Glorifying naughty bits

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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 03:56:56 -0000 "Mary Ann"

<maryann writes:

> First, it's a penis, not a phallus - talk about a power symbol!!!

> The phallus is a glorified image of the penis created by religion

> in honor of the fact that sperm makes babies.

 

The vagina and the penis are certainly body parts worthy of

glorification, I think. And English speakers often resort to Greek or

Latin when seeking to glorify something, hence words like "phallus" and

"vulva."

 

As Hindus (well, many of us), we might resort to Sanskrit: lingam and

yoni.

 

In the days before knowledge of genetics, it was believed that sperm

contained ALL the genetic material passed on to the newborn, and the womb

was thought to be only an empty vessel. ("Humans have eggs, too? Half

the genetic code comes from the mother? What a concept!")

 

 

 

When I first read

> that you were saying the genitals of females and males are

> opposite, I thought that was ridiculous. I guess what is opposite

> about them is that one is more on the outside, one is more on

> the inside. But they certainly aren't opposite in their reproductive

>

> functions. That would mean "opposing" and they are not

> opposing in function.

 

They are NOT opposite. They are complimentary. The concept, common to

Western Manicheans and Eastern Taoists (and some Tantriks), that male and

female can be aligned against each other as "opposites" is the source of

a lot of strife and misogeny. Because if Men are Yang, and associated

with light, goodness, strength, and truth, then Women are Yin, and hence

dark, evil, weak, and false.

 

'Tain't so!

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma

 

 

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