Sunday, March 7, 2010

Gibson Tells Freud and his Penis Envy to Eat It

I know this is going back a while, all the way back in the term to the beginning of Freud, but something the other day made me think of a line from the movie What Women Want. It puts a comical spin on the idea of women being in a constant lack (no offense intended towards any males, this is only a quote from the movie). For those of you that have never seen the movie, Mel Gibson, who is for the most part a Patriarchal prick (for lack of a better word haha), gets electricuted and can suddenly hear the thoughts of all women. Here is it:

-(Mel) And another thing.
This thing about penis envy.
-(male Assisstant) Yeah.
-(Mel) Not true. No.
They don't envy it.
Halfof'em
don't even like it.
You know who has penis envy?
We do.
That's why we cheat and screw up and lie,
because we're all obsessed with our own equipment.

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