# Phallic (or vaginal) imagery in pop culture images **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346 "2016-08-19T21:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/21 "2016-08-20T12:51:22Z")
There’s always[Ramsay and the sausage](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R_u8eBNM5pc/UbYk33bfnHI/AAAAAAAAMOA/l6bQeY2RPkQ/s1600/Ramsay-Snow.gif)… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/22 "2016-08-20T13:29:24Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > First ones that came to mind were the VERY questionable cover of the Blind Faith album > > duly spoilered, very young topless girl[spoiler][http://www.angelfire.com/wi/blindfaith/images/vvcov69ff.JPG[/spoiler]](http://www.angelfire.com/wi/blindfaith/images/vvcov69ff.JPG%5B/spoiler%5D) > > and the iconic closing scene from North By Northwest with the train entering a tunnel. Malwarebytes blocked the site as “malicious”. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/23 "2016-08-20T13:41:10Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > And as comic book fan ever could tell you, Wonder Woman has a loooooong tradition of covers featuring the titular heroine tied up with missiles firing at her privates, such as exemplified on this [cover](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c1/17/df/c117dfaa4fcce1d593ffa259da149f6f.jpg). That’s not her privates, that’s her missiles, as anybody who remembers Mazinger Z can tell you. Well, Aphrodite A actually, and if they ever watched the Barbie-inspired episode they won’t have forgotten it. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/24 "2016-08-20T14:02:00Z")
I think the movie “Videodrome” had a fair amount of sexually suggestive imagery in it, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen it that I can’t cite any examples. In fact, I think the same could be said of much of Cronenberg’s work. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/25 "2016-08-20T14:09:00Z")
Pop culture? Maybe, maybe not. But I was walking past a Honeybaked Ham store and noticed one of [these](http://pawcurious.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/honeybaked-ham.jpg) pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/26 "2016-08-20T14:25:05Z")
There’s [Coit Tower](http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2008/san_francisco/sf_coit_tower.jpg) in San Francisco. Hey, it’s right in the name. There were the [1958 Cadillac](http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/1958-cadillac-tail-lights-paul-ward.jpg) tail lights. Also [this rear view](http://www.genealogyintime.com/GenealogyResources/Wallpaper/Classic-Car-Images/images/1958_Cadillac_sixty_special_taillight.jpg), which is pretty much on the nose. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/27 "2016-08-20T14:35:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Malwarebytes blocked the site as “malicious”. I’m sorry, I posted it from a Linux machine without antivirus, but with adblock, so maybe the malicious content was blocked and I didn’t notice. Won’t provide an alternative link, but if someone is still interested, put in “Blind Faith cover” into a google picture search, but be warned again, very NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/28 "2016-08-20T15:18:01Z")
[Mom’s Apple Pie](https://wimwords.com/2012/05/31/from-the-stacks-moms-apple-pie/) album cover has you all beat. Warrant used a similar idea on their [Cherry Pie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Cherrypie.jpg) album cover, but that’s tame by comparison. For penis imagery, try [Poison, 'Open Up and Say…Ahh!](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Open_Up_and_Say_Ahh_Cover.jpg) Lady Gaga’s [Artpop](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/25/17/26FC2F3F00000578-3011459-image-m-116_1427305892626.jpg) goes full on with sexual imagery. This [Sidney Barnes disco single](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/574983077405615382/) is single entendre. [“Anaconda”](http://api.ning.com/files/TzObvhxOuae4bk8HDqrTZeNEjKm-HGnCKO8FDqFnVPjbMGE40Q4Fki0B1Y7ekor2o*prpjTPLHCwzLo1i2KC6b-2WZohdTHm/nickiminajgonja.jpg) by Nciki Minaj feat. Gonja is sexual all the way. Is it phallic or vaginal imagery? I’d say no. And nudity alone isn’t either. The Blind Faith cover has zero phallic or vaginal imagery. Words have meaning. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/29 "2016-08-20T15:48:15Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > And nudity alone isn’t either. The Blind Faith cover has zero phallic or vaginal imagery. Words have meaning. Er, have you noticed the very phallic plane/space ship model the girl is holding? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/30 "2016-08-20T16:01:46Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Er, have you noticed the very phallic plane/space ship model the girl is holding? Yeah. You can always make a plane into phallic imagery, but in this particular case the plane isn’t pointed at anything nor is the girl holding the plane in a sexual way. I think that they took pains to position it so that it was a mere prop rather than a deliberate symbol. [The photographer always has told the story that way](http://www.angelfire.com/wi/blindfaith/vvcov69.html) and I don’t know of anyone who has corrected it. Compare that cover to the Scorpions Virgin Killer to see the difference. NSFW. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Virgin\_Killer.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Virgin_Killer.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/31 "2016-08-20T16:10:19Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Yeah. You can always make a plane into phallic imagery, but in this particular case the plane isn’t pointed at anything nor is the girl holding the plane in a sexual way. I think that they took pains to position it so that it was a mere prop rather than a deliberate symbol. [The photographer always has told the story that way](http://www.angelfire.com/wi/blindfaith/vvcov69.html) and I don’t know of anyone who has corrected it. > > Compare that cover to the Scorpions Virgin Killer to see the difference. NSFW. > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Virgin\_Killer.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Virgin_Killer.jpg) Your first link goes to the picture of the Blind Faith cover. Anyway, first time I saw that cover, I saw a naked young girl with a plane dildo in her hands, but maybe I just have a sick mind. YMMV, shrug. And I know the Scorpions cover and don’t have to look at it again, but although that’s a very explicit sexual cover, there’s not much symbolism in it but mostly the plain “thing” itself. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/32 "2016-08-20T16:11:27Z")
