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Can I read The Book of the Penis on EtoBox?
The Book of the Penis by Maggie Paley is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Book of the Penis about?
"Should be required reading for anyone who has a penis, wants a penis, or loves someone who has or wants a penis . . . titillating and informative."—Dan Savage, New York Times -bestselling author The almighty penis (a.k.a. dick, schlong, pecker, rod, tool, Johnson, etc.) has long been a major object of adoration, revulsion, ridicule, amazement, joy, pride, and even frustration. But does anyone fully understand the penis? Novelist, playwright, and journalist Maggie Paley immersed herself in the obsessive world of this most forthright of organs, looking for answers high and low. She pored over scholarly volumes, anthropology texts, and sex-shop glossies; interviewed sex workers, transsexuals, and phallus connoisseurs of all stripes; attended male strip shows and a Hindu lingam ceremony; visited web sites where men share masturbation techniques; and even searched out the current location of Napoleon's penis. And, yes, she objectively addresses the big question: "Does size matter?" Along the way, we encounter deliciously entertaining and highly informative chapters on penis worship, fellatio, and men who are famous for their dicks, as well as the penis in art, fashion, literature, fil
Who reads The Book of the Penis?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Maggie Paley
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802136930
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3.42 / 5 (70 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14