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- [Voiceover] The story of
the penis is a long one.

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So let's start at the beginning.

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The very beginning
of time itself.

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- [Man] About four and
a half billion years ago

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the earth formed, and then
another half billion years

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came the point where
water began to condense

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on the early Earth.

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So, the way I look at
the early Earth was,

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oceans, basically a global
ocean of volcanic land masses

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rising up, and sometime, in
maybe a hundred million year

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time frame, somehow,
the first forms

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of living systems arose.

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Question is, how do
these guys reproduce?

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And the answer is,
mostly, they just divided.

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So, you know, that's
what bacteria do today.

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Every 20 minutes, an
E. Coli can divide

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if the conditions are right,

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but, let me point out
that even bacteria

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have a version of what we call
genetic interchange material,

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otherwise known as sex.

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And they have little tubules
that link up between them,

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and there's just
an exchange of DNA

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from one bacterium to another.

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- [Voiceover] These
tubules could be seen

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as the earliest
precursor of what

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would one day become the penis.

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- Well, the evolution
of intermittent organs

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like the penis, or the
claspers in sharks,

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is because originally
the oldest record of it

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that we have from fossils,

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these bony structures in
these ancient placoderms

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that we presume were for
internal fertilization.

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And they developed from
the same pattern of bones

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that forms the pelvic
fins, which would

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later become the legs
of higher vertebrates.

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So, in other words,
we're talking about

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sexual organs in the
males that are an offshoot

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from the leg skeleton.

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Later on, that
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was completely lost as
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and it became a soft
organ, but it's still

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genetically linked to
the origin of limbs.

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- Okay, what's a penis?

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A penis is a structure,
specialized for males,

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that is used to take sperm
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and deposit it into
the female's body.

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- Theoretically, you could do
that just with a simple tube.

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But yet, when we look in
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penises can be
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- Insects, for example,
have penis-like organs,

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but they have a different
name in biology.

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It's called an aedeagus in
an insect, but it's a sharp

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structure that the male can

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put inside the female
to deposit sperm.

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Does exactly the same thing.

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So, in bed bugs, the males
have evolved a stabbing penis,

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which basically they
use to perforate

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through the female exoskeleton.

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In other creatures,
for example, barnacles,

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they have incredibly
long, flexible penises

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that could be nine times
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and they can shed them
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according to the environmental
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You find them in flatworms,
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on the slugs, and the
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in the vertebrates you have
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and snakes, and lizards,
they actually have something

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called hemipenes, they have two.

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The Argentine lake duck
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known to any body weight
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a penis that can measure up
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in an average-sized duck.

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- These duck penises, they
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and the males ejaculate in
less than a third of a second.

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So that is
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I mean, we called it
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because that is
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- Then there's mammals,

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which we all know and love,

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every mammal has a penis,
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penis diversity, mammals turn
out to be kind of boring.

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The mechanism by which they
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in that sense,
they're all the same.

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(school bell ringing)

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- [Voiceover] Mammals
possess what is known as

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a vascular erectile system,

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as opposed to, for
example, one powered

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by pressurized lymph, like
the spectacular duck penis.

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This may seem elementary, but it

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wasn't always common knowledge.

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The Greeks were convinced
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were filled with
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(deep breath)

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But as we all know, when
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it's a rush of blood
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And this is true for
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(church bell ringing)

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Here, in the sleepy arctic
capital of Reykjavik,

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is one of the world's
true connoisseurs
of the mammal penis.

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A man who's given his life
to the study of phallology.

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(singing in foreign language)

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- My name is
Sigur ur Hjartarson,

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and I am 72 years old.

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- So how did this place
begin, with the idea of...

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- Well, it's a long story.

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I got the first one, this one,

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this is the first specimen,

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when I was a small kid.

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I was given a bull's
penis like that, right,

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as a whip for the, to take the
cows to pasture, and so on.

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So, that was the first,
and after I got the first,

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some friends of mine
started bringing me penises

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from a whaling station nearby,

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and, to start with,
it was just a joke,

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but when I realized
that this could be made

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good collection, I
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and trying to improve
it, and so on.

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After we got all the
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we started the foreign section,

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you can go on
endlessly, you know?

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- Sometimes I got to go with
him, you know, to cut off

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some whale penis,

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or some, you know, bits,
out in the country.

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That was pretty cool for
me as a boy, you know.

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In his nature, he's a
teacher, and was always,

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always educating us, the kids,
and everybody around him.

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So maybe that's the
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compared to other dads,

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his need to educate
everybody around him.

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- We have 19 big families
of mammals in the world.

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Species within eight of them
have a bone in their penis.

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That's something people
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How many species have
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and some of the mice,
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two millimeters or
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with a bone of one millimeter.

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But it functions,

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and these animals are
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So, the size is not
everything, like some,

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well, men, or women,
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(intense music)

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(door sliding)

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(water dripping)

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- There's something
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that is ages old

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that has, as part of our
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of the world,

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the primary organs of the body.

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You can see it in cave
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an early interest in
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our species, in fertility,
in the relationship

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between sexuality and life,

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and probably death,

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and you can find that
all over the world.

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- In all Egyptian
creation accounts, creation

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emerges out of a
watery, primordial one-ness,

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just as they see the
Nile flood each year

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begin to recede in the
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begin to come out of the water.

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- So, the Egyptians had a number
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that are actually based
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so, for example, the
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you have a creation based
on the god Ray Atum,

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and he actually masturbates
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and through his
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the Gods Shu and
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So that essentially
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that makes himself into many.

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- [Voiceover] And, at least
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sported quite a healthy phallus.

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- [Colleen Manassa] We
do see phallic symbolism

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in ancient Egypt, one
of the main examples

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is the god Min, who is
another creator deity,

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and is a god of fertility
in particularly agriculture.

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And he's shown as a mummiform
god with an erect phallus.

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You can see that all
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in ancient Egypt, so
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considered pornographic
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but rather a representation
of his fertile aspects.

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So, almost as if the
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marking his fertility.

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- [Voiceover] As we'll see,
this theme of fertility

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is a common thread across
time and civilizations.

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Far across the globe, another
religion still worships

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what may be the greatest
phallic god of them all.

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The city of Varanasi, on
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is one of the great centers
of pilgrimage in all of India.

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Millions come to
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and worship the city's
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This is Shiva,

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and this is his lingam.

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An object of adoration
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and a symbol of his
power and vitality.

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- Many Hindus will
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and Varanasi is the
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like, every courtyard,
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every time you turn around,
you'll see a lingam.

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There're literally
lingams everywhere.

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- Shiva is a god who is a
god of life, if you like,

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and is full of energy and
power, he has (indistinct),

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and that's depicted
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On one level, it is indeed
the phallic form of Shiva,

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and that's recognized
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But for ordinary devotees,
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an object of great
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and it's more akin to
a crucifix, perhaps.

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The word "linga" itself
refers to the phallus,

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but it also means
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which is quite
interesting in itself.

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- Here's my lingam, that
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it's a very simple form, and
many of the Shiva lingams

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are just as simple as this,
smaller and larger and so forth.

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It has painted on it the marks
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the three marks
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and it is situated inside
the symbol of the yoni,

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which is the female
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of the Shiva lingam,

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and the way people
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they would do puja
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to an image of a god
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You would offer it
flowers, and the lingam

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is said to generate heat,
and so you keep it cool

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by pouring water on it, and
every worshiper of Shiva

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has a lingam in some
form, this is just the one

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that I happen to have here.

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- [Voiceover] But Hinduism
isn't the only living religion

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today that features
phallic symbolism.

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Further east, in the
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practitioners of Shinto
also have a long tradition.

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- [Man] I've watched
businessmen do this

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on the way to work,
they'll be running to work

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to try to catch the train,
but they'll stop for

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a couple minutes in
front of a Shinto shrine,

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wash their hands, wash
out their mouth, clap,

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be there silently, clap again,

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and leave.

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And this is just
ubiquitous in Japan.

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- [Voiceover] Shrines are
indeed an integral part

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of everyday life,
providing a respite from

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the daily hustle and bustle.

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A place where old and young
alike pray for success,

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health, and fertility.

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(coin dropping)

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Shrines also serve
as a focal point

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for the country's
many festivals.

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- One of the festivals that's
probably the best known

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amongst foreigners in
Japan, anyway,

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is the so-called
"Phallus Festival" at Komaki,
near Nagoya.

