Saturday, January 12, 2013

The hidden sexuality of the human yawn

Why is yawning taboo? Is it because we show our teeth? No, this researcher believes it is because yawning is

semantically and etymologically associated with ‘desire’ and ‘longing for’

And, there is this Yeats poem

O cruel Death give three things back, [...] Three dear things that women know, [...] The third thing that I think of yet, [...] Is that morning when I met Face to face my rightful man And did after stretch and yawn.

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/09/On-Yawning-or-The-Hidden-Sexuality-of-the-Human-Yawn/

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