teeth

You know how you here something which is supposed to be common knowledge and you think, "oh come on, that can't possibly be true?"

I get (got?) that feeling a lot in academics. Psychology especially is loaded with stuff which is supposed to be kind of self-evident that I never totally bought. Vagina-fear, for instance. This is basically a reversal on Freud where, rather than women envying the penis, men fear the vagina. A feminist take might be that this leads to building patriarchal systems that suppress the scary vagina and the woman possessing it.

OK, so it is a model. And not one I am explaining very well. And not one I ever especially bought. Apparently a vagina with teeth is a common mythological symbol, aka vagina dentata. Which leads me to this...



Apparently I was wrong: vaginas are scary. But really, give me a break.

P.S. Vagina dentata, what a wonderful phrase...