what is actualy french about french kissing and why do we call it that?

Question

where does it derive from?

Answer 1

A tongue kiss is a romantic or sexual kiss in which one participant's tongue touches the other's tongue (or lips), and usually enters their mouth. Also known as a French Kiss, or Deep Kiss.

While family members may sometimes kiss on the lips, a tongue kiss almost always indicates a romantic or sexual relationship. French kissing stimulates the lips, tongue and mouth, which are all areas very sensitive to touch. It is considered by many to be both very pleasurable and highly intimate. Unlike other forms of "casual" kissing (such as brief kisses of greeting or friendship), episodes of French kissing will often be prolonged, intense, and passionate. It may signal the beginning of a period of "making out" or sex. Because of the intimacy associated with it, in many regions of the world tongue kissing in public is not acceptable to most, particularly in the case of extended duration. See: public display of affection.

In a tongue kiss participants may exchange saliva, which would often be considered disgusting in other contexts, but which may add to the passion and excitement of the sexual kiss. Although most sexually-transmitted diseases are not transmitted by kissing, the exchange of saliva in a French kiss may increase the chances of catching an orally transmitted disease. Infectious Mononucleosis (American: Mononucleosis or, colloquially, "mono"; European: Glandular Fever), a disease spread through saliva, is often colloquially referred to as "the kissing disease."

French kissing is commonly used in movies to show willing sex between lovers. It is often used by lovers to express their intimate feeling toward each other and more often precedes sex (and frequently continues during sex).

It is known colloquially as tongue wrestling, tonsil hockey and, in the United Kingdom, snogging or getting off and also pulling (but in American slang, "getting off" means experiencing an orgasm). It is sometimes known as doing a Frankie in parts of Northern England. In many parts of Ireland, it is also referred to as "meeting" or "shifting" someone. It has also been known as "lata", "jamón" and "zampar" (as a verb) in Venezuela, it has many other names in Latin culture. In Quebecois French, it is known as "frencher".

French kissing has been traditionally associated with Western societies, but is now becoming quite popular around the world. The term has been attributed to the perception of more liberal views in France towards cunnilingus and oral sex in general (see soixante-neuf/sixty-nine), as the two acts are similar.

French kissing was humorously euphemized as "Freedom Kissing" in a parody of Freedom Fries during the period of poor relations between the United States and France just prior to the onset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Answer 2

Im guessing its cos french are very ooh la la and were very open about sexuality and stuff before many people, well mostly the romantic side, so when people kissed its like "oh that's what they do in france!" and turned into french kissing...does that make sense? :-/

Answer 3

Probably cuz some french dude kissed a foreing girl differently.

Answer 4

cos people used to kiss like Clarke Gable until they discovered
the french and their way of kissing

Answer 5

French kissing is where the one's mouth is in another .It originated in france!

Answer 6

Apart from 'French Kissing' there is also 'The French Disease' (syphillis) and cunnilingus was 'The French Vice'

Answer 7

Click this link to wikipedia to get the story on french kissing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_kiss

Answer 8

I don't know, but to suppliment this do they call it french kissing in France too?

Answer 9

because french can actually tie their tongues in knots while kissing

Answer 10

I can honestly say "toungue in cheek" I dont know.