Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 11/27/2011 2:55:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Men in prehistoric Europe scarred, pierced and tattooed their penises, likely for ritualistic and social group reasons, according to a new study.
Analysis of phallic decorations in Paleolithic art, described in the December issue of The Journal of Urology, may also show evidence of the world's first known surgery performed on a male genital organ. The alteration, or surgery, might have just been for ornamental purposes, or a piercing, the researchers suggest...
Angulo and colleagues Marcos Garcia-Diez and Marc Martinez studied male genital representations in portable, mostly handheld sizes of art made in Europe approximately 38,000 to 11,000 years ago.
The pieces, researchers say, frequently mirrored what actually appeared on the male penis. Paleolithic art is known to be very naturalistic, so the artists were recreating what they saw...
What is clear is that phallic decoration became more prevalent among men of the Magdalenian Culture in France and Spain about 12,000 years ago...
Another finding of the study is that prehistoric men seemed to favor preputial retraction, or drawing back of the foreskin. As a result, the scientists think it's likely that early males practiced circumcision as both a way to prevent disease and for affiliation purposes. To this day, ritual or religious circumcisions occur within several cultures.
For the prehistoric cultures, Angulo believes that their "canon of beauty" changed over time. Earlier humans of the Gravettian culture, known for characteristic tools such as carving blades, appear to have favored more exaggerated depictions of sexuality, as is evident in many of their "Venus" figurines of naked women. The Magdalenians, on the other hand, had a more naturalistic concept of beauty, according to the authors.
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I think there is a fly in your reasoning.
My dad used to tell the joke about the Blue Ribbon, but this is the first time I have heard your joke. (And I speak French! LOL!)
I'm betting they were just writing the equivalent of "objects in mirror may be larger than they appear".
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Circumscribed with his John Hancock. It causes one to be circumspect.
Freep mail it to me. :D
This thread is why I am casting my vote for Ron Paul. It makes sense to me anyway.
At least it’s not in the ointment.
He was easily 60....might have been 70. I don't recall.
Nevertheless...he had his penis tattooed.
I doubt the guy was uncivilized....so to speak.
Maybe not at that age at any rate.
I have to ask... what was the tattoo? I know I shouldn’t but inquiring minds and all...
;’)
My reaction to the village elder would have been -> “You want to pierce what?”
LOL!
“Water’s cold.”
“Uh-huh, and deep.”
:’) I wonder if this was the inspiration for the Member’s Mark brand they stock at the wholesale club?
If this was a common practice, my first question is, how was infection (and death) prevented?
It was prevented by being able to outrun the witchdoctor.
Oh dear, what have I done?
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