Why on earth would two women be writing a book about the penis? The answer is quite simple. We are both doctors working in the field of women’s health, with more than 50 years’ experience between us. Every day, we have conver¬sations with women about their most intimate problems, their anatomy and its functioning, and […]

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The penis is a fleshy appendage that curls like a snail against the lower part of a man’s abdomen. At least that is how it looks in its flaccid, limp state. When a man is sexually excited, this little snail lengthens and thickens and sticks out at an upward angle from the belly—it is then […]

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Most men spend a fair bit of time thinking about their penises, we believe, but many of them have very little idea how the red hot poker actually works. When we talk about the physiology or function of the penis and its append¬ages, we need to talk about urination, making sperm, performance of the sex […]

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Expressions like ‘Ah, he’s all hormones,’ or ‘it’s just his hor¬mones’ are common, but what really are these hormones? A hormone is a messenger, a chemical substance that is produced in a gland in one part of the body and then carried by the blood to bring about effects in other parts of the body. […]

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The message in this chapter is brief and to the point: a clean pecker is a healthy pecker. And a healthy pecker makes for a happy cocksman.
Smegma is a cheesy substance that forms under the foreskin of uncircumcised men. It is composed of natural skin lubricants, exfoliated skin cells and the bacteria that live harmoniously […]

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There is a myth around that bigger is better in regard to penises. This is analogous to ‘blondes have more fun’ or ‘you can never be too thin or too rich’. In all cases, this refers to success, especially in the bedroom. Bigger equates with more powerful, more forceful, more masculine and being better in […]

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In the recent bestseller The Royal Physician’s Visit, by Per Olav Enquist, we read that the mad young King Christian of Denmark was habituated to a secret vice. Testimony taken at the time attributed his melancholy, fits of passion, rages and periods of profound apathy to this vice. It was a very well-known secret. It […]

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Circumcision is, by and large, surgery performed for social and cultural reasons—rarely for medical indications. In fact, the decision to circumcise an infant is almost always made without any medical opinion being asked for or expressed.
The practice of circumcision has been around for a very long time. Circumcision of male Jewish infants on the eighth […]

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Adult circumcision is performed much less commonly than infant circumcision. It is more commonly done for medical reasons, such as phimosis, paraphimosis, recur¬rent balanitis or posthitis.
What the **** are these, you say? Phimosis is a very tight foreskin that will not retract back over the glans penis. This may cause pain during erection or intercourse […]

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Tony and Maria and their two children, dog and cat are a typical modern family. They all live together in the suburbs, in a brick house with a sizeable mortgage; he’s a building inspector for the local council and she works part-time in a library.
After Maria had her second child, Rosa, by Caesarean three years […]

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Lionel (80) and Jean (78) met in a retirement village and have finally decided to get married. They are walking hand-in-hand, like a couple of teenagers, down the street to the coffee shop. Suddenly, Lionel directs Jean into the pharmacy they are passing.
Lionel begins to question the person behind the counter: ‘Do you sell high […]

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Virginia is recently divorced. She married Ken straight out of high school and has no sexual experience other than in her marriage. Now she suddenly finds herself in the twenty-first century world of dating and sexuality and feels very much like an alien in a strange new world. At 55 years of age, the only […]

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Just some of the names used for condoms are:
• prophylactics;
• safes;
• sheaths;
• wetsuits; • overcoats;
• raincoats;
• gloves;
• rubbers;
• French letters;
• jimmyhats; and
• caps…
Today’s condom is a tubular sheath that fits snugly over the erect penis. It has a little extra room at its closed end in order to catch the ejaculated sperm. It is typically made of latex (rubber), although a polyurethane version has recently […]

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Condom use is centuries old. In records from many ancient and traditional cultures, use of adornments on the penis is mentioned—not for their contraceptive or disease preven¬tive properties, but rather as ways of doing homage to the erect member. An example is the penis sheaths fashioned from gourds by natives of New Guinea.
The earliest true […]

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Put the condom on correctly. This means placing the condom on the head of the penis and then unrolling it up the erect shaft all the way to the base of the penis. Leave a little air space at the end to collect semen. Make sure that the fit is snug and free of air […]

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We’ve put this here to help on occasions of condom failure (and it’s always easy to blame the poor old condom), but it applies equally to any kind of contracep¬tive failure or just to unprotected intercourse at any time. However, it comes with our very strong recommendation that you follow it with some kind of […]

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The penis and scrotum are covered with skin exactly like the skin elsewhere on the body, so the same skin conditions can occur, and are generally no reason for losing sleep.
Aaron was behaving very strangely. His mother was worried because he was spending an hour at a time in the bathroom and seemed in general […]

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Roger was changing the nappy of his week-old son when Wow! What was going on? the baby had a tiny erection and the little hole wasn’t winking at him— where was it? Roger knew the child was able to wee, or he wouldn’t need a change…but this apparatus didn’t look at all like his other […]

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Ken married Virginia straight out of high school. In their early years together, Ken simply had no idea that sex could cause any difficulties. When Ken even just thought about Virginia he’d find Dick up and rearing to go, and he didn’t mind overhearing Virginia telling her girlfriends that he wore his trousers out at […]

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Diabetes is an extremely common chronic condition and at least 50 per cent of diabetic men experience some sexual dysfunction, though many will be reluctant to complain of it, even to their family doctor. However, if diabetes is well managed and sugar levels controlled, the effects including sexual dysfunction can be minimised.
Organic sexual problems may […]

