(November 17, 2018 at 12:55 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(November 17, 2018 at 12:42 pm)Chad32 Wrote: We don't even like gay pride parades, and they have penis festivals.
(November 17, 2018 at 12:46 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Why is that crazy?
Fertility rituals exist in many religions worldwide in our species entire history. I certainly don't agree with the superstition behind it, but it isn't unique to Japan.
FYI the commonly believed fish symbol Christian's used was taken from prior polytheistic fertility motifs representing the vagina.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/removingth...ina-power/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_rite
Well, the origin of the festival lies in local lore that frigid bride needs to be warmed up with iron dildos. More than ordinary prudes the US would be up in arms over this.
In all seriousness. Humans worldwide have a unhealthy view of sex, mostly based on mythology and religion.
It isn't to say that one is advocating no rules and public orgies. But only in that humans far too often see it as gender role related, and or taboo.
The irony is that the odds of getting raped at a nudist camp are far lower than in the general public.
