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Vagina dentata
Vagina dentata (Latin for toothed vagina) describes a folk tale in which a woman's vagina is said to contain teeth, with the associated implication that sexual intercourse might result in injury or castration for the man.
Such folk stories are frequently told as cautionary tales warning of the dangers of sex with strange women and to discourage rape.[1]
Erich Neumann relays one such myth in which "a fish inhabits the vagina of the Terrible Mother; the hero is the man who overcomes the Terrible Mother, breaks the teeth out of her vagina, and so makes her into a woman."[2]
The legend also appears in the mythology of the Chaco and Guiana tribes of South America. In some versions, the hero leaves one tooth.[3] An Ainu language tale containing this element was published as "The Island of Women" by Basil Hall Chamberlain, where it was described as a well known Japanese tale by E. B. Tylor.[4]
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In his book, The Wimp Factor, Stephen J. Ducat expresses a similar view, that these myths express the threat sexual intercourse poses for men who, although entering triumphantly, always leave diminished.[6]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata
Letter from a Sufferer of Vagina Dentata.
Dear Tychy.
The recent release of the film Teeth has finally given me the confidence to talk openly about my condition, and I believe that the readers of your website will provide a sympathetic audience for my story. Since pubescence, I have suffered from vagina dentata: a rare medical condition in which my vagina is filled with rows of sharp, gnashing teeth. The stigma associated with my condition means that I am often subjected to terrible discrimination. The most distressing feature of my affliction is that whenever I meet dogs in the street, my vagina begins to bark excitedly, which often provokes very cruel remarks from bystanders. There was a period, or rather a phase, during my late teenaged years when my vagina decided to become a vegetarian allowing me a brief window in which I could enjoy normal sexual relationships but my vagina quickly tired of munching upon quiche and stuffed peppers, and it soon reverted back to its customary behaviour.
I have been fortunate to have a very sweet male friend who has provided me with a great deal of support. We had dated as teenagers, and despite my vagina eating some of his penis, we remained close companions, even though our relationship could only ever be plutonic. Last week, however, my friend invited me out for dinner and he insinuated that the evening would end romantically. I was uncertain of this, and so during dinner I made sure that my vagina had a good steak and lots of potatoes, followed by a hearty pudding, so that it would be too full to have any appetite for my friends advances. Yet when we were finally in each others arms, my friend revealed that he had dressed his penis in what could only be described as a little customised suit of armour. During intercourse there was a frightful racket and afterwards I found, upon examination, that the teeth of my vagina were bleeding. I always brush my teeth very thoroughly to avoid unnecessary trips to the dentist he always kicks up a fuss about checking my teeth but I had no alternative but to make an appointment this time. The dentist removed several of my teeth, and he warned that in future I may have to wear false teeth. This may ultimately be a good thing, because then I would be able to remove them before intercourse. I hope that sharing my story may provide strength for other sufferers of vagina dentata and I urge them to check out this website which I have established for those with teethed vaginas.
http://tychy.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/letter-from-a-sufferer-of-virgina-dentata/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/30332998/ns/health-sexual_health/t/vaginas-teeth-other-sexual-myths/#.UWL2UjefHmc
http://www.vaginadentatablog.net/
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VaginaDentata
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)it is too good for just one reading! Thank you. I remember reading some science fiction back in the early 70s, in which there was a little head, buried in her vagina that made it's presence know periodically.
niyad
(112,445 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)That is wild. I've heard of it before but not with such an interesting essay. Good stuff nyiad.