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This consists of taking
a huge wooden phallus

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around the town, and a
lot of the participants

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also carry phalluses themselves.

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(people chanting)

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(bells and whistles)

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(drumming)

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One particular aspect that
I enjoyed when I was there

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was a row of 32-year-old
unmarried women,

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all of them nursing
quite a substantial

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big phallus in their arms,
which they parade to the shrine

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to get the blessings of
the kami for marriage

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and fertility in their marriage.

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One of the aspects of
Shinto as a nature religion

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is the cultivation of
fertility in the crops,

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and in human beings, because
of passing on to the next

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generation what
has been learned,

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and the gift of life itself.

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Part of that fertility
rite is, like in India,

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the physical manifestation
in phallus worship.

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Before Meiji times, that's
to say, before 1868,

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carvings, statues, rock
representations of penises,

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were common throughout
the whole of Japan.

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Now, after 1868 when
the Meiji government

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wanted to modernize, and to
look good in Western eyes,

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these were all
smashed and removed.

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Not all of them, because
you can still find some

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in rural areas, but
generally, I would imagine

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about 90 percent of them
were just obliterated.

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- [Voiceover] The
phallus lives on in Japan

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through Shinto and
its shrine culture.

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But, unfortunately, its demise

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most everywhere else in the
world is another common theme

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in the story of the phallus.

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As Christianity and
colonialism spread,

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phallic symbols were erased.

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Today, it's hard to
find any trace of it

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in the European continent,

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save a few faint vestiges.

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Here, in the northern
Greek town of Tyrnavos,

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a tradition tracing its
roots to the ancient

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phallic processions of
Dionysus has been revived,

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despite the opprobrium
of the church.

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(singing in Greek)

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The Greek festival may
lack some of the somber,

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ceremonial aspects of
its Japanese counterpart,

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but it's one hell of a party.

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(Greek music)

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Further west in Europe,
traces of phallic symbolism

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are increasingly
difficult to find.

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The Cerne Abbas Giant
in southern England

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is a notable exception,

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but its origins are
something of a mystery.

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Were they Druids, Romans,
or 18th century pranksters

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who carved this brute
into the hillside?

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Nobody knows.

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(wind blowing)

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Across the Atlantic,
in North America,

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the prospects are
even more bleak.

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An unlikely group of
phallic worshipers

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can be found here, in
the French Canadian

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province of Quebec.

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On this quiet street, in this
unassuming two-story residence

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is the Montreal chapter
of Saint Priapus.

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(fire crackling)

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- My name is David
Francis Cassidy,

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I am the Pontifex and
High Priest of Priapus.

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The Temple of Priapus
is a way of calling

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like-minded people who are
interested in phallic worship

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and using the phallus as a
way of liberating themselves

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to develop a spiritual
connection with the phallus.

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"Grant me, my lord, the
privilege to receive

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"the sacramental most holy seed,

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"let me drink of
your precious juices

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"and let me honor you
as we serve our priests,

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"bringing them joy
and sexual fulfillment

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"in this joining with the
brotherhood of the cock. Amen."

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The phallus is one sense unique,

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everybody has one, that's male,

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but there's no two alike,
like a fingerprint.

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"Bring the joy of cock
to all our senses,

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"sight, taste, smell, feel..."

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The phallus, for a
man in most case,

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is what helps define
what a man is.

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Once men find a comfort factor

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and not a designation,
you don't have to be gay

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to enjoy the phallus,

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straight men have been
enjoying it for a long time,

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they haven't allowed
themselves to think about it

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and grow with it in a more
organized, spiritual sense.

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(chanting)

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That's been part of
our role, is to help to

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bring that form of
liberation to people.

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"Naked we stand, proudly
showing our cocks,

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"the staff of life,
Priapus, cock and balls,

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"together they represent
the living trinity.

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"Let us worship at your
altar, spread your legs

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"to better reveal the joy of
man, your cock and balls."

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- [Voiceover] From
the god Min in Egypt,

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and Shiva in India, to
the fertility festivals

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in Japan and
Greece, and finally,

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this basement
temple in Montreal,

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the significance of the
phallus has steadily

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diminished over time
in most of the world.

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This has been in large part
due to the rise and spread

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of Christianity
around the globe.

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It's displacement, and, in
many cases, destruction,

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of phallic imagery, and
of all things pagan.

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The major monotheistic
religions,

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Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam,

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play a central role
in our next chapter,

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as we look at a tradition
with roots as ancient

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as those of phallic worship.

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Once again, we have to
go back to ancient Egypt

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to trace it to its
earliest origins.

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- The ancient Egyptians
definitely practiced

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circumcision, and in
fact, they use this

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as one of the markers
of being an Egyptian.

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One of the ways we
know this is through

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numerous representations in art,

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and even the hieroglyph
for a phallus

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is always shown circumcised.

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So, for the Egyptians,
the ideal phallus

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was one that was circumcised.

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And they note when foreigners
are not circumcised.

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A great example of
this, actually, is,

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following the
aftermath of a battle

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around 1208 B.C. between the
Egyptians and the Libyans,

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in order to count the enemy
dead, the usual practice

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was to take a hand.

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But because the Libyans
were uncircumcised,

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they cut off the phalli
from the dead enemies

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in order to count them,
and they specifically state

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in the text that they are
phalli that are not circumcised,

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that still have their foreskins.

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And so we know from multiple
representations in text

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that circumcision
was an inherent

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Egyptian cultural practice.

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- [Voiceover] But
it would be the Jews

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who turned it into
the mark of a people.

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(chanting in Hebrew)

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- There's no question that
circumcision was practiced

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by some groups in
the ancient near east

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before it began to
be part of Judaism,

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but the Torah tells us
that God spoke to Abraham

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and commanded him to
perform circumcision

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as a sign of the covenant
between what would become

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the people of Israel, namely,
Abraham and his family,

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and God.

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And, as time goes on,
this is fully developed

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as a sense that
circumcision of males

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is the symbol of this covenant
between God and Israel.

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- God creates a partnership.

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He leaves it up to us to
complete the human being,

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in this case, the male.

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So we become God's partners,

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and it's literally a bodily
sign of our commitment

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to that relationship.

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On an ethical, moral level, in
terms of ethical perfection,

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and on a philosophical
level, in terms of

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intellectual perfection.

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(chanting in Hebrew)

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- [Voiceover] Exactly how
the ritual must be performed

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is laid out in
detail in the Torah.

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(chanting in Hebrew)

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- Classical Jewish
tradition, the circumcision,

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otherwise known as brit or bris,

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the covenantal ceremony,
takes place on the eighth day,

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counting inclusively,
after birth.

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There is the ritual itself,

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namely in which
some experienced,
practiced individual

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will cut off the foreskin
from the baby boy.

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It is a very festive occasion,

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00:27:13,265 --> 00:27:15,001
even though most
of the men there

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all stand around nervously.

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There is a risk, a small risk,

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00:27:21,173 --> 00:27:24,944
but there is a risk of danger,
complication, infection,

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blood loss, and the rest.

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So it is at one in the
same time an occasion

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for excitement, an occasion
for nervous anticipation,

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the baby will go through the
ritual that Jewish male babies

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have been going
through for millennia,

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on the other hand, there's
also a tinge of nervousness

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and worry, frankly, and
any parent who tells you

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that they're not a little
bit worried, I think,

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00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,569
are deceiving themselves.

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00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:53,672
(speaking Hebrew)

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(camera click)

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- It's taken in stride
in ways that might seem,

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to outsiders, to
be very strange.

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And that's because of its
symbolism and holiness,

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which is in the entire
Jewish community.

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Really from all groups
from the Jewish community,

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it remains a major, major
part of being a Jew.

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00:28:16,162 --> 00:28:19,265
- [Voiceover] From ancient
Judea to modern day Israel,

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circumcision is an
integral aspect of Judaism.

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Islam, founded by
the prophet Muhammad

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long after Judaism, and
600 years after Christ,

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also adopted circumcision,

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though in a somewhat
less central role.

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- Circumcisions is
Abraham's traditions,

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it had been practiced
by the prophet Abraham,

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or Ibrahim in Arabic language,

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and the Holy Qur'an says,

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(speaking Arabic)

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"And follow the
faith of Abraham."

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The prophet Muhammad,
in fact, later on,

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stressed upon the
importance of circumcisions,

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and it is consensusly agreed
by the Muslim scholars

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that it is obligatory
upon all Muslim males

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to be circumcised.

