Friday, January 16, 2004

Global Problem

I quote, verbatim:

"GLOBAL PROBLEM

An obsession with penis size is not a uniquely American phenomenon, said Virginia Sadock, a psychiatrist at New York University Medical Center.

'This is not limited to the United States by any means," Sadock said, noting that in Japan there is a condition known as "koro," in which a man suffers from delusions that his penis is actually shrinking back into his stomach.

And Muscarella said that the French are known for trading rumors about men with small penises, often accompanied by jokes and derision.

At the heart of the problem, Sadock said, is that since men don't see many penises other than their own, they have little basis for comparison."