I think part of the reasons for his death is the society’s
implicit perception of the relationship between sexuality and
sexual organs. What a man’s sexual organs are to his perception of
masculinity is different from what a woman’s sexual organs are to
her feminity. In a way, a man’s penis is seen to be more defining
of his masculinity than the way a woman’s virgina is of her
feminity. Suppose a man lost his penis by accident, is he still
perceived male, in the world we are living in? On the other hand,
suppose a women lost her virgina or breasts, or both, do people
stop thinking that she is female? Think about it. Of course, the
difference may not be categorical but rather it may be a matter of
degree of perception of sexuality. But clearly there is a
difference there. Of course, I am talking about the patriachal
society we are living in.
