The basic mechanics of conception require action in the male but nothing more than passive receptivity in the female. Sex in this manner really is a drain of male energy by female fullness. The toothed vagina is, therefore, no sexist hallucination. Every penis is made less in every vagina, just as humankind is devoured by mother nature. [nb]Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990), 47.[/nb]