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Ancient Figurine of Voluptuous Woman Is Found
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Zariadris
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Re: Ancient Figurine of Voluptuous Woman Is Found
May 18, 2009, 03:05
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.
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