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- [Voiceover] But
in Christianity,

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the story is quite different.

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- Jesus was Jewish, he was
born to a Jewish mother,

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he went to the temple, he did
all these things that Jews do,

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so, as a Jewish male, we
assume he was circumcised.

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- The circumcision of Jesus
somehow, paradoxically,

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means not that we
Christians are to circumcise

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our own sons, imitating Christ,

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rather, that the
circumcision of Jesus

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somehow brings to an end
the Jewish circumcision.

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This will become the
standard Christian argument.

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- If Christianity was going
to insist on circumcision

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for all Christians, this
was a major impediment

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to the growth of the church
outside its Jewish roots.

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Saint Paul very cleverly
came up with the idea

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that circumcision of the
heart was sufficient,

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which meant that you
didn't actually have to be

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physically circumcised,
and that was a key event

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in the transmission
of Christianity from
its Jewish roots

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to the Roman empire.

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- The division is clearly there.

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Christianity instituted baptism

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as its replacement
for circumcision.

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- [Voiceover] Though Christians
rejected the practice

489
00:30:27,093 --> 00:30:29,428
of circumcision, they
did have to contend

490
00:30:29,461 --> 00:30:31,530
with the thorny
theological notion

491
00:30:31,563 --> 00:30:33,199
that a piece of
their lord's flesh

492
00:30:33,232 --> 00:30:35,567
had been removed at birth.

493
00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:38,938
Many abbeys and monasteries
across medieval Europe

494
00:30:38,971 --> 00:30:41,673
claim to house
the holy foreskin.

495
00:30:42,108 --> 00:30:44,176
- At the same time, other
Christians are saying,

496
00:30:44,210 --> 00:30:45,511
this is not possible.

497
00:30:45,544 --> 00:30:47,213
The only flesh and
blood that there can be

498
00:30:47,246 --> 00:30:51,183
is on the altar, and
so, we have one story

499
00:30:51,217 --> 00:30:53,986
that when Jesus was
resurrected on the third day

500
00:30:54,020 --> 00:30:56,622
after the crucifixion,
and when his physical body

501
00:30:56,655 --> 00:30:59,525
went up to heaven, the
foreskin, wherever it had been,

502
00:30:59,558 --> 00:31:01,160
zipped up with him,

503
00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:04,096
and now he is in heaven, intact.

504
00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:06,899
(choir singing)

505
00:31:09,501 --> 00:31:10,903
- [Voiceover] It makes
sense that Israel

506
00:31:10,937 --> 00:31:13,239
and a large portion
of the Muslim world

507
00:31:13,272 --> 00:31:15,574
have high rates of
circumcision, based on

508
00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:17,609
what we have seen
in this segment.

509
00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:20,279
But why, then, does
the United States,

510
00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:22,248
a so-called "Christian nation,"

511
00:31:22,281 --> 00:31:24,883
have one of the highest
rates of circumcision,

512
00:31:24,917 --> 00:31:28,287
when Christianity expressly
rejected the practice?

513
00:31:29,055 --> 00:31:32,391
More than half of male babies
born today are circumcised,

514
00:31:32,424 --> 00:31:35,727
and at its height in the
middle of the 20th century,

515
00:31:35,761 --> 00:31:38,564
the rate reached
nearly 90 percent.

516
00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:41,133
Meanwhile, in South
America, many people

517
00:31:41,167 --> 00:31:43,402
have never even heard
of the practice.

518
00:31:44,836 --> 00:31:46,905
This is because it was
the medical establishment

519
00:31:46,939 --> 00:31:49,008
that influenced the
rise of circumcision

520
00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:50,909
in the United States.

521
00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:53,879
And a key event in this
evolution took place

522
00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:57,749
in the 19th century,
here, in New York City.

523
00:32:00,452 --> 00:32:02,788
In the Victorian era,
the medical profession

524
00:32:02,821 --> 00:32:04,756
was coming into its own.

525
00:32:05,424 --> 00:32:09,228
Doctors had become trusted and
revered members of society.

526
00:32:10,196 --> 00:32:12,564
One in particular, an
original founder of the

527
00:32:12,598 --> 00:32:14,833
Bellevue Hospital
Medical College,

528
00:32:14,866 --> 00:32:16,268
was this man,

529
00:32:17,203 --> 00:32:19,138
Dr. Lewis D. Sayre.

530
00:32:22,641 --> 00:32:24,476
Sayre was a
well-renowned surgeon

531
00:32:24,510 --> 00:32:27,579
who believed that circumcision
could, in some cases,

532
00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:29,748
cure paralysis.

533
00:32:30,416 --> 00:32:32,218
His was not the
first, nor last, claim

534
00:32:32,251 --> 00:32:34,486
of circumcision's
wondrous potential.

535
00:32:35,254 --> 00:32:37,123
But he came at a time when
the practice was beginning

536
00:32:37,156 --> 00:32:39,891
to gain support as
a medical procedure.

537
00:32:40,592 --> 00:32:43,429
Among many of Sayres more
moralistic contemporaries,

538
00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:45,764
masturbation was seen
as a malicious vice

539
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:48,034
that could cause all
manner of ailments,

540
00:32:48,067 --> 00:32:51,570
including epilepsy and insanity.

541
00:32:53,239 --> 00:32:55,507
Prominent figures
in American society,

542
00:32:55,541 --> 00:32:59,045
including Dr. Harvey Kellogg,
the inventor of Corn Flakes,

543
00:32:59,078 --> 00:33:02,114
and Sylvester Graham,
of Graham cracker fame,

544
00:33:02,148 --> 00:33:06,185
promoted bland, healthy
diets, and circumcision

545
00:33:06,218 --> 00:33:08,320
as deterrents to masturbation.

546
00:33:10,289 --> 00:33:13,325
But the real change would take
place nearly a century later,

547
00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:17,629
when a generation of American
G.I.s returned from the war.

548
00:33:20,566 --> 00:33:22,834
During their service,
many had been encouraged

549
00:33:22,868 --> 00:33:26,305
to get circumcisions if they
weren't already circumcised.

550
00:33:26,738 --> 00:33:28,640
This was believed to
reduce the transmission

551
00:33:28,674 --> 00:33:32,211
of venereal disease, and
promote general hygiene.

552
00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:35,747
Now, back in civilian
life, they would choose

553
00:33:35,781 --> 00:33:37,749
to have their sons circumcised

554
00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:40,186
on an unprecedented scale.

555
00:33:43,722 --> 00:33:47,393
Through the 1950s, as
midwifery and home births waned

556
00:33:47,426 --> 00:33:49,628
and the hospital
system flourished,

557
00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:52,498
medical insurance began
to cover circumcision,

558
00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:56,168
and the practice became
normalized in American society.

559
00:33:56,668 --> 00:33:57,603
- [Voiceover] Meat
is a favorite with

560
00:33:57,636 --> 00:33:59,505
almost everyone, everywhere.

561
00:33:59,538 --> 00:34:03,475
- [Voiceover] Now, uncircumcised
males were in the minority.

562
00:34:04,143 --> 00:34:08,280
(slow music)

563
00:34:13,585 --> 00:34:15,821
Fast-forward to
the 21st century,

564
00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:18,457
and things have
changed significantly.

565
00:34:20,259 --> 00:34:22,394
Growing skepticism of
medical circumcision

566
00:34:22,428 --> 00:34:24,830
has led to its
decline nationwide,

567
00:34:24,863 --> 00:34:28,033
and the emergence of an
anti-circumcision movement,

568
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:30,936
largely based on the
east and west coasts.

569
00:34:31,637 --> 00:34:34,606
(people cheering)

570
00:34:39,178 --> 00:34:44,183
In 2011, these "intact-ivists"
decided to take legal action.

571
00:34:45,684 --> 00:34:47,018
- [Voiceover] These
stacks of petitions

572
00:34:47,052 --> 00:34:49,388
carry the signatures of
San Francisco residents

573
00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:53,525
who want to ban the practice
of circumcising baby boys.

574
00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:57,129
- It's totally unnecessary,
it's excruciatingly painful,

575
00:34:57,163 --> 00:34:58,597
and it's harmful.

576
00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:01,433
- Shouldn't parents be
able to make that decision?

577
00:35:01,467 --> 00:35:04,370
- Well, we think the
owner of the penis

578
00:35:04,403 --> 00:35:06,205
should be able to
make the decision.

