Medical professionals in China are warning those who watch the uncensored version of Lust, Caution against replicating the sexual positions seen in the film. Chinese film buffs have taken to illegally downloading the uncut version of Ang Lee’s latest film, a spy thriller based in occupied Shanghai, because the sanitized version playing in Chinese movie theaters is devoid of the sex and violence in the original. If the fact that the film was censored wasn’t reason enough for the Chinese to seek out the uncensored version, how many people now will seek out the original cut now that they know there are sex scenes so nasty that doctors feel the need to issue warnings? If I were a Chinese guy with a speedy internet connection and an insuppressible sexual curiosity (an apt description for most Chinese guys, and guys in general), I would have that uncut version downloaded faster than you could say “piledriver.” Yu Zaoze, a gynecologist with the Guangzhou Modern Hospital told the Information Times, “Most of the sexual maneuvers in Lust, Caution are abnormal body positions. Only women with comparatively flexible bodies that have gymnastics or yoga experience are able to perform them. For average people to blindly copy them could lead to unnecessary physical harm.” Most of the moves in the film involve the female lead’s legs tucked all the way against her chest while she is penetrated. While most women “without gymnastics or yoga experience” probably can’t pull this off anyway, what really is the harm in trying?

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