PHALLUS. Norm & Form: Background material tour

GUM collected a lot of visual material, podcasts and articles when making the tour for the PHALLUS exhibition. Standard & Shape. This material and also some tips on interesting websites are suitable to prepare your students for a visit to the expo. You can also use the videos and articles after your visit.

During the tour of the exhibition, GUM goes deeper into themes such as gender, sexuality and science. The exhibition questions idées fixes about gender, science and norms. In scientific research, the male member is extensively discussed. The female genitals are given a modest supporting role. Justly? Or do social norms (un)consciously sneak into the research? During the tour, the students learn a number of terms (such as vulva and phallus) and discussions are not avoided.