579
00:35:06,238 --> 00:35:08,274
- [Voiceover] The American
Academy of Pediatrics

580
00:35:08,307 --> 00:35:10,609
says the medical
benefits of circumcision

581
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:13,212
are not significant
enough for the Academy

582
00:35:13,245 --> 00:35:15,046
to recommend the procedure.

583
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,484
- The problem is banning my
right, or somebody else's right,

584
00:35:18,517 --> 00:35:21,587
outright, to practice
what has been

585
00:35:21,620 --> 00:35:24,290
a ritual practice for years.

586
00:35:26,492 --> 00:35:27,793
- [Voiceover] Needless to say,

587
00:35:27,826 --> 00:35:31,129
the proposed ballot measure
stirred controversy.

588
00:35:32,431 --> 00:35:35,100
- We got over 12,000
signatures of people

589
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:38,404
that are unequivocally
supportive of restricting

590
00:35:38,437 --> 00:35:40,038
infant circumcision.

591
00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:42,908
People can't say, oh,
this is just a couple of

592
00:35:42,941 --> 00:35:46,312
fringe people, or crazies,
that are against this.

593
00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:50,048
- Well, the reaction was mixed,
there were some saying that,

594
00:35:50,081 --> 00:35:52,318
you know, this is crazy,
why are we doing this,

595
00:35:52,351 --> 00:35:54,686
this is a parent's right,
and of course others

596
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,588
were very much in favor of it,

597
00:35:56,622 --> 00:35:58,190
otherwise we wouldn't
have been able to gather

598
00:35:58,224 --> 00:36:02,994
that many signatures, but
we got significant push-back

599
00:36:03,028 --> 00:36:05,397
from the Jewish
community, in particular,

600
00:36:05,431 --> 00:36:07,799
the Jewish Community
Relations Council.

601
00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:10,035
- We were stunned when we
saw this ballot measure.

602
00:36:10,068 --> 00:36:12,671
It would have made it
a criminal offense,

603
00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:15,073
punishable by up to a
year in county jail,

604
00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:19,010
and a fine of up to $1,000
for any physician or a Mohel

605
00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:20,879
to perform circumcision.

606
00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:23,081
- It violates the First
Amendment, because

607
00:36:23,114 --> 00:36:28,119
you cannot force people to
have to go before the public

608
00:36:28,220 --> 00:36:31,022
and defend their religious
practices that way.

609
00:36:31,056 --> 00:36:33,459
Reason for this is that
we're both trying to protect

610
00:36:33,492 --> 00:36:36,428
people's religion, and also
we're trying to protect

611
00:36:36,462 --> 00:36:41,367
the state from getting torn
into divisive controversies

612
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,902
about peoples' religious faith.

613
00:36:43,935 --> 00:36:46,772
That's the theory of
our First Amendment.

614
00:36:47,306 --> 00:36:48,874
- Circumcision is a
violation of human rights,

615
00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:51,176
in my opinion, and in the
opinion of many people

616
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:54,413
working on this issue,
because the infant has not

617
00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:56,748
agreed to have it done
on them, by definition,

618
00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:58,950
and it violates numerous
human rights documents

619
00:36:58,984 --> 00:37:02,688
that the U.S. and other
countries are signatories to,

620
00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:05,090
and yes, it's against the law.

621
00:37:05,891 --> 00:37:07,493
- [Lloyd Schofield]
This is San Francisco,

622
00:37:07,526 --> 00:37:11,563
we don't care what you
are, we care who you are,

623
00:37:11,597 --> 00:37:14,966
people are very
questioning, and don't just

624
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,604
follow tradition, especially
if it's going to be harmful.

625
00:37:18,637 --> 00:37:23,609
So people really get this
issue on a one-to-one basis,

626
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:26,077
it certainly scared
the opposition,

627
00:37:26,111 --> 00:37:31,116
who spent over
$100,000, obtained free
legal representation

628
00:37:34,553 --> 00:37:38,557
from one of the most prestigious
international law firms

629
00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:41,993
based in San Francisco,
Morrison and Foerster.

630
00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:46,932
Their e-mail addresses all
start with "mofo dot com."

631
00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:51,236
So these were pretty
severe people, and up until

632
00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:55,173
the day that I arrived in court
for our final court hearing,

633
00:37:55,206 --> 00:37:57,543
I did not have an attorney.

634
00:37:58,243 --> 00:38:00,579
- I had not heard of the
intact-ivist community.

635
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:03,114
I knew that there was some
opposition to circumcision,

636
00:38:03,148 --> 00:38:06,518
I did not realize,
personally I didn't realize

637
00:38:06,552 --> 00:38:09,220
that it was an organized
group with its own

638
00:38:09,254 --> 00:38:13,359
website, its own publications,
it's own political action.

639
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,928
- [Voiceover] Despite their
relatively limited resources,

640
00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:19,230
and the negative reaction
of San Francisco's Jewish

641
00:38:19,264 --> 00:38:22,200
and Muslim minorities,
public support of the

642
00:38:22,233 --> 00:38:24,870
intact-ivists' ban
remained strong.

643
00:38:25,437 --> 00:38:27,272
Until, that is, Debra Saunders

644
00:38:27,305 --> 00:38:29,074
of the San Francisco Chronicle

645
00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:32,210
introduced the world
to Foreskin Man.

646
00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:36,382
- A source told me
about this comic book,

647
00:38:36,415 --> 00:38:40,018
Foreskin Man, and I went
online, and I looked at it,

648
00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:42,087
and I was shocked.

649
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:46,224
I mean, you had this
blond Aryan hero,

650
00:38:46,257 --> 00:38:51,262
you had this slimy, oily
rabbi going after the babies.

651
00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:55,300
* Foreskin man

652
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:56,602
- [Voiceover] And
who was the creator

653
00:38:56,635 --> 00:38:58,804
of the controversial comic book?

654
00:38:59,304 --> 00:39:01,306
None other than the author
of the proposed bill

655
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:05,444
to ban circumcision in San
Francisco, Matthew Hess.

656
00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:08,313
- The number one
accusation was that

657
00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:09,715
Foreskin Man is antisemitic.

658
00:39:09,748 --> 00:39:11,683
I think what the problem
was, is that they didn't

659
00:39:11,717 --> 00:39:14,085
realize that we're against
circumcision of all boys,

660
00:39:14,119 --> 00:39:15,921
not just Jewish boys, you know,

661
00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:18,790
issue number one was about
medicalized circumcision,

662
00:39:18,824 --> 00:39:21,660
and issue number three was
about tribal circumcision,

663
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:23,762
that had nothing to do
with Jewish circumcision.

664
00:39:24,730 --> 00:39:27,032
A lot of people were upset
when they saw these images,

665
00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:29,067
but I think that's what
it's going to take,

666
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:32,438
it's going to take direct
criticism to really,

667
00:39:32,471 --> 00:39:35,073
to get any sort of
change to happen,

668
00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:37,776
and people are talking
about it, countries are now

669
00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:41,346
trying to enact legislation,
doctors' groups are

670
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,582
coming out against
it, and this all came

671
00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:46,752
after the Foreskin Man comic
book series was published,

672
00:39:46,785 --> 00:39:49,220
so, in my mind,
it's been a success.

673
00:39:50,422 --> 00:39:52,791
- Once people saw that,
that measure was done.

674
00:39:52,824 --> 00:39:55,193
It was over.

675
00:39:55,694 --> 00:39:59,030
Nobody, this city does
not want to engage

676
00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:03,435
in that kind of vile caricature.

677
00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:05,737
- Because of the
sensitivity, which is

678
00:40:05,771 --> 00:40:07,839
completely understandable,
it turned into

679
00:40:07,873 --> 00:40:09,775
this big media circus,
and it really distracted

680
00:40:09,808 --> 00:40:11,409
from the main issue, and

681
00:40:12,644 --> 00:40:15,213
then we weren't talking
about the issue anymore,

682
00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:16,782
we were talking about
this other thing.

683
00:40:16,815 --> 00:40:18,249
- I think we,

684
00:40:20,652 --> 00:40:24,322
we opened up the discussion
on an international level,

685
00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:28,259
and once the discussion's
started, it can't be,

686
00:40:28,293 --> 00:40:31,029
it's like the genie, it can't
be put back in the bottle.

687
00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:32,898
* Foreskin Man

688
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:35,033
* Protecting man
parts for the win *

689
00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:36,868
- [Voiceover] The measure
never made it to the ballot.

