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When Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband's penis last June, the story made headlines around the world. But the impulse is hardly Bobbitt's alone. Indeed, women have cut off penises in countries where there may not even be a market for TV movies on the subject...
Instead they remain pathetically dependent and weak throughout their supposedly defiant abstinence. Growing uniformly hysterical over their need for a "penis," the actresses perpetuate an ancient stereotype rather than injecting any kind of philosophical tanscendence into the play.
This past summer, a frustrated housewife cut off her abusive husband's penis and tossed it in a nearby field. Within a few weeks, Lorena Bobbit became the feminist heroine of our time, and castration became a real concern for American males.
For some reason, America is obsessed with stories of the outre. Consumers of the news media have developed a "Beavis and Butthead" mentality. They watch from their living room sofas as the world marches by on their television screens. They love to ridicule the things they see and mutter asinine...
The film refuses to get mired in grief, however. The libido reasserts itself, and the men turn to discussions of safe sex. Huestis' documentary does not shy away from portraying some of the extremes of sexual expression among gays. Sadomasochism is treated the same as monogamy or celibacy. For Huestis...