Posted by Dr. Bob on April 1, 2004, at 17:04:38
In reply to Venus figures » platinumbride, posted by Racer on March 30, 2004, at 12:18:57
> The Venus of Willendorf is only one of the famous Venus figures, there are dozens, many quite beautiful, ALL quite large women. They represent Female Abundance -- a concept that is way too frightening for many today.
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> Here's a Women's Study perspective on female body types:
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> If you look carefully at what is considered "attractive" in a woman, and consider that particular feature applied to a man, you'll discover something rather enraging: those slightly opened lips, for example, that are considered so sexy on a woman -- are considered a sign of gross stupidity in a man! This is not accidental, it's partly a question of reining in any power in women, and partly a case of Domestication of women. As long as it is possible to pressure women into being the equivalent of stupid men, women will have no real power in the world. The domestication issue enters in because a domesticated animal most resembles an immature individual of the wild parent species. Dogs are like immature wolves, for instance. So, that body type that everyone seems to be after, the lean, boneless 14 year old boy figure, that is a domesticated female -- an immature male.
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> I had a cousin, now dead, who used to say that he wanted to open a school for 18 year old deaf and mute blond gymnasts. "The 18 year old blond gymnast part is self-explanatory; they may as well be deaf, since I don't want to talk to them; and they'd better be mute since I sure don't want to listen to them!" He thought that was cute. It is funny, but it's also sad. Think carefully about that for a while, then read it again and think it over a little longer.
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> So, as a Real Live Grown Up Woman, what the hell do I want with any man who is only attracted to immature individuals? What, he doesn't have anything to say to a grown up? He's not confident enough in his own views to discuss them with an equal partner? I'm as shallow as the next one, and I've certainly gone out with men who were so gorgeous I didn't care how dumb they were -- but that was only for fun and frolic. After all, there are two kinds of men in this world: those you marry, and those you -- well {{wink wink}} -- don't marry. For a life's partner, though, he's got to have enough on the ball to be a full partner with me. If he wants a 14 year old boy in bed, he can get a real one. I'm a grown woman, and scary as that is, he'd better learn to love it if he wants to be with me.
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> There. That's a little of my diatribe. I could go on, but only if I go find a shoe to bang on the desk...
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