April 15, 2003
Stonehenge, the female body
A British Columbia university professor has suggested that Stonehenge was inspired by women's anatomy based on his analysis of the texture and layout of the famous stone circle.
After noticing the difference textures throughout the stones in monument, Professor Anthony Perks hypothesized that the smoother stones correlated with the smoother skin of females caused by higher estrogen levels.
Furthermore,
He noticed how the inner stone trilithons were arranged in a more elliptical, or egg-shaped, pattern than a true circle. Comparing the layout with the shape of female sexual organs showed surprising parallels.
Perks believes the labia majora could be represented by the outer stone circle and possibly the outer mound, with the inner circle serving as the labia minora, the altar stone as the clitoris and the empty geometric center outlined by bluestones representing the birth canal.
Since the people who built Stonehenge and similar monuments didn't leave a report of why they built it, how they built it, or what they used it for, we are forced to deal with intrepretations such as this. More popular interpretations hypothesize a link with the cosmos based on the alignment of the stones with the stars at particular points in the season.
I don't see any reason why both can't be reconciled with each other and considering the plausibility of putting that much effort into an icon of the vagina or the stars, I'm willing to believe this.
But then if we do, someone might try to argue that the Washington Monument was inspired as phallic tribute to the leaders of our nation. Maybe the first woman president can build a Stonehenge style addition around the monument?
Posted by Nutrimentia at April 15, 2003 06:12 PM | TrackBack