690
00:40:36,902 --> 00:40:40,238
A San Francisco judge threw
it out on a technicality.

691
00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:43,141
Subsequently, the
California State Assembly

692
00:40:43,174 --> 00:40:46,011
passed a bill prohibiting
any future ballot measures

693
00:40:46,044 --> 00:40:49,414
in California regulating the
practice of circumcision.

694
00:40:50,248 --> 00:40:52,551
However, the
anti-circumcision movement

695
00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:55,787
continues its struggle
in other states.

696
00:40:56,822 --> 00:41:00,358
- No medical excuse
for genital abuse!

697
00:41:00,759 --> 00:41:03,361
- Girls are protected,
why aren't boys?

698
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:05,396
- Don't they have day jobs?

699
00:41:05,697 --> 00:41:07,733
- [Voiceover] And although
it's unlikely that any laws

700
00:41:07,766 --> 00:41:11,269
will pass regulating
circumcision in
the United States,

701
00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:12,971
it's clear that the
practice is losing

702
00:41:13,004 --> 00:41:15,273
some of its
mainstream acceptance.

703
00:41:16,274 --> 00:41:19,277
- [All] Infant circumcision,
it's not your decision!

704
00:41:20,712 --> 00:41:23,815
- In 2012, on the other
side of the Atlantic,

705
00:41:23,849 --> 00:41:26,618
in Germany, where less
than five percent of males

706
00:41:26,652 --> 00:41:29,855
are circumcised, one of the
country's regional courts

707
00:41:29,888 --> 00:41:32,991
actually went so far
as to ban circumcision.

708
00:41:33,792 --> 00:41:36,862
This took place in Cologne,
on the banks of the Rhine,

709
00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:40,932
a city known for its history,

710
00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:43,201
trendy shopping,

711
00:41:44,069 --> 00:41:47,105
modern amenities,
and liberal attitude.

712
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,409
An unlikely flashpoint
for a culture war.

713
00:41:54,546 --> 00:41:56,014
It began with the
circumcision of a

714
00:41:56,047 --> 00:41:58,283
Turkish Muslim boy in Cologne.

715
00:41:58,884 --> 00:42:01,720
In Turkish tradition,
boys are often circumcised

716
00:42:01,753 --> 00:42:04,155
at four to eight years of age.

717
00:42:04,656 --> 00:42:06,491
In this particular
case, complications

718
00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,727
led to a trip to hospital.

719
00:42:09,661 --> 00:42:11,930
Subsequently, a
complaint was filed,

720
00:42:11,963 --> 00:42:15,200
and although the surgeon was
absolved of any wrongdoing,

721
00:42:15,233 --> 00:42:17,836
circumcision itself
was ruled unlawful

722
00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:20,038
by Cologne's regional court.

723
00:42:53,271 --> 00:42:56,474
- Cologne as a whole was not
a hotbed of antisemitism,

724
00:42:56,507 --> 00:42:58,143
but there were certainly

725
00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:02,648
ripples under the
surface of anti-Islam.

726
00:43:02,981 --> 00:43:04,650
And there had been
demonstrations whether or not

727
00:43:04,683 --> 00:43:08,086
to allow a big mosque with a
big tower to be constructed.

728
00:43:10,388 --> 00:43:12,691
- [Voiceover] Any restrictions
on Muslim circumcision,

729
00:43:12,724 --> 00:43:16,327
of course, would also
affect the country's Jews.

730
00:43:33,378 --> 00:43:35,513
- [Voiceover] With a
population of just 100,000,

731
00:43:35,546 --> 00:43:37,983
compared to nearly
2 million Muslims,

732
00:43:38,016 --> 00:43:40,952
Germany's Jewish minority
nevertheless carried

733
00:43:40,986 --> 00:43:42,888
enormous political weight,

734
00:43:42,921 --> 00:43:45,190
both at home and
internationally.

735
00:43:46,391 --> 00:43:48,426
- Germany should
be the last country

736
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:51,697
to have a debate on
this general issue.

737
00:43:52,764 --> 00:43:55,600
The debate on circumcision
has to be judged by

738
00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:58,636
what happened to German
Jews in the Third Reich.

739
00:44:00,305 --> 00:44:01,707
- [Voiceover] What is
it specifically about

740
00:44:01,740 --> 00:44:05,076
German history that could
make this issue problematic?

741
00:44:05,110 --> 00:44:07,045
- Oh, I would rather
not talk about that,

742
00:44:07,078 --> 00:44:10,816
because that is a very
delicate subject, and

743
00:44:10,849 --> 00:44:13,685
I get along with my English, but

744
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:16,421
if it comes to this, I
want to be perfect, and

745
00:44:17,689 --> 00:44:20,992
I don't feel comfortable
speaking about this

746
00:44:21,026 --> 00:44:23,361
topic in a foreign
language, I'm sorry.

747
00:44:24,662 --> 00:44:27,265
- We have a traditional
antisemitic, antisemitic?

748
00:44:27,298 --> 00:44:28,333
Or how you say this?

749
00:44:28,366 --> 00:44:29,768
Antisemitic

750
00:44:29,801 --> 00:44:33,571
background, I don't think
that this is the situation,

751
00:44:33,604 --> 00:44:38,243
but it's strange, it's strange
for the common Germans,

752
00:44:38,276 --> 00:44:40,378
circumcision, to
perform circumcision.

753
00:45:27,926 --> 00:45:30,495
- [Voiceover] Ultimately, this
pressure caused Angela Merkel

754
00:45:30,528 --> 00:45:32,597
and her conservative
party to move a law

755
00:45:32,630 --> 00:45:35,867
through Germany's parliament
to protect circumcision.

756
00:45:36,968 --> 00:45:40,671
The law was passed by a
majority in the fall of 2012.

757
00:45:42,507 --> 00:45:45,310
Whether the efforts in
San Francisco, or Germany,

758
00:45:45,343 --> 00:45:48,079
to restrict circumcision,
had any antisemitic

759
00:45:48,113 --> 00:45:51,783
or anti-Islamic motivation,
is a matter of debate.

760
00:45:51,817 --> 00:45:55,887
But what's clear is that the
controversy over circumcision

761
00:45:55,921 --> 00:45:58,824
isn't just limited
to the United States.

762
00:46:01,292 --> 00:46:04,429
Our chapter on circumcision
comes to a close in South Korea,

763
00:46:04,462 --> 00:46:07,065
one of the most recent
and enthusiastic

764
00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:09,100
adopters of the practice.

765
00:46:09,134 --> 00:46:12,470
Here, as much as 80 percent
of the male population

766
00:46:12,503 --> 00:46:14,139
is circumcised.

767
00:46:14,505 --> 00:46:16,908
But the reasons why
may surprise you.

768
00:46:25,083 --> 00:46:30,088
- South Korean circumcision
began in the year 1945,

769
00:46:30,421 --> 00:46:35,093
with the arrival of American
troops in the Korean soil.

770
00:46:36,327 --> 00:46:41,332
At that time, Koreans equalized
America with modernization,

771
00:46:41,766 --> 00:46:45,570
westernization,
development, and so on.

772
00:46:45,603 --> 00:46:49,107
So it was pretty clear that,
okay, we want to develop,

773
00:46:49,140 --> 00:46:53,244
we want to be like Americans,
Americans are circumcised,

774
00:46:53,278 --> 00:46:54,712
we should too.

775
00:46:54,745 --> 00:46:56,181
(explosion)

776
00:46:57,315 --> 00:47:00,718
- [Voiceover] However,
Korean circumcision differs

777
00:47:00,751 --> 00:47:02,587
from the American
medical practice

778
00:47:02,620 --> 00:47:05,556
in one very significant detail.

779
00:47:06,357 --> 00:47:11,362
- Korean boys get circumcised
at around age of 10 or 12.

780
00:47:13,331 --> 00:47:17,435
Somehow they created
this age of 12

781
00:47:17,468 --> 00:47:21,639
as the proper age for
boys to be circumcised.

782
00:47:23,141 --> 00:47:26,477
(people cheering)

783
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:30,048
(applause)

784
00:48:20,999 --> 00:48:23,801
- I don't remember who
exactly said it, but

785
00:48:23,834 --> 00:48:26,471
they said it would
make it bigger

786
00:48:27,105 --> 00:48:30,275
after the surgery,
and at that time,

787
00:48:30,308 --> 00:48:33,578
I was pretty naive, so I wasn't
sure why that was a benefit,

788
00:48:33,611 --> 00:48:36,681
but I do remember
distinctly that that was

789
00:48:36,714 --> 00:48:39,250
brought up to me by someone.

