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Key quote from the Quora link: > (1) Long, thick penises were considered--at least in the highbrow view-- grotesque, comic, or both and were usually found on f
by pervycreeper 10y ago
Key quote from the Quora link:
> (1) Long, thick penises were considered--at least in the highbrow view-- grotesque, comic, or both and were usually found on fertility gods, half-animal critters such as satyrs, ugly old men, and barbarians. A circumcised penis was particularly gross. (2) The ideal penis was small, thin, and covered with a long, tapered foreskin.
This is in conflict with your idea that they are just 'average', rather than idealized.
- empressplay 10y agoNo, the average penis size is pretty small... it's the idea of the larger penis that's idealized in modern society
- pervycreeper 10y agoMaybe so, but the two explanations are at odds in any case.
- creshal 10y agoNot really? Considering deviations from the average grotesque/unaesthetic and idealizing averages (see also, Norma sculpture) fits together rather well.
- pervycreeper 10y agoThey are distinct explanations, though. I suppose you can idealize what's average, technically.
- creshal 10y agoIs it that incomprehensible that something as subjective as aesthetics is too complicated to be reduced to a single explanation? > I suppose you can idealize what's average, technically. Not just technically, it happened in a few well-documented cases, like the Norma craze I mentioned: https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages.html https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-...
- rpgmaker 10y ago> The ideal penis was small, thin, and covered with a long, tapered foreskin. Well, that's convenient. I wonder what women had to say about that ;)