an extremely brief introductory background: Hans is a little boy that is studied by his father and recorded by Freud. Here we learn of Hans sexual growth and development, and carefree attitude toward his "widdler" and "widdling". Widdler is not the original word of Hans, but offered as a translation from the original German. Hans called it his wiwimacher. Would that be weewee maker in english? Oh boys.
Page 49, The Sexual Enlightenment of Children
Hans: "Mamma, have you got a widdler too?"
Mother: "Of course. Why?"
Hans: "I was only just thinking."
At the same age he went into a cow-shed once and saw a cow being milked. "Oh, look!" he said, "there's milk coming out of its widdler!"
I once put forward the view that there was no need to be much horrified in finding in a woman the idea of sucking at the male organ. This repulsive propensity, I argued, had a most innocent origin, since it was derived from sucking at the mother's breast; and in this connection I went on, the udder of a cow plays an apt part as an intermediate image, being in its nature a mamma and in its shape and position a penis.
This idea is a genius explanation. Does mother nature becomes the scapegoat for all women's and men's naughty little desires, or is there truth and relativity in his theory? I think it takes an exaggerated logical approach, but I am a sucker for sexual critical analysis especially in adolescence. whatever that means.
this little old book that is falling apart has given me a blossom of ideas for some smaller sculptures. I will post pics as they come to completion.
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