Be a good (dead) penis and have no such fantasies

[sovay]

Tonight, as part of Arisia's Dramatic Readings from the Ig Nobel Prizes, I got to read selected excerpts from Simon Rothenberg and Arthur B. Brenner's "The Number 13 as a Castration Fantasy" (Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 1955).

It is likely these fantasies refer to the primal scene; they also conceal a wish to see the phallus of the aggressive woman, represented by his mother and his wife. The fear of seeing the dead was therefore a castration fear, displaced to the number 13, which first emerged when the wish for his wife's death threatened to become conscious.

It's been a good day.

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

A gem!

So sorry I was counter-scheduled.

Nine

[sovay]

So sorry I was counter-scheduled.

Did the reading go well?

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Your title makes me think of a line from the movie Kes and I watched today: "If NASA built a penis, it would look like this."

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

... is that English?

[sovay]

... is that English?

Freudians thought so?

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Very nicely, thanks. A small but congenial audience.

Nine

[sovay]

Your title makes me think of a line from the movie Kes and I watched today: "If NASA built a penis, it would look like this."

What movie? (NASA built a lot of things that looked like penises.)

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Zoom, see review on my LJ.

[drwex]

I am so very sorry I missed this. I don't even know what I was doing at that time - the vast majority of the weekend was a blur.

Also, nice music choice :)

[sovay]

I am so very sorry I missed this. I don't even know what I was doing at that time - the vast majority of the weekend was a blur.

It was recorded and may therefore be available for viewing on the internet, although I'm not sure where to look—either Arisia's YouTube or Vimeo or Improbable Research? It was fun.

Also, nice music choice

Thank you!