and coming from experience. It's also laughable that the translator believes its a timeless work, who is an Englishman as far as I can tell. and they did not seem to have any more progressive ideas than Vatsyayana. 

overall fun to read, problematic as hell though.