3. Linga – The Symbol or Phallus The Sanskrit word Linga is the term for the emblem of the Hindu God Shiva. It is the depiction of Shiva in a column or pillar form. It represents the phallus, but at the same time it is the representation of the cosmos and a symbol of fertility, life and regeneration. Linga does not only specific a phallus but it is a word which translates best as a symbol indicating a distinguishing mark, a characteristic of gender or sex. Linga worship is also known as Nirguna…
Castration was a consideration made for offenders of this type and in considering this method it was determined that removal of the phallus would not thwart the behavior. Not all sexual offenders or pedophiles commit crimes involving penetration, therefore, removing the phallus would not stop re-offense, but if the testes were removed the testosterone levels would significantly decrease thus reducing the sexual drive. Initially many believed this approach was a great solution but were eventually…
kept in lighted art glass. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts “Bes waves a knife in one hand and in the other grasps a snake, whose long tail curls up toward a round shape, probably the god 's tambourine. A hole remains where a large erect phallus would have been inserted. Considerable…
From years before woman have been faced with being seen as passovers, inferior to men, and weaker than men. It was particularly seen as traditions in countries, such as, China and India, where men were able to have multiple wives, while having the actual paying jobs and leaving housework and sexual pleasure to the women. This is well portrayed in The Tale of Genji and The Waking of Angantyr from The Poetic Edda, the role of women was minimized aside the power of men by questioning women being…
Exploring how sexuality is depicted in some of Picasso’s paintings is an intriguing process that entails a close consideration of Picasso’s biography in order to assess the extent to which such a phenomenon or concept figures in the artist’s painting. The process of assessment is believed to require consideration of some of Picasso’s paintings such as that of Les Demoiselles D’avignon in order to determine whether Picasso’s perception of women is affected by certain life experiences that he…
In 2001, Michael Haneke directed a film called, The Piano Teacher. Haneke’s attitude, as conveyed to the spectator, is not to rail against pornography, per se, but to rail against its impact as generated by a capitalist patriarchal society. This stems from a similar modality of thinking introduced by Linda Williams in 1989, in which she “...moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does…” (Slade 656). Haneke’s method…
In 2001, Michael Haneke directed a film called, The Piano Teacher. Haneke’s view, as conveyed to the viewer, is not to rail against pornography, per se, but to rail against its impact as generated by a capitalist-patriarchal society. This stems from a similar modality of thinking introduced by Linda Williams in 1989, in which she “...moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does…” (Slade 656). Haneke’s method is…
can hide very well and are very quite until you walk up on them. Although the snake is used in many traditions today such as the Native American Indian tribes and the meaning for them are: the snake can be a masculine symbol, associated with the phallus of lightning which is considered a medicine staff of tremendous assertive power. Other tribes lean…
light hearted relief for audiences the characters behaved badly, excessively eating and drinking and trying to find sexual gratification. They wore very little clothes and full head masks, they were half-man half-animal, usually a horse with an erect phallus. Playwright’s started to put on a satyr-play after their three tragedies as tragedies where very intense and had heavy subject matter a satyr-play was a great way to leave the audience with something more upbeat and comical. Like tragedy it…
A large portion of educated persons in the medieval era were clergy, and as such the majority of surviving manuscripts are religious texts, manuals, or letters. Secular works were written, but even non-religious texts contained elements of religion. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales revolves around a religious pilgrimage and contains church men and women, but the text itself is not considered religious. In fact, parts of Chaucer’s work are often labeled as obscene, which is not overly common in…