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Title: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: UCBerkeleyPostop on August 23, 2012, 08:58:43 PM
Post by: UCBerkeleyPostop on August 23, 2012, 08:58:43 PM
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Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio
Schoolchildren were shown this painting, most of the boys thought the focal character was a man, the girls thought the figure was a woman.
Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio
Schoolchildren were shown this painting, most of the boys thought the focal character was a man, the girls thought the figure was a woman.
Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: BrendanIsQueer on September 20, 2012, 12:08:22 AM
Post by: BrendanIsQueer on September 20, 2012, 12:08:22 AM
How very interesting. I wonder if that's because of a child's own biology, or because of what they know of society's views on what makes a person a certain gender? And, what would the results be like if the test was taken with adults instead of children? I find it odd how I, a guy, saw and thought Jesus looked more masculine here. I love when things like this come up that make me think! Very cool.
Title: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: Padma on September 20, 2012, 12:20:50 AM
Post by: Padma on September 20, 2012, 12:20:50 AM
I think I've mentioned this before, a therapist acquaintance of mine once overheard a little boy and a little girl looking at a painting of Adam & Eve in an art gallery - the boy said "Which one's the man and which one's the woman?" and the girl replied "I don't know, they don't have their clothes on."
Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: BrendanIsQueer on September 20, 2012, 12:28:21 AM
Post by: BrendanIsQueer on September 20, 2012, 12:28:21 AM
Padma, that is very odd! In a good way, of course. That example really does show how young children perceive gender identity. I think it possibly shows hope and potential for a more open-minded generation, if the rest of society would play their cards right. I'm not too sure how long that will take, but I hope it's soon!
Title: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: Padma on September 20, 2012, 12:43:05 AM
Post by: Padma on September 20, 2012, 12:43:05 AM
Yes, I think it's a sweet anecdote about conditioning :). They weren't old enough to know about body parts, so all they had to go on was the pink/blue-type nonsense, which we get right from the maternity ward onwards.
Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: Sara Thomas on September 20, 2012, 11:54:34 AM
Post by: Sara Thomas on September 20, 2012, 11:54:34 AM
Interesting painting... even more so after reading through some varying analyses of it.
Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: tekla on September 20, 2012, 11:57:24 AM
Post by: tekla on September 20, 2012, 11:57:24 AM
More like "Chubby Jesus Could Use Some Time at the Gym" but then again, at that time being overfed was a sign of wealth.
Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: Pica Pica on September 20, 2012, 03:57:37 PM
Post by: Pica Pica on September 20, 2012, 03:57:37 PM
Guy at the far right with the shell on is telling a boring fish story and dude with the white hat on is not impressed.
[That said, if it's supper at Emmaus, I'm guessing the fish/shell guy is St James, cos of the whole shell/santiago link]
[That said, if it's supper at Emmaus, I'm guessing the fish/shell guy is St James, cos of the whole shell/santiago link]
Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: Jamie D on September 20, 2012, 04:15:31 PM
Post by: Jamie D on September 20, 2012, 04:15:31 PM
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Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: BrendanIsQueer on September 20, 2012, 06:34:14 PM
Post by: BrendanIsQueer on September 20, 2012, 06:34:14 PM
Jamie D, that picture gave me the creeps but made me laugh at the same time, mostly because the guy doesn't even look like the typical depiction of Jesus?? Ahaha.
Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: tekla on September 20, 2012, 06:44:10 PM
Post by: tekla on September 20, 2012, 06:44:10 PM
'Tis true that most people prefer the more hunky Jesus image.
Title: Re: Androgenous Jesus
Post by: Pica Pica on September 21, 2012, 01:02:04 AM
Post by: Pica Pica on September 21, 2012, 01:02:04 AM
I think the Jesus looks like Rafael Nadal.
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