Human sexuality has been studied in the greatest detail, to date, in the years following 1959. This work, particularly that of Dr William Masters and Dr Virginia Johnson, led in 1966 to the publication of their book Human Sexual Response. This book, with its detailed analysis of the sexual response in male and female partners, has given us our knowledge of the human sexual response and acknowledgement must be given to the careful, contemplative scientific study made over the years at the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation at St. Louis, Missouri.

Until the investigation in St. Louis showed the truth, massive ignorance and accumulated myths surrounded male sexuality.

These ‘phallic fallacies’ have persisted through the years and still form the basis of ‘dirty’ jokes. Here are a few:

The bigger the man, the bigger his penis This is untrue, as was demonstrated as long ago as 1907 by the anatomist, George Piersol. The size of the man bears no relation to the size of his penis in the unstimulated state. A coalminer 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall, weighing 92 kg (200 lb) may have a smaller penis than a clerk 150 cm (4 ft 8 in) tall, weighing 55 kg (120 lb).

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