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Zariadris wrote: handofdave wrote: That there is no head on this figurine is extremely significant, and tends to lead me to believe that it's not a totem of female equality, but just the opposite. A headless figure is a figure that's been stripped of it's individuality. By our modern standards, anyway... There's no individuality or, erm, head, to any of the bronze age phalluses (phallei?) I've seen either. That doesn't mean males were objectified as inferior in the bronze age - as we know, quite the opposite. Ironically, known patriarchal religions that have oppressed women historically actually depict the female ideal as chaste, not sexual. When's the last time you saw a pornographic Mary? Celebrating female sexuality, with or without a head, was probably more about empowerment than repression. I think you have succinctly summed up the point I was try to make; It wasn't just Mary that was depicted as being without sexuality (ie a virgin) but most of the (mythological) female saints who were killed off as martyrs (usually by horrible means) were also 'virgins'. Whatever the figurine was for, it celebrated female sexuality. June Reply | with quote |  18th May 2009ce 12:18 In reply to: Re: Ancient Figurine of Voluptuous Woman Is Found (Zariadris) |
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