790
00:48:42,620 --> 00:48:44,655
It's almost like the
military service here,

791
00:48:44,689 --> 00:48:47,292
it's something that
everyone has to do.

792
00:48:47,558 --> 00:48:49,460
Of course you don't want
to do it, and you know

793
00:48:49,494 --> 00:48:53,164
there is a lot of
pain in store for you,

794
00:48:53,198 --> 00:48:56,201
but you just do it, because
everyone else does it,

795
00:48:56,234 --> 00:49:00,238
and you don't give that
much thought into it,

796
00:49:00,271 --> 00:49:02,173
and it's much better
that way, because

797
00:49:02,207 --> 00:49:04,142
the more you think
about it, the more fear

798
00:49:04,175 --> 00:49:07,145
you're going to
generate in yourself.

799
00:49:12,683 --> 00:49:14,552
- [Voiceover] Understanding
the reasons why circumcision

800
00:49:14,585 --> 00:49:17,755
has persisted in South
Korea is difficult.

801
00:49:18,689 --> 00:49:21,392
Whether it symbolizes a
rite of passage to manhood

802
00:49:21,426 --> 00:49:24,195
or an exclusive
mark of modernity,

803
00:49:24,229 --> 00:49:27,098
or whether it's just a
meaningless arbitrary tradition

804
00:49:27,132 --> 00:49:29,934
being carried on,
is hard to say.

805
00:49:34,739 --> 00:49:38,376
Much like Japan, Korean culture
is rife with manifestations

806
00:49:38,409 --> 00:49:40,011
of phallic symbolism.

807
00:49:40,578 --> 00:49:44,649
On the coast, four hours
east of Seoul, is this place:

808
00:49:44,682 --> 00:49:49,220
Haesindang Park, built in
honor of an old legend.

809
00:50:39,937 --> 00:50:41,939
- [Voiceover] The earliest
purpose of circumcision

810
00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:43,941
may have been something similar;

811
00:50:43,974 --> 00:50:46,144
an offering given from the body,

812
00:50:46,177 --> 00:50:48,713
perhaps in place
of human sacrifice.

813
00:50:50,415 --> 00:50:53,184
But the reasons why it is
practiced today are varied,

814
00:50:53,218 --> 00:50:57,355
as we've seen, from the
religious, to the medical,

815
00:50:57,388 --> 00:50:59,757
to less definable
cultural reasons.

816
00:51:00,125 --> 00:51:02,026
It has remained a part
of the human story

817
00:51:02,059 --> 00:51:04,028
for thousands of years.

818
00:51:18,743 --> 00:51:20,778
No film about the
penis would be complete

819
00:51:20,811 --> 00:51:24,215
without touching on the
subject of our last chapter.

820
00:51:33,124 --> 00:51:35,726
The question of size has
been one for the ages.

821
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,296
But the answer hasn't
always been the same.

822
00:51:40,831 --> 00:51:42,967
For the ancient
Greeks, a small penis

823
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,836
was considered to be
aesthetically superior,

824
00:51:46,637 --> 00:51:48,038
and even their mightiest gods

825
00:51:48,072 --> 00:51:49,940
are a little less than god-like

826
00:51:49,974 --> 00:51:51,976
below the waist.

827
00:51:54,645 --> 00:51:56,814
Depictions of large,
erect phalluses

828
00:51:56,847 --> 00:51:59,384
were reserved for base,
barbaric creatures,

829
00:51:59,417 --> 00:52:03,488
like these satyrs, whose
incessant drinking and dancing

830
00:52:03,521 --> 00:52:05,856
represented a sinful lifestyle.

831
00:52:07,725 --> 00:52:10,728
But things have certainly
changed a lot since then.

832
00:52:13,564 --> 00:52:17,635
Each year, the luminaries and
lackeys of the adult industry

833
00:52:17,668 --> 00:52:21,839
come to Las Vegas for the
Adult Entertainment Expo.

834
00:52:23,140 --> 00:52:25,510
No industry has been more
central in enshrining

835
00:52:25,543 --> 00:52:29,880
the over-sized penis in the
American pantheon of obsessions.

836
00:52:31,382 --> 00:52:33,284
- I feel like in porn
size does matter,

837
00:52:33,318 --> 00:52:36,454
just because you're
shooting at angles

838
00:52:36,487 --> 00:52:39,557
that you want to be able
to catch the penetration.

839
00:52:39,590 --> 00:52:41,392
- If you have a very small dick,

840
00:52:41,426 --> 00:52:43,828
you can't come off
of the pussy enough

841
00:52:43,861 --> 00:52:46,231
for everybody to be able
to see what's happening.

842
00:52:47,332 --> 00:52:48,833
- Well, most male performers

843
00:52:48,866 --> 00:52:51,702
are between seven and
10 inches, I've noticed.

844
00:52:51,969 --> 00:52:56,173
I've, I don't think I've
worked with anyone below seven.

845
00:52:56,641 --> 00:52:58,042
- [Voiceover] The average
penis length amongst

846
00:52:58,075 --> 00:53:02,012
the general populace is between
five and six inches erect.

847
00:53:02,913 --> 00:53:06,251
For male porn stars, it's
something closer to eight.

848
00:53:07,285 --> 00:53:10,154
- It's a problem made up by
our culture and our media,

849
00:53:10,187 --> 00:53:11,856
especially in America,

850
00:53:11,889 --> 00:53:15,826
with sexuality and everything
having to be big, big, big,

851
00:53:15,860 --> 00:53:17,762
to be good, good,
good, you know?

852
00:53:17,795 --> 00:53:19,063
That's just how it is.

853
00:53:19,096 --> 00:53:21,699
- Size matters in the business,

854
00:53:21,732 --> 00:53:25,436
I would say size

855
00:53:26,871 --> 00:53:31,041
wouldn't necessarily matter
in a personal relationship,

856
00:53:31,075 --> 00:53:32,042
if he knew what he was doing.

857
00:53:32,076 --> 00:53:33,344
(laughing)

858
00:53:33,378 --> 00:53:35,546
- Average, I love it, I
don't want to be hurt,

859
00:53:35,580 --> 00:53:37,682
I want to be able to go
for a long period of time

860
00:53:37,715 --> 00:53:39,317
without ripping. (laughing)

861
00:53:39,350 --> 00:53:41,319
So, men, don't worry
about your penis size.

862
00:53:41,352 --> 00:53:43,521
- Like, I'm not, by any
means, a size queen,

863
00:53:43,554 --> 00:53:46,090
I get enough big dick at work,

864
00:53:46,123 --> 00:53:48,493
you know, but, you know, I like,

865
00:53:48,526 --> 00:53:52,530
I like a nice penis
attached to a nice man.

866
00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:55,466
- [Voiceover] But regardless
of what these porn stars say,

867
00:53:55,500 --> 00:53:57,935
or what any women
say, for that matter,

868
00:53:57,968 --> 00:54:02,440
the obsession with size
remains ubiquitous amongst men.

869
00:54:04,909 --> 00:54:07,378
Just a quick visit to
one's e-mail junk folder

870
00:54:07,412 --> 00:54:11,215
reveals a host of pills,
pumps, and procedures

871
00:54:11,248 --> 00:54:13,918
that claim to
increase penis size,

872
00:54:13,951 --> 00:54:17,121
and with it, they promise
a life-changing boost

873
00:54:17,154 --> 00:54:18,823
of confidence.

874
00:54:19,490 --> 00:54:21,992
But for those of us
who aren't porn stars,

875
00:54:22,026 --> 00:54:25,363
what's life really like
being "hung like a horse"?

876
00:54:26,331 --> 00:54:27,765
We met with a New Yorker who has

877
00:54:27,798 --> 00:54:29,834
a thing or two to
say on the subject.

878
00:54:30,968 --> 00:54:33,003
Jonah Falcon, contrary
to what you might think

879
00:54:33,037 --> 00:54:36,040
when you hear his name,
is not a porn star.

880
00:54:36,073 --> 00:54:39,276
But he does have
a 14 inch penis.

