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>Penis goes in, life comes out. You can't explain that. Well, paleolithic man couldn't. But they could draw/sculpt it and revere it It was not until 1677 [1] t
by zeteo 13y ago
>Penis goes in, life comes out. You can't explain that. Well, paleolithic man couldn't. But they could draw/sculpt it and revere it
It was not until 1677 [1] that people started to discover how reproduction works beyond "penis goes in, life comes out". Yet there are no major religions documented before that (in about 5000 years of recorded history) which revered crude vulva drawings. Whereas pornographic graffiti has been widespread everywhere from the streets of Ancient Rome [2] to modern boys' bathrooms.
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek#Discoveries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek#Discove...
[2]http://www.pompeiana.org/resources/ancient/graffiti%20from%20pompeii.htm http://www.pompeiana.org/resources/ancient/graffiti%20from%2...
- sageikosa 13y agoI'm no anthropologist, but the document leaving religions were social organizing at broader scales (market communities and early cities) than the basic coming of age rituals/education that were best left to family, clan and kin (hunters, herders and farmers).
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- jgj 13y agoFirst and foremost, the 2nd link you posted is full of hilarious; thanks for sharing. > II.7 (gladiator barracks); 8767: Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion. I don't know that I'm arguing for anything 'major' or 'documented'; for any specific religion or culture; or for anything at all beyond the fact that crude vulva drawings can be either or simultaneously a show of reverence and sexual interest. That we (meaning largely post-Testament historians) haven't documented the intentions of ancient cave-artists as being born of such duality is hardly evidence against that possibility.