Vagina Girls Myths
Running Head: THE VAGINA GIRLS
The Vagina Girls
Some people believe that most of the mythological stories are based on some degree of truth. Legends and folktales evolve from small grains of truth and usually spawn from one’s own inner demons and secret fears. A common phobia that evolves throughout cultures is the myth of The Vagina Girls. The myth of The Vagina Girls is often associated with fear of castration in men. This fear highlighted because of the myths translation to film and seems to be a premise for a horror movie. The myth discussed something that women suffer from and creates a psychological fear with references in different cultures that became popular thousands of miles and across thousands of years. Sigmund Freud theorized …show more content…
They believed that the word “eat” is the same as the word for copulate. There was also an urban legend started in Vietnam that Viet Cong prostitutes kept razor blades in their vagina. Pliny, a Greek historian claimed that male genitals are like snakes that fertilize the female by putting their head into her mouth and allowing him to be eaten. During the middle ages, there were Christians who believed that witches had fangs and teeth in their vaginas. In medieval period, Christians believed that female genitalia were equated with yawning mouth of hell (Horsley, 2008). The Polynesian story of Maui the son of the moon goddess Hina; speaks about Maui tried to crawl up his mother’s mouth or vagina to return and instead she would not let him and she bit him into two. (2007) The more patriarchal the society the more fear plays a part of the story. In conclusion humanities of the vagina is not only seen as a demon, but is also looked at as a symbol of female strength. The vagina myths have been used by many cultures as precautionary tales early and unsafe sex. The vagina myth also teaches young boys and girls that the vagina is the pathway to creation. Lastly, for the average adult our team believes that the vagina myth illustrates what could happen to a man who participates in infidelity and spousal
The Vagina Girls
Some people believe that most of the mythological stories are based on some degree of truth. Legends and folktales evolve from small grains of truth and usually spawn from one’s own inner demons and secret fears. A common phobia that evolves throughout cultures is the myth of The Vagina Girls. The myth of The Vagina Girls is often associated with fear of castration in men. This fear highlighted because of the myths translation to film and seems to be a premise for a horror movie. The myth discussed something that women suffer from and creates a psychological fear with references in different cultures that became popular thousands of miles and across thousands of years. Sigmund Freud theorized …show more content…
They believed that the word “eat” is the same as the word for copulate. There was also an urban legend started in Vietnam that Viet Cong prostitutes kept razor blades in their vagina. Pliny, a Greek historian claimed that male genitals are like snakes that fertilize the female by putting their head into her mouth and allowing him to be eaten. During the middle ages, there were Christians who believed that witches had fangs and teeth in their vaginas. In medieval period, Christians believed that female genitalia were equated with yawning mouth of hell (Horsley, 2008). The Polynesian story of Maui the son of the moon goddess Hina; speaks about Maui tried to crawl up his mother’s mouth or vagina to return and instead she would not let him and she bit him into two. (2007) The more patriarchal the society the more fear plays a part of the story. In conclusion humanities of the vagina is not only seen as a demon, but is also looked at as a symbol of female strength. The vagina myths have been used by many cultures as precautionary tales early and unsafe sex. The vagina myth also teaches young boys and girls that the vagina is the pathway to creation. Lastly, for the average adult our team believes that the vagina myth illustrates what could happen to a man who participates in infidelity and spousal