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Firstly, they’re flaccid. If you compare their size to most flaccid male penises, they are actually not significantly smaller than real-life penises tend to be.
by jgrahamc 11y ago
Firstly, they’re flaccid. If you compare their size to most flaccid male penises, they are actually not significantly smaller than real-life penises tend to be.
So... they're not small. I guess most people haven't seen many average, flaccid ones. If most of your exposure to penises is hardcore pornography and Mapplethorpe that confusion is understandable.
- Intermernet 11y agoMy very good friend has the rare distinction of being a medical scrotum model. This was a paid position (behind white curtains etc) of being an anatomical model for the male scrotum for medical education purposes. He read, and studied, many text books that described and illustrated the average, flaccid penis in order to mentally handle this job without emotional damage. He was the first person to bring to my attention the argument over statue penis size vs. perceived real penis size and I'm surprised to see that the debate continues! He had many references to studies done in this field (it's surprisingly popular!) Despite the continuing debate, my friend has a unique set of skills on his CV.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoHow does one get a job offer of this sort? Did his doctor off-handedly mention it after a physical?
- softawre 11y agoLOL. Reminds me of George being a hand model in Seinfeld.
- antisthenes 11y agoAnd Kramer inadvertently becoming a scrotum model of his own.
- yason 11y agoHe read, and studied, many text books that described and illustrated the average, flaccid penis in order to mentally handle this job without emotional damage. What sort of emotional damage did he think would result from being a medical scrotum model? What did the job entail actually? I would assume he would let students see his penis or have it photographed for anatomy books, or something similar? Or were the students allowed to touch it, or something?
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> Or were the students allowed to touch it, or something? Well, at some point there will be a need for hands-on practice. I don't know if the friend is providing that, but I hope somebody is. I assume there's a certain amount of verbal discussion, also.
- uremog 11y agoDoes one get into the credits for such usage? If so, do some people use stage names for such things? Note: NOT interested in knowing their name.
- eip 11y ago"I'm a scrotum model, mama. A ball jockey. We think differently than the face and body boys... we're a different breed."
- rpgmaker 11y agoThat guy needs to do an AMA.
- empressplay 11y ago...and HBO
- Practicality 11y agoI am afraid to google Mapplethorpe, is it safe for work?
- jgrahamc 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe
- nxzero 11y agoPer the American Family Association, Mapplethorpe's art is "nothing more than the sensational presentation of potentially obscene material." So, sure, "not safe for work"... :-)
- 77pt77 11y agoMost certainly NO!
- akgerber 11y agoOnly a bit of it. I do have a Robert Mappelthorpe t-shirt that is safe-for-work, if a imposing (it's a tightly-cropped self-portrait of eyes), but unfortunately most people don't get why it's funny to wear to work :(
- quickpost 11y agoI don't get why it's funny to wear to work either, but would love a brief explanation!