gwat??!
I would like to have a penis. My very own penis.I want one too. I've always wanted one. Only for a day, mind.
A dick, a cock, a shlong, a nob, a whatever you choose to call it. It certainly sounds better than a vagina - that passive, pathetic and powerless receptacle with other revolting names used mainly as expletives or declarations of others' weakness: twat, cunt, pussy, or worst of all, gwat.
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Maude Lebowski: Does the female form make you uncomfortable, Mr. Lebowski?
The Dude: Uh, is that what this is a picture of?
In a sense, yes. My art has been commended as being strongly vaginal which bothers some men. The word itself makes some men uncomfortable. Vagina.
The Dude: Oh yeah?
Maude Lebowski: Yes, they don't like hearing it and find it difficult to say whereas without batting an eye a man will refer to his dick or his rod or his Johnson.
The Dude: Johnson?
Posted by: LionIndex | February 3, 2005 2:32 PM
Cut + Paste failed me. There should be another "Maude Lebowski" in front of "In a sense..."
Also, I think there is some power attached to the word vagina, just because it's kind of taboo. Let's not pretend that the Vagina Monologues partly got their name for shock value. The Penis Monologues wouldn't raise an eyebrow, and nobody would care about it anyway. Except for maybe the "Iron John" types.
Posted by: LionIndex | February 4, 2005 3:17 PM
I could google it, but I'm intrigued what an 'Iron John' type might be. I'm thinking of Tom Cruise's character in Magnolia. You're right about the Vag Monologues.
Posted by: gwen | February 7, 2005 3:55 PM
"Iron John" was, IIRC, the title of a book that kind of kick-started the 90's "men's movement". My last comment wasn't completely coherent. Yeesh.
Posted by: LionIndex | February 8, 2005 2:05 PM