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Author: Mels van Driel
ISBN : B005E873IA
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Free download Free Download Manhood: The Rise and Fall of the Penis [Kindle Edition] from with Mediafire Link Download LinkThe ancient Greeks paraded enormous sculptural replicas in annual celebration of the penis; Freud theorized that women suffered penis envy. An undeniable, global symbol of power and virility since the beginning of humankind, the penis has been much discussed, gestured towards and depicted, yet seldom understood outside folklore and popular culture's uneasy mix of self-deprecation and aggrandizement. Despite the penis' central role in human life or perhaps due to that role, many men seem to suffer in isolation or silence from some perceived inadequacy or affliction. That's where experienced urologist and sexologist Mels van Driel comes in. In "Manhood", he offers an unprecedented history of the penis - with answers to everything you ever wanted to know, and even some questions you'd never thought to ask. In "Manhood", van Driel presents the history of the male sexual organ from medical, psychological and cultural perspectives. Investigating the penis and its functions, from the scrotum to the glans, van Driel's work ranges from inguinal hernia to infertility, and from impotence to the speed of ejaculation. Psychological factors that have an impact on sexual experience, as well as contemporary phenomena such as cyber sex, are given enlightening treatment along the way. With much insight and good humour, van Driel offers diverse and instructive examples. This informative guide is not just a book for men, but for women too - anyone curious to know the facts behind the many myths and stories of the penis.Direct download links available for Free Download Manhood: The Rise and Fall of the Penis [Kindle Edition]
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- Print Length: 288 pages
- Publisher: Reaktion Books (June 16, 2011)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B005E873IA
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The book is indeed quite informed and well researched. Mels Van Driel seems to cover every ailment to the penis imaginable, from ED to prostate cancer. It covers misconceptions, current, as well as historical, about the penis and its ailments.
There is however, one bone of contentment (pardon the pun) that I have with Mels Van Driel, and that is his hesitance to discuss the foreskin, which is quite a substantial, healthy, and normal part of basic male anatomy. While other parts of the penis are given their proper respect, some even getting their own heading, the foreskin, it seems, is only mentioned as it pertains to possible illness and its treatment. For example, he only mentions the foreskin as it pertains to the accumulation of smegma, or the development of the rare, but real problem of phimosis. This is unfair, as one never begins to talk about toes, for example, as being susceptible to fungus and ingrown toe-nails. One never begins to talk about a woman's breasts as organs that are susceptible to breast cancer. The fact that the female vulva can accumulate smegma is not the first thing talked about when presenting female anatomy.
Van Driel does correctly state that phimosis is quite rare, and that the foreskin does not usually retract until later years. He further elaborates on the fact that circumcision is not medically necessary, and that it is for the most part, performed as a matter of custom or religious conviction. He gives a brief, but accurate account of the history of the medicalization of circumcision from the Victorian Era to today, but does not challenge some of the latest assertions, i.
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