Candaulism
Candaulism is a paraphilia in which the spouse gets excited by watching his partner having sex with another person. In some cases the husband prefers to expose his wife, or pictures of her, to other people; hence the term candaulism which derives its name from ancient King Candaules who killed his wife after she had refused to walk naked before his soldiers.
Candaulists in History
This is a list of seducer, sexually unfaithful wives, happily married for many years to famous consenting men (who ignored, tollerated, approved, encouraged, or even induced the non innocent nude exposition or sexual behavior of their spouses); of relevance in arts, history, literature, science, cinema and cartoons.
- Queen Catherine II of Russia, wife of Peter III of Russia,
- Clodia, wife of the roman citizen Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer; (history).
- Diana, Princess of Wales, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- Faustina the Younger, wife of roman emperor Marcus Aurelius; (history).
- Gala Dalí, wife of spanish painter Salvador Dalí;(arts).
- Lady Godiva, wife of king Leofric III; (myth, history?)
- Guinevere, wife of british King Arthur; (literature, myth)
- Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Lardé, wife of american nobel mathematician John Forbes Nash; (science)
- Clara Bracken McMillen, wife of american sexologist Alfred Kinsey; (science)
- Valeria Messalina, wife of roman emperor Claudius;(history).
- Marilyn Monroe, actress, wife of beisbol player Joe DiMaggio; (cinema, history, sports)
- Madame de Pompadour, wife of the french citizen Charles-Guilaume Le Normant d'Etiolles (history),
- Donna Olimpia Maidalchina, wife ofPanfilio Pamphilj brother of Catholic Pope Innocent X.
- Jessica Rabbit, wife of Roger Rabbit;(cartoon)
- Wallis Simpson, wife of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom;(history)..