KOKOLOGY

WAVE AFTER WAVE

1.) You are walking along a quiet beach. As you
wander the dunes, you spot a surfboard
washed up on the sand. Describe the surf-
board and the impression it makes on you.
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2.) You climb onto the board and paddle out to
try your luck on the waves. How are the
conditions for surfing today?
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3.) You have managed to get to your feet and
are experiencing the thrill of actually riding
the wave, when suddenly you wipe out and
tumble headfirst into the water. What do you
think, feel, or try to scream as you struggle to
find your way back to the surface
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4.) You finally emerge from the water
unscathed, and looking back toward the
beach, you see that a person you know has
been watching you. Who is that person?
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Most of us sense intuitively the strong
psychological associations between the sea
and sex. The way you imagined your
experience on the waves tells us something
about your expectations and desires in the
sexual realm.
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1.) Throughout history and across cultures, the sea
is portrayed as feminine. Against that backdrop,
the surfboard provides an overt example of
what Freud referred to as the “phallic symbol.”
Women.
Your description of the surfboard corresponds
with your image and impression of masculine
characteristics.
Men.
Your answer shows your perception of your own
physical sexuality.
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2.) The surfing conditions you described reveal
your own hopes and expectations from sex.
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3.) Total submersion within the churning waters
is a metaphor for the peak of sexual pleasure.
Your thoughts and feelings as your struggled
upwards correspond to those you experience
in the throes of ecstasy.
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4.) The person you pictured standing on the
beach is someone you show intense interest
in, in a sexual sense. This doesn’t necessarily
indicate active sexual desire; it may be that
you’re simply curious about what that person
is like in the most intimate and unguardable
of moments. Then again maybe, just maybe,
that’s something that you want to find out
firsthand.