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    The story of the "birds and the bees" is often used as a euphemism for sex. Why was this phrase chosen and when did it begin being used?

    Question #112068. Asked by star_gazer. (Jan 13 10 6:26 AM)


    looney_tunes

    		As you might expect, there is no definitive origin for the phrase. A number of possibilities are listed in this article, including Shakespeare, Coleridge, and Cole Porter.

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

    Jan 13 10, 6:49 AM
    guitargoddess

    		There is a line in the 1883 English translation of the "Kama Sutra" that says people should have sex in the fashion of all the birds and *beasts*. Perhaps one possibility is that "the birds and the bees" evolved from that?

    http://www.sacred-texts.com/sex/kama/kama206.htm

    Jan 13 10, 11:22 PM
    author

    		Here is a useful link:

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-birds-and-the-bees.html

    Jan 14 10, 12:25 PM

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