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Premature ejaculation is a common sexual dysfunction. In fact, probably every man experiences this at least once in his sexual life, though most would be loathe to admit it. Definitions of this problem have varied greatly over the years and among the sexperts, with an earlier definition being ejaculation before penetration or within 30 seconds […]

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At this point it seems logical to mention coitus interrup-tus, coitus obstructus, and coitus reservatus. These are further along the spectrum from trying to overcome premature ejaculation in that, by using these techniques, the object is to control ejaculation for purposes of contraception or, in the case of Tantric Yoga, to achieve a higher state […]

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We’ll spend most of this chapter talking about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), since not only is Dick directly involved in transmitting most of these, but the penis is often the first site of infection. Unhappily, despite intense campaigns aimed at safe, or safer sex, millions of people every year contract one or more of these, […]

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Gonorrhoea is caused by a lover-ly little bug—pairs of little round bacteria known as cocci. It has been around for a very, very long time and remedies are mentioned in Egyptian papyrii dated from 3500 BCE. In the Old Testament (Leviticus 15), rituals of atonement are detailed for ‘him who has a discharge and for […]

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Herpes is an extremely common condition worldwide and appears to be on the increase. It is equally common in all socio-economic and racial groups, and in both developed and developing countries.
Dylan is a very handsome young man who prides himself on his physique. He works out daily and looks like an ad for fitness products. […]

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Genital warts, caused by human papillomavirus, are probably the most common STD in the world at the present time, with millions of new infections every year. Despite this dramatic statistic, a number of studies assess-ing people’s knowledge of the disease have indicated an alarming lack of information.
Before we get well into this, let us assure […]

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There are about 12 million new cases of syphilis per year reported throughout the world. This is depressing news considering that syphilis is very easily cured in its early stages by a cheap antibiotic, penicillin, and that the long-term effects of the disease can be devastating and often fatal.
Many historians consider syphilis a native American […]

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Chlamydia is a most silent scourge: there are millions of new infections worldwide each year, but the infected often have no inkling of a problem until complications result. It is caused by a microscopic organism called Chlamydia trachomatis that has some properties of both bacteria and viruses. This organism is a delicate creature that does […]

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Hepatitis B deserves its place among the STDs. Several million cases occur every year in both developed and undeveloped countries as a result of sexual transmission.
Hepatitis B is caused by a virus and is transmitted from one person to another by infected body secretions.
Once infection occurs, the incubation period can be anywhere from four weeks […]

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Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted disease that is a common cause of great discomfort to women, though much less often to men. The trichomonad is a one-celled parasite that colonises the urethra in the male, usually causing few or no symptoms. Once in a while, it causes discomfort on peeing, but nothing like some of […]

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Darryl liked the ladies a lot—any lady, anywhere. Darryl had signed on in the Army and was away for six months on overseas duty. In accordance with the rules of demand and supply, ladies were plentiful near the base and his wick was well-tended; with time, Darryl grew careless about using protection and some of […]

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Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis)
Although relatively uncommon in temperate climates, Granuloma inguinale is worth at least a brief discussion, as it is common in the tropics.
James was in the Air Force, stationed in the Southwest Pacific. On leave, he flew to the Philippines for a little ‘R&R’. During his first six hours in Manila, he met […]

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Candida
Candida, or thrush, is the cause of a great deal of recurring discomfort in women, and may be passed between sexual partners, but is not really considered a sexually transmit¬ted disease. A man may get a ‘yeast’ infection on the glans of his penis after having sex with an infected woman, but he is […]

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The urge to perpetuate oneself by having children is basic to many people. About 85 per cent of couples trying to conceive, using no birth control methods and having regular sexual intercourse, will achieve a pregnancy within a year. By definition, the remaining 15 per cent have some kind of problem with fertility.
Sometimes the reason […]

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(Be warned: This chapter contains low-level violence, and may get a little uncomfortable. Chaps may want to keep a hand on their old cricket boxes or athletic cups before reading on.)
The good news is that trauma to Dick is actually not very common. This is largely due to how mobile, flexible and well-protected the penis […]

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Phil was in his seventies, ten years retired from the bank and very proud of his dahlias and his grand¬children. For some time he’d had a bit of an itch when he first emptied his bladder in the mornings, and then one day he noticed a small ulcer right on the tip of his old […]

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Nathan and Suzanne are both highly motivated people; they met in first year medical school and married after graduation. Now Nathan has just finished training as a paediatrician and Suzanne is doing a graduate course in public health. They are in their early thirties and, finally foreseeing an end to their formal education years, thought […]

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While it is not within our scope to discuss all of these in detail, we need to touch upon a few other cancers that can affect sexual functioning of your trouser serpent.
Cancer of the prostate is the second most common non-skin cancer in men. There are many books and websites devoted to this topic, and […]

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Eunuchs bring to mind images from exotic tales: large beardless men, dressed in flowing harem trousers, sashed with brilliant cummerbunds, arms folded, guarding the entrance to the seraglio. Or leading a bevy of beauties, swathed in diaphanous and shimmering lengths of cloth, faces hidden from view, from their private quarters to the court of their […]

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There is much controversy today over what is the best diet, with the old food pyramid being thrown out the window and nothing in particular replacing it. These guidelines incorporate the various bits of nutrition research about which there are no quibbles and also give you an easy and palatable way to eat for health.
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