EDP 363 3 Human Sexuality 9 16 Previously in Human Sexuality I Scientific Truths Myths Value Statements 9 2 9 11 1 Facts 2 Definition 3 False Statement Myth 4 Value Statement 1 Values stated as facts 2 Values stated as demands 3 Vales stated as preferences On Today s Episode II Historical Perspectives 1 Gods and Goddesses 1 Ishtar Goddess of Babylon for which the holiday Easter is names 1 Gods of agriculture were always women because the earth represents fertility Mother earth 2 People could go to the temple and have sex with a maiden in place of Ishtar and if the maiden was pleased she would transfer that pleasure to Ishtar and the crops of the person would grow 2 Athena Goddess of Wisdom who was born from the head of Zeus This is because in the words of Dr Brownstein Wisdom comes from the head not the genitals 3 Zeus God of thunder law justice etc fell in love with a human woman and came to earth in the form of a white swan to have sex with her She had twins who were said to have been the ones who started Rome 4 Persephone Goddess of Grain and Spring Growth The daughter of Zeus and Demeter was taken by Hades God of the underworld to keep him company and serve him sexually When Zeus said he wanted Persephone back Hades said no and they struck a deal Persephone was to stay with Hades for half the year and with Demeter and Zeus for half the year The part of the year that she was with her mother she was happy and crops grew The part of the year she was with Hades crops did not grow This is where seasons come from 2 Religions and Philosophies 1 Spiderwoman a figure that is responsible for the creation of man and the stars according to the Navajo It s said that she spun a web so that people could crawl from underground where we lived prior up Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly AZ and colonize Earth 2 Hinduism 1 Vagina Yoni These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 2 Penis Lingo 3 Had sex in the temples till colonized by the British Got independence from the British in 1947 4 Tantric Yoga 1 The brain has a small seizure when you orgasm During this time there are no thoughts You do not wish to hurt anyone and it is a moment of pure pleasure This opens your mind to the universe 3 Buddhism 1 Not a religion Philosophy of living 2 Siddhartha Gautama was raised rich and his parents were worried he would be robbed or killed so they kept him locked away for a long time Eventually he left home to see the world and he was so touched by hunger and suffering that he sought to find out why the world was suffering 3 4 Noble Truths 1 All life ends in suffering 2 The cause of this suffering is selfish desire 3 The way to end suffering is to end selfish longing 4 Follow the 8 fold path 4 Taoism pronounced Daoism another philosophy 1 Live like the Dao 2 Tao Te Ching most translated book next to the Bible 3 Promotes understanding life through observing nature If you watch nature you will see everything change 4 Rain represents the fertilizer the sky provides to the earth to make it produce Similar to a man inseminating a woman the rain does the same for earth 5 Judaism 1 First time that a God wasn t sexual Man is said to be made in God s image and therefor God looks like a man and has feelings like a man