Food And Sexuality In 'The Bloody Chamber'

Food and sexuality are associated throughout the history in many different ways. For example, in many cultures, it is believed that chocolate is an aphrodisiac due to two chemical elements it contains. One is called tryptophan which builds serotonin in bodies, and other is phenylethylamine, which can act as an aphrodisiac if a person is in love (O’Connor, 2006). The function of food for human beings is crucial for the life because without food people are not able to survive. According to Natalia Andrievskikh appetite in literally context is in different manners connected to sexuality, and the act of consuming food is related to the notion of power and pleasure (137). The concept of eating and feeling the pleasure of digestion can be seen in The Bloody Chamber as well. For example, when the heroine realizes that her husband experiences the pleasure in seeing her as a piece of …show more content…
In the language used by human beings, in this case, the focus will be in English, there are many sayings that express the notion of love and sex. For example, the saying “you are so cute, I could eat you up” is usually said to a person we love or are a fond of at least. In this case, it might be a child or an adult that is addressed. Another example would be the phrase “the way to man’s heart is through his stomach” which in the literal sense means that whoever feeds the man will become the object of his desire. In other words, food is closely related to the notion of love and sexuality and this is examined in The Bloody Chamber. Furthermore, Freudian first stage of psychosexual development, the oral phase, almost never disappears from man’s subconscious because in the adulthood men are attracted to female breast and the connection between breastfeeding and sexuality becomes clear. This stems from the oral phase of life which argues the idea of wholeness and belonging to each