http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/08/17/mad-men-had-tentacle-rape/ infrequent blogging from some dude Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/08/17/mad-men-had-tentacle-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-7221 CajoleJuice Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:07:17 +0000 http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=1918#comment-7221 I think you win the prize of most erudite comment ever on my blog. I think you win the prize of most erudite comment ever on my blog.

]]> http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/08/17/mad-men-had-tentacle-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-7209 Anonymous Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:00:56 +0000 http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=1918#comment-7209 Actually the scholarly historical interpretation of this 1814 artwork is that, since it was a dream, the fisherman's wife's intimacy with the sea was manifest in the octopi. Could have something to do with tentacles looking marginally penile, though there is no penetration in the image. Anyway, there also are connections to a Japanese myth involving sex with creatures of the sea. Nothing to do with rape, scholars say. Actually the scholarly historical interpretation of this 1814 artwork is that, since it was a dream, the fisherman’s wife’s intimacy with the sea was manifest in the octopi. Could have something to do with tentacles looking marginally penile, though there is no penetration in the image. Anyway, there also are connections to a Japanese myth involving sex with creatures of the sea. Nothing to do with rape, scholars say.

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