Human penis
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| - | :''...and now, disengag’d from the shirt, I saw, with wonder and surprise, what? not the play-thing of a boy, not the weapon of a man, but a maypole of so enormous a standard, that had proportions been observ’d, it must have belong’d to a young giant. Its prodigious size made me shrink again; yet I could not, without pleasure, behold, and even ventur’d to feel, such a length, such a breadth of animated ivory! perfectly well turn’d and fashion’d, the proud stiffness of which distended its skin, whose smooth polish and velvet softness might vie with that of the most delicate of our sex, and whose exquisite whiteness was not a little set off by a sprout of black curling hair round the root, through the jetty sprigs of which the fair skin shew’d as in a fine evening you may have remark’d the clear light ether through the branchwork of distant trees over-topping the summit of a hill: then the broad and blueish-casted incarnate of the head, and blue serpentines of its veins, altogether compos’d the most striking assemblage of figure and colours in nature. In short, it stood an object of terror and delight. | + | :''[[phallus]]'' |
| - | :''But what was yet more surprising, the owner of this natural curiosity, through the want of occasions in the strictness of his home-breeding, and the little time he had been in town not having afforded him one, was hitherto an absolute stranger, in practice at least, to the use of all that manhood he was so nobly stock’d with; and it now fell to my lot to stand his first trial of it, if I could resolve to run the risks of its disproportion to that tender part of me, which such an oversiz’d machine was very fit to lay in ruins. --''[[Fanny Hill]]'' | + | The '''human penis''' is an external [[sex organ|sexual organ]] of [[male]] [[human]]s. It is a [[reproductive]], [[intromittent organ]] that additionally serves as the [[urination|urinal duct]]. |
| - | The '''penis''' (plural ''penises'', ''penes'') is an external [[male]] [[sex organ|sexual organ]]. The penis is the male [[reproductive]] organ and for [[mammal]]s additionally serves as the external male organ of [[urination]]. | + | ==Cultural aspects== |
| + | *Aesthetic, e.g., [[Body modification]] | ||
| + | *In humor, considered indecent or completely [[taboo]] in various cultures | ||
| + | *Religious veneration, see [[St. Priapus Church]]. | ||
| + | *See [[phallus]] for more information on cultural depictions of the penis. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| * [[Sexual intercourse]] | * [[Sexual intercourse]] | ||
| * [[History of erotic depictions]] | * [[History of erotic depictions]] | ||
| + | * [[Mentula loquens]] | ||
| * [[Intimate part]] | * [[Intimate part]] | ||
| + | * [[Penis in art]] | ||
| * [[Sex organ]] | * [[Sex organ]] | ||
| * [[Erectile dysfunction]] | * [[Erectile dysfunction]] | ||
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| * [[Ejaculation]] | * [[Ejaculation]] | ||
| * [[Dildo]] | * [[Dildo]] | ||
| + | * [[Phallic symbol]] | ||
| * [[Phallus]] | * [[Phallus]] | ||
| * [[Castration anxiety]] | * [[Castration anxiety]] | ||
| * [[Frontal nudity]] | * [[Frontal nudity]] | ||
| + | * [[Penis size]] | ||
| + | * [[Penile plethysmograph]] | ||
| + | *''[[The Big Penis Book]]'' | ||
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The human penis is an external sexual organ of male humans. It is a reproductive, intromittent organ that additionally serves as the urinal duct.
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Cultural aspects
- Aesthetic, e.g., Body modification
- In humor, considered indecent or completely taboo in various cultures
- Religious veneration, see St. Priapus Church.
- See phallus for more information on cultural depictions of the penis.
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See also
- Sexual intercourse
- History of erotic depictions
- Mentula loquens
- Intimate part
- Penis in art
- Sex organ
- Erectile dysfunction
- Erection
- Ejaculation
- Dildo
- Phallic symbol
- Phallus
- Castration anxiety
- Frontal nudity
- Penis size
- Penile plethysmograph
- The Big Penis Book
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