Comment on The Statue of David Dafoe
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 6 months agoIt’s generally considered that the whole “black people have tremendous dicks” thing, to quote Eddie Murphy, is because that was considered somehow brutish or animalistic. Rather than what you’re implying. And I say this as a man with a tremendous dick.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Actually, black people DO on average have larger dicks than Caucasians. Not by anywhere near as much as the stereotype goes, but it’s still a thing.
That’s often something racists do: take a small real difference and blow it up into a (somewhat literally in this case) larger than life caricature and then declare it a bad thing.
Btw, I couldn’t find the wheelbarrow one, but here’s a fun SFW pic of Priapus:
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feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe, but again - were the Ancient Greeks really influenced by that? Probably more from observing the behaviour (and anatomy) of horses and certain livestock.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 5 months ago
No, they weren’t. The “barbarians” they despised were all of their neighbors. That is what barbarian originally meant, not Greek.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t think you’re right, but I love your headcannon of Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists making the dicks small to emulate the ancient Greeks’ zealously pointing out that their sculpture was not of horses, goats or sheep 😄
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I mean that’s likely where the idea of massive throbbing boners being bestial and whatnot came from. The horse’s handbrake. You ever seen one of those? And they really are violent rapists, hence the myth of the centaurs.