Tiki Girls Drawing with colors - Other Crafts

J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Fri, Jul 10, 2009 12:51 PM Actually I thought the pictures were pretty relevant. Tikis in the 1950's and early 1960's acted as socially acceptable phallic symbols for a sexually repressed America. To view them as such literally in these more permissive times acknowledges their original symbology. Sigmund Freud theorized that one's interest in Tiki culture was directly related to their sense of sexual identity and security (or insecurity). He wrote a series of essays on the subject: "Sometimes a Tiki is not Just a Tiki". [ Edited by: JOHN-O 2009-07-10 14:24 ]

Actually I thought the pictures were pretty relevant. Tikis in the 1950's and early 1960's acted as socially acceptable phallic symbols for a sexually repressed America. To view them as such literally in these more permissive times acknowledges their original symbology. Sigmund Freud theorized that one's interest in Tiki culture was directly related to their sense of sexual identity and security (or insecurity). He wrote a series of essays on the subject: "Sometimes a Tiki is not Just a Tiki".

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2009-07-10 14:24 ]

Post #468133 by JOHN-O on Fri, Jul 10, 2009 12:51 PM