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苏美尔语中代表动物的符号形似其生殖器
楔形文字中代表雌性和雄性动物的符号在形象上的互补性，表明这些符号的发明并不是随意确定的。《远古记事簿》（Archaic Bookkeeping）的作者将动物分类整理的方式与我不同，因为他们在写作这本书的时候，显然还没有意识到这些符号的互补关系，116页上的描述证实了这一点：“符号形状抽象且随意，与其代表的事物之间没有任何可理解的的关系，例如，圆形和十字形的组合代表‘小牛犊’。”圆形和十字的组合形成的是靶心，即可以瞄准的目标。性学家阿尔弗雷德·金赛（Alfred Kinsey）的研究表明，小牛犊正是适合早期雄性人类所垂涎的目标。根据金赛的数据（非常详尽），17%在农场里长大的男性承认自己曾经与农场动物发生过性关系。（我的丈夫开玩笑说其他83%的男性都在撒谎……） 但是，在《远古记事簿》（Archaic Bookkeeping）一书的第89页， 有如下插图： 也许是因为该书有四位作者，他们的意见并没有统一。 表意符号。用来指代名为AMAR的动物的性别符号分别是KUR和SAL，很有可能是代表雌雄二者的性器官；符号GA代表的是“奶”罐。 GU4: 指代阉割或未阉割过的公牛（符号形象刻画了带牛角的牛头） AB2: 母牛（符号形象刻画了尖角向下的母牛头） AMAR: 小牛（不带牛角的小牛头） KUR+AMAR: 小公牛 SAL+AMAR: 小母牛 AB2GA: 奶牛 AMAR GA: 哺乳期小牛 这些符号真的是随意的吗？…
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发型作为沟通媒介的作用
One’s hairstyle projects one’s status. Female hair telegraphs availability. Certain styles indicate “not yet: this wearer is too young to bear children.” Early communication was often about a female’s ability to carry offspring.
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Hair as a Medium for Communication
One’s hairstyle projects one’s status. Female hair telegraphs availability. Certain styles indicate “not yet: this wearer is too young to bear children.” Early communication was often about a female’s ability to carry offspring.
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乳房，阴道以及工具: 对英语字母系统的思考
如果你要向彼此语言不通的人描述一件事情，最简单的传达意思的方法就是画一张图。
“一图胜过万语千言”，因为不需要任何约定俗成的书面或口语表达就可以将信息传达出去。这种视觉的交流方式不需要面对面的互动，任何人都可以画一幅图，其他任何人都能够看到这幅图。只要信息发出者与接收者的思维方式大致相同：那么，传输完毕。现代人就都满足这样的要求，因为我们都是通过自然选择进化而来的，这个过程既不是民主选择又不是个人独断，而是方向始终如一，不可阻挡的进化过程。从几十万年前起，人类就一直延续着基因上的相似性，因此，我们的基本需求是一样的。早期人类将其反应在字母的形状和发音上，也就是说，我们的字母表就是人类基本需要的层级图。
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More evidence that the “V” shape means “female”— this time in Linear B (circa 1,450 BC)
Script depictions are from a no-longer functional website, but you can find equivalent source material here: https://linearbknossosmycenae.com/2014/04/26/linear-b-ideograms-level-5-0-advanced-ideograms-formed-by-combinations-of-syllabograms/ The vagina is the most consistently represented…
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Sumerian symbols for animals depict their genitals
The complementary relationship between female and male animal signs in cuneiform suggests that these signs are not arbitrary. The authors of Archaic Bookkeeping did…
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Female substructures (乃，丫，丑，母，etc.) in Chinese script
Females in Chinese Script by Jennifer Ball © February 16, 2011 Why is “Y” at the end of our alphabet? Because the shape of…
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Vaginas depicted in Sumerian: a database with commentary
This is the Sumerian word for “woman,” rotated 90° clockwise. During the development of their writing, the Sumerians rotated everything counter-clockwise by 90° for…
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Men’s taste in women hasn’t changed much
05/18/2012 / Jennifer Ball / No Comments Avatar, 2010, is seen to the left. Hathor, the cow-woman goddess, circa 500 B.C., is seen…
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Interesting Chinese Characters #2: “Profundity”: you know this has to mean “sex”—in the form of a harem
㽎 The profundity of the harem, the mysterious and profound of the forbidden palace, the flourishing and exuberant of the flame. Pinyin: dǎn tán.…
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Why is “woman”女 in the character for “Japanese”倭? Is this an insult?
Mandarin I Berkeley Extension Class 8 Nov. 1, 2011 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA Professor: Virginia Mau Homework for next class 11/8: Lesson…
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You say “gege,” I say “gugu”; you’re Chinese, I’m Akkadian, and we’re both talking about virgins
Mandarin I Berkeley Extension – Class 6 – Oct. 11, 2011 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA Professor: Virginia Mau “Ge ge” (guh-guh) means…
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Sumerian Titillation
Early Porn musician goddess prostitute, fox rotated 90° cw Sumerian cuneiform 2600–2500 BC Cuneiform depiction and definition are from the Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary …
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Breasts Depicted in Sumerian Cuneiform: a database
Breasts are depicted in a variety of ways in cuneiform. This is a database of every example of breasts in cuneiform. The first example…
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