Aedile
Governor
There’s no need to see her face in order to immediately think, “that’s a woman.” When a woman is put up on a cross facing the wood, it is likely because she did something unbecoming of a woman’s station in society. Crucifying her with her back to the onlookers sends the message that no one need see her face or know the individual identity of the condemned woman. All they need to know is that this is a woman, she’s crucified, and she’s been returned to her rightful place in society, with her legs wrapped around a phallic object.
I mean, it’s for modesty. And to protect the delicate sensibilities of the crowd from seeing her face in agony. Yeah, that’s it.
(For those who would like to know the name of the woman with the wonderful back and backside, it’s the lovely Mikaela Lafuente)