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Sociology Courses | January 19, 2006
Sex Cultures: 6th Period
"Aphrodite. Venus. Certainly not the first goddess of love and beauty, but perhaps the most famous. Her cults worshipped her with offerings of incense and the sacrifice of doves. She was celebrated during the festival called the Aphrodisiac, especially in Corinth where she was the patroness.
And of course, she has been captured by artists for centuries in their work, from the Ancient Geeks and later Romans, right through the present day."
Grissom then plays a slideshow for the class.
"While you are watching, I want you to select the depiction of Aphrodite that most appeals to you. Then I want you to share with the class why it was your favorite, but also, how you think where you are from affected your decision."
"Aphrodite. Venus. Certainly not the first goddess of love and beauty, but perhaps the most famous. Her cults worshipped her with offerings of incense and the sacrifice of doves. She was celebrated during the festival called the Aphrodisiac, especially in Corinth where she was the patroness.
And of course, she has been captured by artists for centuries in their work, from the Ancient Geeks and later Romans, right through the present day."
Grissom then plays a slideshow for the class.
"While you are watching, I want you to select the depiction of Aphrodite that most appeals to you. Then I want you to share with the class why it was your favorite, but also, how you think where you are from affected your decision."
Re: Class Discussion: 1/19
Once it's over, Shep decides that this one: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/zoom_english.cgi?dia=55 is the most interesting.
"Yeah, coming from the US in the current day, and being... you know... a guy, a skinny girl with long hair is much more interesting than a faceless head on a coin. And I get that back in the day heavier was more beautiful because it went with being wealthy, but you know... I'm not a product of that culture.
Now some of them are a little more with the T and A, but Mars being all blissed out and done in by this chick... that makes her sexy. And she just sits there with this smug 'look what I did' face. The little dudes with the ears sneaking in to steal Mars' stuff while he's all basking-in-the-afterglow is amusing too."