Re: the Salaciousness of Anthropology
Joel and Lynn Gazis-Sax (gazissax@best.com)
Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:48:55 -0800
phil dawkins wrote:
>
> Joel and Lynn Gazis-Sax <gazissax@best.com> wrote:
> >Stephen Barnard wrote:
> >>
> >> Joel and Lynn Gazis-Sax wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Shall we start them out with a description of the lively Australian
> >> > aboriginal penile enhancement process called "subcism"? :)
> >> >
> >> Joel,
> >> You seem to be very well informed about this topic. Could you please
> >> explain what "subcism" is?
> >> (I'm not sure that I want to know.)
> >> Steve Barnard
>
> >Well, for one thing, it is /painful/.
>
> Ok, i'll bite as well (hope that isn't part of the explanation). So
> what makes it "lively"?
>
> phil.
>
> --
> The world is divided into two sorts of people: those that believe the
> world is divided into two sorts of people, and those that don't.
OK, given that there have been many questions to describe the procedure
(gulp) here goes. Not for the squeamish:
Australian aborigines mark the passage into manhood by altering the
penis. Unlike Jews and other peoples who are content with removing
foreskins, the aborgines have a grand plan. Using stones knives,
they open a slit down the bottom length of the male organ. For the
rest of your life, this slit remains open, allowing the semen to
dribble through it.
I don't know or believe that they use any anesthetic when they
perform this little operation. Pain is part of the rite of
passage.
All I can say now is: You guys asked for it.
Regards,
Joel
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