It sort of had a head on it, like a mushroom, and its color was reddish purple. It looked blunt and stupid, compared, say, to fingers and toes with their intelligent expressiveness, or even an elbow or a knee.
Alice Munro, Lives of Girls and Women
Alice Munro, Lives of Girls and Women
1972: First International Trip in High School
Michelangelo's David in the Accademia Gallery, Florence, Italy. The first penis I ever saw.
1976: If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium
Carolyn and I were both surprised by the diminutive size of the Mannekin Pis in Brussels.
We came upon him in his birthday suit, despite his large wardrobe.
2002 and 2015: National Archaeological Museum
Athens, Greece
Zeus of Artemision
The Greek God of lightning, thunder, and the sky with his appropriately small penis.
| Lustful, depraved satyrs brandished the largest phalluses. | Notice the akroposthion, or ancient cock sock, used to tie up the glans of the penis in a show of modesty. |
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Most of the statues were sans penis.
2010-2017: Student Tours of Washington, D.C.
Eighth grade student boys think it's funny to get a picture of the Washington Monument
from a different perspective. I guess some men get the same thrill.
from a different perspective. I guess some men get the same thrill.
2011: Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Tomb houses of the Girai People
2013: Trip to Italy
Pompeii
It was like a scavenger hunt as I went looking for carved penises in search of the brothels of Pompeii.
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Mosaic of a satyr and a nymph in the House of the Faun.
2015: Khajuraho
India
Lakshmana Temple at Khajuraho with erotic sculptures on its facade
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2017: Taormina, Sicily
The phalluses on the Moorish heads stumped our guide.
Fascinus, the god of power
We didn't know about Bar Turrisi, or the Penis Cafe, when we were in Taormina.
Now it's on my bucket list.
Now it's on my bucket list.
2017: Chobe National Park
Zimbabwe
The prehensile elephant's penis
