8 facts about the sexual oddities of great people (8 photos)

If you think that only stars, athletes and politicians can be involved in sex scandals, then you are very mistaken. The people who left their mark on history were also not angels.

Albert Einstein.

I must say, the most harmless on this list. The greatest mind of the 20th century, of course, most of all loved science and only science. Well, and after it - everything that moves, and what the skirt is wearing. He was married twice (once to his cousin), and honestly cheated on both wives. Although, it must be said in his defense, he presented his first wife with a list of rules, which included a clause stating that she should not expect “neither intimacy nor fidelity” from him. Before marrying his cousin Elsa, he almost tied the knot with her 22-year-old daughter. In general, he had, to be honest, almost all of his female relatives. After which he set to work on his secretary, then his housekeeper, then... well, you understand, the scientist tried to prove his theory of relativity in the most banal way. How many women can he capitalize in relation to eternity?

Mozart. One of the greatest musicians in human history was obsessed with excrement. Although, it must be admitted that he began composing music at the age of 5, when the average child still poorly understands the difference between an ass and a finger. So Wolfgang Amadeus wrote 600-odd pieces of music, as well as a bunch of letters to his cousin, where he quite openly admitted that he dreamed of “defecating on her face.” In addition to the fact that this young genius gave the world “Little Night Serenade”, “40th Symphony” and, of course, “Requiem”, he also created a work known as “Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schon sauber” (for those who don’t know German - “lick my ass good and clean”).

Gandhi. It's easy to be a poor person, but is it easy to be chaste too? Gandhi, one might say, had a tragedy in his life: at the moment when he was having sex with his wife, his father was dying in the next room. And so it happened, or rather, it happened in Gandhi’s head, that his father’s spirit flew away precisely at the moment of his, Gandhi’s, orgasm. After which the main ideologist of the Indian independence movement decided to observe asceticism. That is, literally - live in poverty, do not spoil your karma with bad thoughts and do not have sex. At all. The Mahatma trained in his vow of celibacy in the most unusual way: as you know, he had many followers who would happily offer him their body. Gandhi used a set of exercises so that when looking at a naked dancing woman he would not experience sexual arousal. In fact, he organized one of the largest strip clubs in the world for his training. There is only one thing that excuses him - everything happened absolutely free. He and his followers who practiced “sexual non-activity” did not pay a penny for it.

James Joyce. The greatest writer of Ireland and the surrounding area, a pioneer of modernist literature, the creator of such masterpieces as “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” “Dubliners” and, of course, not everyone mastered, but no less significant, “Ulysses” was very fond of unconventional sex. Not in the sense of being with individuals of the same sex, but with, excuse the unliterary language, farts. While away, he liked to write long and frank letters to his wife Nora. If it weren’t for them, humanity would never have known that the literary classic loved this same Nora “to fuck hard between her fat thighs and fart powerfully in the face.” Sorry again. If you want to get acquainted with his written masterpieces in more detail, click here (knowledge of English is required). Next time you write an essay on the works of Joyce, don't giggle out loud.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The greatest French writer, philosopher and thinker of the 18th century, and, what can I say, of all time. At least read his “Discourses” if you avoided it in educational institutions. For this, please refer to his autobiography. I must say, extremely entertaining. From it we learn, for example, that in order to achieve sexual arousal, the great Frenchman had to be spanked, or even better, whipped. “He who loves punishes well,” writes the inventor of direct democracy. He also admits that this strange feature was created by his own governess, who in childhood spanked the child for any offense.

Benjamin Franklin. The politician, diplomat, statesman, scientist and inventor, forever imprinted on the $100 bill, had fun with elderly young ladies. No, really old. He chose as his mistress a woman 20–30, or even 40 years older than himself. Why did he choose old women as his mistresses, although he was a zealous defender of the institution of marriage? Because, as he wrote in a letter to a friend, “They have more experience, they are more reasonable and reserved, they keep secrets better and do not arouse suspicion of adultery. As for what’s below the belt, you’ll never be able to tell a young woman from an old one.” From which it follows that it did not matter to him who to sleep with, but he still gave preference to those who had experience and cooking skills.

Caligula. The third of the Julius dynasty, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, also known by the nickname Caligula. They say that it was with him that the decline of the Great Roman Empire began. Although, of course, he was not noted as Nero (he, as you know, burned Rome and committed adultery with his own mother - or, rather, she with him), Caligula managed to turn the imperial palace into a brothel during his short but very cheerful reign. Naturally. The wives and daughters of senators served everyone there, and the money went to the treasury. Is it good or bad? Definitely fun. Against this background, the fact that he slept with his own sister somehow pales and becomes uninteresting. He also periodically married the brides of his military commanders. Just to annoy those.

Marquis de Sade. The crown of this list. Donatien Alphon Francois de Sade, a French aristocrat, writer and philosopher, became famous for being a preacher of absolute freedom, not limited by morality, religion, or law, but only by satisfying the aspirations of the individual. At a time when showing your knee covered in a stocking was considered the height of immorality, the Marquis de Sade wrote about things that would make even a modern person’s hair stand on end. Which, in fact, is why he was imprisoned. True, immediately after he left the gloomy dungeons, he organized a paradise for a pervert in his castle, settling sex slaves of both sexes there for his pleasure. A real sex castle, an idiot's dream. Having spent a total of 32 years in prisons and psychiatric hospitals, the Marquis de Sade gave the world the term “sadism” and explained that you can give yourself pleasure by lashing someone.