I Know It When I See It
The mayor of Trujillo, Peru, Arturo Fernandez Bazan, erected a big penis statue outside his office in the city’s Municipal Palace. The male member depicts a hatted man on the shaft covering his mouth, an example of huaco erotico, typical sexually graphic art from the ancient Moche and Chimu civilizations in what is now Peru. The mayor’s junk replaced a caballitos de totora, a small fishing boat display woven from reeds and used along the coasts of South America. He’s in big trouble, of course, but it’s not what you think.