881
00:54:41,512 --> 00:54:43,247
* It's true I've got a big one

882
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:44,949
* It's the biggest one around

883
00:54:44,982 --> 00:54:47,117
* If you're lucky
I can show it off

884
00:54:47,151 --> 00:54:49,219
* And you can go to town

885
00:54:49,253 --> 00:54:50,888
* It looks so huge

886
00:54:50,921 --> 00:54:53,023
* That giant bulge in you

887
00:54:53,358 --> 00:54:54,492
- The reactions that I get

888
00:54:54,525 --> 00:54:55,893
from people who see
me in bike shorts,

889
00:54:57,027 --> 00:54:59,630
if they don't know who
I am, the one question

890
00:54:59,664 --> 00:55:01,198
is always, is that real.

891
00:55:01,499 --> 00:55:03,468
And I say, well, there's
one way to show you

892
00:55:03,501 --> 00:55:04,869
that it's real,

893
00:55:05,436 --> 00:55:06,604
and they either
accept it or not.

894
00:55:06,637 --> 00:55:08,038
I mean, I will whip
it out on occasion,

895
00:55:08,072 --> 00:55:10,575
just to show, yeah, it's real.

896
00:55:10,741 --> 00:55:12,309
If someone is really
cute, I'll let them

897
00:55:12,343 --> 00:55:14,211
reach in and grab it
to make sure it's real.

898
00:55:15,079 --> 00:55:16,481
You know, feeling is believing,

899
00:55:16,514 --> 00:55:18,649
you know, feeling is believing.

900
00:55:21,486 --> 00:55:22,753
A lot of men derive confidence

901
00:55:22,787 --> 00:55:24,221
from their size
if they're large,

902
00:55:24,254 --> 00:55:27,892
for me, I don't
have the confidence

903
00:55:27,925 --> 00:55:30,127
because I have insecurities
in other places,

904
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,097
so, if it's not one thing,
it's the other, basically.

905
00:55:34,131 --> 00:55:35,933
The penis is not
the magic bullet.

906
00:55:35,966 --> 00:55:38,503
You're just trading one
insecurity for another,

907
00:55:38,536 --> 00:55:39,870
in my opinion.

908
00:55:43,140 --> 00:55:45,175
What's funny is no
one's recognized me,

909
00:55:46,744 --> 00:55:47,945
despite,

910
00:55:48,779 --> 00:55:50,848
you know, the camera
and stuff like that.

911
00:55:54,652 --> 00:55:56,487
Well, maybe I'm not
wearing tight enough jeans.

912
00:55:56,521 --> 00:55:58,155
Or at least...

913
00:56:01,726 --> 00:56:02,927
You can imagine
what would happen

914
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:04,862
if you asked me to wear
the bike shorts here.

915
00:56:05,530 --> 00:56:07,164
* You know, my name is Jonah
and I've got a giant boner

916
00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:08,699
* all the ladies and
the guys seem to want

917
00:56:08,733 --> 00:56:10,034
* I caught you looking
and you're peepin'

918
00:56:10,067 --> 00:56:11,235
* And you're trying
to be creepin'

919
00:56:11,268 --> 00:56:12,970
* On the bulge that
I'm tryin' to flaunt

920
00:56:14,472 --> 00:56:15,706
* Too damn big

921
00:56:15,740 --> 00:56:17,508
* It's just too damn big

922
00:56:17,542 --> 00:56:19,376
* My penis, too damn big

923
00:56:19,410 --> 00:56:21,846
* It's, it's too damn big

924
00:56:24,482 --> 00:56:27,017
- [Voiceover] Meanwhile, on
the other side of the spectrum,

925
00:56:27,051 --> 00:56:28,953
and the other side of town,

926
00:56:28,986 --> 00:56:30,387
is this man.

927
00:56:31,221 --> 00:56:33,023
Nicholas Gilronan, the winner

928
00:56:33,057 --> 00:56:37,462
of Brooklyn's first annual
Smallest Penis Competition,

929
00:56:37,895 --> 00:56:39,997
held at King's County
Bar in Bushwick.

930
00:56:40,030 --> 00:56:43,434
(dance music)

931
00:56:44,769 --> 00:56:46,704
- As soon as I won, they
put the crown on me,

932
00:56:46,737 --> 00:56:48,439
one of the girls
who worked the event

933
00:56:48,473 --> 00:56:51,308
came up and, I thought she was
gonna kiss me on the cheeks,

934
00:56:51,341 --> 00:56:52,643
she went right for the mouth.

935
00:56:52,677 --> 00:56:54,144
That was a lot of fun.

936
00:56:54,178 --> 00:56:56,747
I'm not gonna be
confused with Brad Pitt

937
00:56:56,781 --> 00:56:58,382
or anybody like that, but

938
00:56:58,415 --> 00:57:01,151
as my own person, I'm a
pretty good-looking person,

939
00:57:01,185 --> 00:57:02,753
not to sound too vain,

940
00:57:02,787 --> 00:57:06,156
the media might want to say
I'm not a good-looking person,

941
00:57:06,190 --> 00:57:07,592
because I'm a bit overweight,

942
00:57:07,625 --> 00:57:12,296
or my penis size is not up
to par with their standards,

943
00:57:12,329 --> 00:57:14,064
but that doesn't
really bother me.

944
00:57:14,098 --> 00:57:17,502
I go through my life,
every day is a good day,

945
00:57:17,535 --> 00:57:20,004
my relationships, I've never
had a problem with that.

946
00:57:20,037 --> 00:57:22,039
Penis size probably
matters to some women,

947
00:57:22,072 --> 00:57:25,843
but just as there are vain
men who won't date a girl

948
00:57:25,876 --> 00:57:28,979
who's a little chubby, or
too tall, or too short,

949
00:57:29,013 --> 00:57:30,981
or whatever their reasons
they have for judging a person

950
00:57:31,015 --> 00:57:32,483
based on their appearance,

951
00:57:32,517 --> 00:57:33,383
there are definitely
women out there

952
00:57:33,417 --> 00:57:35,085
who do the exact same thing.

953
00:57:35,119 --> 00:57:37,021
Personality is
much more important

954
00:57:37,054 --> 00:57:41,692
than body physique, figure,
penis size, body shape,

955
00:57:41,726 --> 00:57:42,927
all that stuff.

956
00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:44,862
Personality is always
the most important thing

957
00:57:44,895 --> 00:57:46,296
in any relationship.

958
00:57:47,231 --> 00:57:49,567
- [Voiceover] Unfortunately,
not all less-endowed men

959
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,070
can adopt Nicholas's "live
and let live" attitude.

960
00:57:54,338 --> 00:57:57,141
Here, in San Diego,
our central protagonist

961
00:57:57,174 --> 00:57:59,176
in this "story of
size" is taking

962
00:57:59,209 --> 00:58:01,445
matters into his own hands.

963
00:58:02,813 --> 00:58:04,549
- My name is Michael Chavez,

964
00:58:04,582 --> 00:58:06,450
I am 47 years old,

965
00:58:06,483 --> 00:58:09,253
I have a daughter
who's 24 years old,

966
00:58:09,286 --> 00:58:11,355
and I've always been single,

967
00:58:11,388 --> 00:58:12,823
I have never been married.

968
00:58:12,857 --> 00:58:14,659
(motorcycle revving)

969
00:58:14,692 --> 00:58:18,395
I am actually proceeding with
a penis augmentation surgery

970
00:58:18,428 --> 00:58:20,631
and looking to
increase the length and

971
00:58:20,665 --> 00:58:22,800
circumference of my penis.

972
00:58:25,870 --> 00:58:28,105
I dated a girl when
I was in my 30s,

973
00:58:28,138 --> 00:58:30,307
and she actually left
me due to the fact that

974
00:58:30,340 --> 00:58:33,343
she flat out told me she found
a guy with a bigger penis.

975
00:58:33,377 --> 00:58:35,012
We went on a couple
dates, and then our first

976
00:58:35,045 --> 00:58:36,614
sexual encounter
afterwards, she goes,

977
00:58:36,647 --> 00:58:38,115
Michael, I can't do it anymore.

978
00:58:38,148 --> 00:58:40,117
I need somebody
with a larger penis.

979
00:58:40,685 --> 00:58:43,487
You know, and I know that
I'm not some microscopic

980
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:45,890
guy out there, but, you know,

981
00:58:45,923 --> 00:58:48,726
some girls just prefer a
guy with a larger dick.

982
00:58:49,894 --> 00:58:51,896
Women in general, they say
that there's not a problem

983
00:58:51,929 --> 00:58:55,465
with the size of a man's
penis, but there really is.

