Hey, whatcha got there? You hiding something?

What is that you’re playing with?

What IS that?!

Show me what you’ve got! Come on. Drop it!

GAAAAH!

Ya. Still no clue WTF is going on here… I’m pretty sure I’m not alone.

In the Guangdong region of China, fox spirits (huli jing) often disguise themselves as beautiful women so they man [sic] seduce men and steal their genitals.

Um. Ya. Still nothing. All I know is that fox is wearing panties.

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8 Responses to “This kinda reminds me of when my dog came running to me with something hanging from her mouth and I went to grab it from her before I realized it wasn’t a dog toy”

1. *pixie* (7 comments.) Says:
   October 15th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

   Where does one find panties with a tail hole?
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2. Keely (5 comments.) Says:
   October 15th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

   I’m going to go ahead and say those are the stolen genitals that the fox spirit is playing with, there.
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3. Katherine Says:
   October 15th, 2009 at 2:51 pm

   Yup. Totally playing with genitals. Yikes.

4. BattyTab Says:
   October 15th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

   I hate it when the furries get my furries.

5. BWelch (18 comments.) Says:
   October 15th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

   oh my…what the?!?

6. Cindy Says:
   October 16th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

   Well. My husband travels to Guangdong for business…I’ll be sure to warn him. Maybe this should be a travel advisory ; ).

7. kaelie Says:
   October 18th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

   i like this, it reminds me of the mexican teapot with a massive knob for a spout, that my tutor was carry around last wednesday….

8. Fenris Lorsrai (2 comments.) Says:
   October 27th, 2009 at 6:17 pm

   I fixed the typo.

   And really, I am NOT making that up about huli jing. Huli are the explanation for a culturally bound syndrome called “koro” that is common in China. The most common version has men terrified that their penises will retract into the body, like a tape measure. Less common versions have the genitals being stolen by spirits (like huli jing) and replaced with inferior equipment, the penis of ghost, or the penis of a dead man.

   Koro is also a contagious form of insanity, and can spread as a mass panic. There’s an article on this in the American Journal of Psychiatry: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/145/12/1538?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&fulltext=koro&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

   It’s also a common fear in some African countries, where witches are accused of stealing men’s penises.

   Culturally bound syndromes are fabulously bizarre and vary wildly… but boy there’s a lot of ones related to things going wrong with the penis… And they aren’t confined to “primitive” cultures. The US has several culturally bound syndromes of it’s very own! (we actually had an incident involving on of them in my home town over the weekend, go fig!)

   Here’s a handy summary of many of them:
   http://fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com/269711.html
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