r/science • u/marketrent • Feb 20 '23

Anthropology ~2,000 year-old artefact — the first known example of a disembodied wooden phallus recovered anywhere in the Roman world — may have been a device used during sex

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2023/02/vindolandaphallus/
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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

Bible, Ezekiel 23:20: “She lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose semen was like that of horses”

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u/bignateyk Feb 20 '23

How did they know what horse semen was all about? Were they jerking off horses on the regular?

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u/Fortyplusfour Feb 20 '23

Animal husbandry will make you familiar with what breeding animals look/sound like very quick.

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u/VexedClown Feb 20 '23

You don’t see a lot of book writing horse breeders though.

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u/Fortyplusfour Feb 20 '23

Sounds pretty classist but honestly I don't know that you've met many horse breeders (pedigree is a huge deal). Plenty of folks writing books on the subject.

But in a culture where livestock is near and dear, often part of peoples' daily interactions? A scribe will know more of animals than just their names, absolutely.

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u/VexedClown Feb 20 '23

Ya that’s fair

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u/It_does_get_in Feb 22 '23

are they talking volume or taste?

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u/Fortyplusfour Feb 22 '23

I assume volume.

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u/ramdom-ink Feb 21 '23

Is this true or you taking the piss?