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Phallacy : life lessons from the animal penis / Emily Willingham.

by Willingham, Emily Jane, 1968-

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Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.

Generative organs.

Sex (Biology) -- Research -- Social aspects.

9780593087176 (hc)

326 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Centering the penis : the bad boys and bad studies of evolutionary psychology -- Why does the penis exist? -- What makes a penis? More than you think. Maybe not what you think -- The many uses of the penis -- Female control -- Bigger than yours -- Small, but mighty like a sword -- From penis-free to blurred boundaries -- The rise and fall of the phallus.

"Phallacy looks closely at some of nature's more remarkable examples of penises and the many lessons to learn from them. In tracing how we ended up positioning our nondescript penis as a pulsing, awe-inspiring shaft of all masculinity and human dominance. Emphasizing our human capacities for impulse control, Phallacy ultimately challenges the message that the penis makes the man and the man can't control himself. With instructive illustrations of unusual genitalia and tales of animal mating rituals Phallacy shows where humans fit on the continuum from fun to fatal phalli and why the human penis is an implement for intimacy, not intimidation."--Publisher.

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