Being involved with woman is death itself
Coitus is contaminating. It can cause stomach to distend
and a man's skin to lose its taut, masculine quality. -Sambia
photo - Frederic Larson/S.F.Chronicle
A man's loss of vital essence caused the loss of his fortune. His weakened
intellect made him lose his capacity for conserving capital by which to
make money.
Sexual pollution is thought to be a source of failure in secular affairs
such as cultivation. The man is advised to keep away from his wife a few
days before working in the field. -Sambia
Men of the early 20th century soon realized that a seemingly compliant household nun could be deadly, a memory of Theda Bara's kohl-eyed appetites. -B.D.
Menstruation turned the girl child into a woman of sexual awakening, the vampire's attack on innocence -Swinburne
Menstruation turned the girl child into a woman of bloody pollution and "singing out for a man"
16 th century Swiss street-walker -Urs Graf
It is a violation of a universal principle of manhood that a woman rape a man.
"If a woman meets you on the path and flirts with you, you must copulate with her" -Tali
Vintage magazine (detail)1927
Man's image is depicted in the presence of enemies bent on masculine destruction.
-George F. Mosse 1996 Image of Man
Taboo: Feminization of the man. Masculization of the woman
Adolf Hitler (1925-27) Mein Kampf New York 1930
J Howard Miller-War Poster 1943
