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* Neal Stephenson's ''[[Snow Crash]]''. | * Neal Stephenson's ''[[Snow Crash]]''. | ||
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* Piero Schivazappa's "Femina Ridens" (transl. "Frightened Woman", 1969); misogynystic millionaire kidnaps and tortures a woman; he creates a vagina dentata doorway. | |||
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Revision as of 14:41, 10 March 2007
Latin for "toothed vagina".
Often crops up as a sexist projection onto women's bodies of men's fear of women's sexuality. Devouring mothers and all that.
Sometimes appears in fiction as an instance of fantastical biology, or a science-fictional body modification or device.
As a rape deterrent, it rather rests on the presumption that men will have access to women's bodies anyhow, and that they will go far enough for a device located in the vagina to make any difference, thereby circumscribing women's inevitable position as victims. The development of a real-life version inspired criticism that they would be useless against rape committed with the help of foreign objects, or expose victims to blood-borne contagions should their attackers' skin break.
Examples
Fantasy
- Tanith Lee's "Weasel Bride"
Science-Fiction
- Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.
Other
- Piero Schivazappa's "Femina Ridens" (transl. "Frightened Woman", 1969); misogynystic millionaire kidnaps and tortures a woman; he creates a vagina dentata doorway.
