Discernibly "Turgid" Penises outlawed

[Carrol Cox]

Even the Baby Jesus erect (not covered) with St. Anne seeming to stroke
him. There's a long scholarly article on this someplace, perhaps
Critical Inquiry. If I recall correctly, the article argued that the
convention was meant to emphasize the Incarnation by emphasizing the
body, and what better way to emphasize body than an erection. Milton
wrote a sonnet on the circumcision of Jesus.

Carrool

Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> Carrol Cox wrote:
> 
> >Jim Westrich wrote:
> >>
> >>  Locust Township (PA) has outlawed "the showing of covered male
> >>  genitals in a discernible turgid state."  $300 fine/90 days for
> >>  violatiions, children under 10 exempt.  Fondling your own genitals
> >>  also outlawed.
> >>
> >
> >In Lysistrata one of the characters asks another if he has a javelin
> >hidden under his toga.
> 
> And what about all those Renaissance paintings of Jesus, visibly
> erect under his toga?
> 
> Doug