by Mels van Driel
The ancient Greeks paraded enormous sculptural replicas in annual celebration . . . Freud theorized that women envied them . . . an undeniable, global symbol of power and virility since the beginning of humankindโ€”the penis has been much discussed, gestured toward, and depicted, yet seldom understood outside folklore and popular cultureโ€�s uneasy mix of self-deprecation and aggrandizement. Despite the penisโ€�s central role in human life or perhaps due to that role, nearly every man seems to suffer in isolation or silence from some perceived inadequacy or affliction. Thatโ€�s where experienced urologist and sexologist Mels van Driel comes in. In Manhood, van Driel offers an unprecedented history of the penisโ€”with answers to everything you wanted to know, and even some questions youโ€�d never thought to ask.