According to Atlas Obscura, the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy has walls and streets peppered with stone phalluses. It states that scholars consider the depictions of penises to be symbols, with some theories maintaining that the penises were actually good luck signs or symbols meant to ward off the Evil Eye, which is why theyre often found outside homes. Renowned classicist Mary Beard proposes that they simply reflect a masculine society with a penchant for erotic art.
We have something to learn from the past and our "traditional roots."
See https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/stone-phalluses-of-pompeii/
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HimMay 25, 2023[quote]I feel like a director can get away with more risque content when the themes are less farcical. It would be refreshing to see a serious masculine self-love scene but I'm not sure how a director could get an actor to pull it off without it turning sleazy. Yes, I meant to do that. Trying to picture a guy in a tub surrounded by candles and mood music as the camera zooms in on his face and he contorts into orgasmic bliss just isn't going to work. Can any here remember a movie where such a scene was attempted and it didn't turn into something weird?[/quote] Not with the tub and candles but I thought Fast Times at Ridgemont High pulled it off pretty well. That scene even had the mood music.ReactReply - PA
PaulMay 25, 2023[url][link]/link/bbed6bae059192b4/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW1kYi5jb20vdGl0bGUvdHQwMjA5MDc3Lw%3D%3D[/link]Ken Park[/url] has a male masturbation scene that is erotic and a bit comical.ReactReply - GA
George and AnnaMay 30, 2023You say that regarding the penis, that in the Bible, "There is an entire book about joys and pleasures of extra-marital oral sex." I have to challenge that. I assume that you are referring to the Song of Solomon. 2:3, 4:16 and 5:1 may refer to oral sex, but there is no suggestion that this activity is extra-marital. The Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry puts it this way:The book, Song of Solomon, is a love poem between a husband and wifethe book definitely encourages a husband and wife to enjoy the sexual pleasures of one another. It is in this beautiful book that two Scriptures appear which may shed light on the issue of oral sex Notice in Song 2:3 that it says, . . . and his fruit was sweet to my taste. Obviously this involves very intimate experience. Tasting one another can have a wide variety of applications. It appears that this is a veiled way of alluding to oral sex. Furthermore, if we look at Song 7:8 we read, I said, I will climb the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit stalks. Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine. Apparently, fondling of the breasts is meant here. If such enjoyment of the body is intended and since tasting (which involves the mouth) is part of that expression, it would seem safe to say that oral sex is permissible.ReactReply - EA
EarlDMay 30, 2023As always on this site for some the talk about body parts always devolves into sex. And you wonder why others react to your approach they way they do
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StevieLornaMay 30, 2023[quote]As always on this site for some the talk about body parts always devolves into sex. And you wonder why others react to your approach they way they do[/quote] Amazing how its more than likely they the men talking about sex are the ones not getting any.ReactReply