There is a boss creature in Borderlands (second to last boss, reappears in Borderlands 2) whose face is absolutely, clinically, un-subtly a vagina. I’m sure it amuses the fanboys no end. Here it is, dead and sideways on the ground. (Borderline NSFW, so link buried.) [Rakk Hives](http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbr4lybsFU1qcm7kho1_1280.jpg)are big pussies. _Vagina dentata_, even. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/33 "2016-08-20T16:45:16Z")
If this Cactus LP cover isn’t [phallic](https://www.google.com/search?q=cactus+LP+covers&biw=1067&bih=503&tbm=isch&imgil=4By90Jeu4UEqIM%253A%253BjymQ3p9wtSA0pM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.music-bazaar.com%25252Fworld-music%25252Falbum%25252F904661%25252FCactus%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=4By90Jeu4UEqIM%253A%252CjymQ3p9wtSA0pM%252C_&usg=__vxySGCO4VWt9lZqlW3OCnqYiElM%3D&ved=0ahUKEwiJw8XLuNDOAhULmR4KHbBcCrUQyjcIJw&ei=EIm4V4n7I4uyerC5qagL#imgrc=4By90Jeu4UEqIM%3A), I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/34 "2016-08-20T16:46:45Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Your first link goes to the picture of the Blind Faith cover. There’s a long article at the bottom of that picture. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/35 "2016-08-20T16:55:12Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > There’s [Coit Tower](http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2008/san_francisco/sf_coit_tower.jpg) in San Francisco. Hey, it’s right in the name. > > There were the [1958 Cadillac](http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/1958-cadillac-tail-lights-paul-ward.jpg) tail lights. > > Also [this rear view](http://www.genealogyintime.com/GenealogyResources/Wallpaper/Classic-Car-Images/images/1958_Cadillac_sixty_special_taillight.jpg), which is pretty much on the nose. Many people are saying that Coit Tower was designed to look like the nozzle of a fire hose, in tribute to the old bag’s fireman fetish. Lots of smart people say that. (It’s not true, just an amusing urban legend) As for motorcars, don’t forget the infamous “come hither” front grille of the Ford Edsel line. > **[Edsel Roundup](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel_Roundup#/media/File%3A1958_Edsel_Roundup_(Front_View).jpg)** > > The Edsel Roundup is a station wagon that was produced and sold by Edsel in 1958. Like the Villager and Bermuda station wagons, the Roundup was built on a 116-inch (2,946 mm) wheelbase shared with Ford's station wagons, as well as core body stampings. It had an approach angle of 21° and an overall length of 205.42 in. > The Roundup represented the base trim level available within the Edsel brand for a station wagon, and was only available during Edsel's introductory year of 1958. The Roundup was ... ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/36 "2016-08-20T17:06:39Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > There’s a long article at the bottom of that picture. Ah thanks, I’m to dumb to scroll down :smack:. I don’t think I completely buy the artist’s explanation. Sounds like typical drug-induced '60s hippie mumbo jumbo to cover the fact that the picture shows a half-naked 12 year old girl with a dong in her hands. You cannot always trust what an artist says about their intentions. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/37 "2016-08-20T20:06:17Z")
[The Nebraska State Capitol](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthenebraskan.com%2Fphotos%2Fnebraska-state-capitol-building%2F001.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthenebraskan.com%2Farticles%2F11-architectural-style-photos-nebraska-state-capitol&docid=PY1gwt12g-AC2M&tbnid=yjMJzxQw7Ug7hM%3A&w=840&h=600&bih=775&biw=1600&ved=0ahUKEwjxp_iK5dDOAhVV7WMKHUjGCjAQMwhWKBkwGQ&iact=mrc&uact=8), topprd with the majestic sower, spewing his seed across the land. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/38 "2016-08-20T20:35:06Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > The feminine equivalent of phallic is yonic. Yonic, or kteic? The male equivalent of “yoni” is “lingam”. The female equivalent of “phallus” is “kteis” . ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/39 "2016-08-20T21:21:33Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > [The Nebraska State Capitol](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthenebraskan.com%2Fphotos%2Fnebraska-state-capitol-building%2F001.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthenebraskan.com%2Farticles%2F11-architectural-style-photos-nebraska-state-capitol&docid=PY1gwt12g-AC2M&tbnid=yjMJzxQw7Ug7hM%3A&w=840&h=600&bih=775&biw=1600&ved=0ahUKEwjxp_iK5dDOAhVV7WMKHUjGCjAQMwhWKBkwGQ&iact=mrc&uact=8), topprd with the majestic sower, spewing his seed across the land. And the Philadelphia city hall has William Penn dangling his bits for all to see (from [one angle](http://www.weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/roadside_oddities/pens_penis/1_small.jpg), anyway). Not sure about seeds. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346/40 "2016-08-21T02:48:41Z")
Watch the old WC Fields short, “The Dentist,” and wait for the bearded man to open wide. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phallic-or-vaginal-imagery-in-pop-culture-images/763346.md?page=3)