984
00:58:55,499 --> 00:58:57,935
I mean, if they had a chance
to have sex with a guy

985
00:58:57,968 --> 00:59:02,306
with a four inch penis as
opposed to an eight inch penis,

986
00:59:02,339 --> 00:59:03,941
they're going to jump up
on that eight inch penis

987
00:59:03,974 --> 00:59:06,611
all day long before
that four inch penis.

988
00:59:08,345 --> 00:59:10,380
- [Voiceover] Michael
is joined in his desire

989
00:59:10,414 --> 00:59:13,383
for enlargement surgery
by his twin brother Joe.

990
00:59:14,518 --> 00:59:17,487
(men laughing)

991
00:59:19,857 --> 00:59:22,126
- Probably like,
about, I was 27, 30,

992
00:59:22,159 --> 00:59:24,294
is when I really felt
that it was just,

993
00:59:26,063 --> 00:59:28,265
it just felt,
just, I don't know.

994
00:59:29,266 --> 00:59:31,335
To be honest with you,
my girl was kind of

995
00:59:31,368 --> 00:59:34,672
cheating on me a lot, so, it
just made me feel insecure

996
00:59:34,705 --> 00:59:36,440
about myself, that, you
know, maybe something

997
00:59:36,473 --> 00:59:38,943
needs to change with
me, because, you know,

998
00:59:38,976 --> 00:59:40,711
she wouldn't be going
off and cheating on me

999
00:59:40,745 --> 00:59:42,179
and stuff like that.

1000
00:59:46,516 --> 00:59:48,285
- I mean, it wasn't until
recently that, you know,

1001
00:59:48,318 --> 00:59:50,755
I got him to actually go, okay,
let's see the size of yours,

1002
00:59:50,788 --> 00:59:52,857
and we compared the size
of each other's penises,

1003
00:59:52,890 --> 00:59:55,292
and we're both
pretty much the same.

1004
00:59:55,325 --> 00:59:57,795
So the standing joke is, you
know, if I do meet a girl,

1005
00:59:57,828 --> 01:00:00,865
I say that my brother has
the other half of my penis.

1006
01:00:02,967 --> 01:00:05,235
- I've never, like,
seen you as a person

1007
01:00:05,269 --> 01:00:07,638
that was really, like,
insecure or anything like that,

1008
01:00:07,672 --> 01:00:09,640
and it was like, you
know, but I mean,

1009
01:00:09,674 --> 01:00:12,643
I guess everyone has the
same kind of insecurities.

1010
01:00:12,677 --> 01:00:14,244
- I'd have to say
that I'm not insecure,

1011
01:00:14,278 --> 01:00:17,147
I would just love to have a
little bit more down there.

1012
01:00:17,181 --> 01:00:19,416
- That's true, yeah,
yeah, maybe it's not

1013
01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:21,251
insecure, but, you know, it's...

1014
01:00:26,156 --> 01:00:27,792
- I just saw Mike's wiener,
and it's pretty little.

1015
01:00:27,825 --> 01:00:29,059
(laughing)

1016
01:00:29,093 --> 01:00:31,095
I did. Let's show 'em
again on camera, Mike.

1017
01:00:31,561 --> 01:00:33,931
- You'll see it too.
(laughing)

1018
01:00:36,333 --> 01:00:38,435
- As soon as I told Joe that
I was gonna get it done,

1019
01:00:38,468 --> 01:00:40,637
I immediately went and
called my daughter and said,

1020
01:00:40,671 --> 01:00:42,740
hey, can I talk to you when
you get off work today,

1021
01:00:42,773 --> 01:00:45,109
and we went for a walk together.

1022
01:00:46,476 --> 01:00:48,645
- Some ladies want boob jobs,
some ladies want lip jobs,

1023
01:00:48,679 --> 01:00:50,915
or whatever, you know,
too many wrinkles

1024
01:00:50,948 --> 01:00:52,516
and they want to
take care of those,

1025
01:00:52,549 --> 01:00:55,352
and this is something that's
bugged me for many years,

1026
01:00:55,385 --> 01:00:57,822
so now I have that
opportunity to do it, so,

1027
01:00:57,855 --> 01:00:59,089
I'm just gonna go for it.

1028
01:01:00,324 --> 01:01:01,491
So...

1029
01:01:02,059 --> 01:01:03,728
- Well that's cool,
I'm happy for you.

1030
01:01:03,761 --> 01:01:05,129
- Thank you. I love you.

1031
01:01:05,162 --> 01:01:06,596
- I love you too.

1032
01:01:08,465 --> 01:01:09,734
- This'll be fine.

1033
01:01:09,767 --> 01:01:11,568
So, you don't have to
be scared or anything.

1034
01:01:11,601 --> 01:01:13,037
It's going to go fast.

1035
01:01:15,105 --> 01:01:16,540
- [Voiceover] After
extensive research,

1036
01:01:16,573 --> 01:01:19,276
the twins sought out Dr.
James Ellist of Beverly Hills

1037
01:01:19,309 --> 01:01:21,011
to perform the surgery.

1038
01:01:23,748 --> 01:01:26,951
Dr. Ellist offers his
own exclusive patented
procedure that,

1039
01:01:26,984 --> 01:01:30,087
for Michael and Joe, offers
benefits not attainable

1040
01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:31,756
through other techniques.

1041
01:01:34,859 --> 01:01:36,660
After an initial consultation,

1042
01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:39,864
the twins head to Los Angeles
for Michael's surgery.

1043
01:01:45,502 --> 01:01:48,538
Before proceeding, Michael
is carefully measured

1044
01:01:48,572 --> 01:01:50,240
and photographed.

1045
01:01:59,683 --> 01:02:00,951
- Okay.

1046
01:02:01,318 --> 01:02:02,419
- All right.

1047
01:02:03,821 --> 01:02:05,589
- I'm going to
measure from the...

1048
01:02:05,622 --> 01:02:07,657
Three and a quarter.

1049
01:02:07,992 --> 01:02:10,027
All the measurements
are in the flaccid.

1050
01:02:15,399 --> 01:02:20,404
- This is one of the sample of
subcutaneous penile implant,

1051
01:02:20,604 --> 01:02:25,609
very, very soft silicon,
it bends easily,

1052
01:02:25,810 --> 01:02:28,145
this is something, you
know, which has been,

1053
01:02:28,178 --> 01:02:32,582
I think, built, in the
mankind, in their mind,

1054
01:02:32,616 --> 01:02:35,920
that, always, if you
have more is better.

1055
01:02:35,953 --> 01:02:39,689
Which is, most of the
time, we know, and we see,

1056
01:02:39,723 --> 01:02:42,559
is not true, but
that's the desire.

1057
01:02:42,592 --> 01:02:44,428
That's the personal desire.

1058
01:02:44,461 --> 01:02:46,396
That's the man's desire.

1059
01:02:51,368 --> 01:02:53,403
(laughing)

1060
01:02:53,971 --> 01:02:55,772
- Holy shit.

1061
01:02:56,907 --> 01:02:58,909
- I have no hair. Why
do I even need this?

1062
01:03:00,477 --> 01:03:02,312
- This is the
consent that say that

1063
01:03:02,346 --> 01:03:04,548
the procedure you're
having is the insertion

1064
01:03:04,581 --> 01:03:06,616
of subcutaneous penile implant,

1065
01:03:06,650 --> 01:03:10,087
you can sign, if you want
you can read it first,

1066
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:12,089
and then sign and put the date.

1067
01:03:12,122 --> 01:03:13,824
- Okay, I understand.

1068
01:03:16,460 --> 01:03:18,295
- Having a twin, I
get to say, you first,

1069
01:03:18,328 --> 01:03:20,264
and, you know, that's good,

1070
01:03:20,297 --> 01:03:22,967
I can see the process
and see how it goes, and,

1071
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:24,568
it's kind of good.

1072
01:03:24,601 --> 01:03:26,470
I got to see all these
things ahead of time.

1073
01:03:27,104 --> 01:03:28,605
- So now I'm gonna go under?

1074
01:03:28,638 --> 01:03:30,040
- In a few minutes, yes.

1075
01:03:31,341 --> 01:03:32,542
Are you ready?

1076
01:03:33,677 --> 01:03:37,882
Okay, that's good
that you're ready.

1077
01:03:43,253 --> 01:03:46,790
(heart monitor beeping)

1078
01:04:18,355 --> 01:04:19,856
(glove snapping)

1079
01:04:20,524 --> 01:04:22,559
- Originally he was here,

1080
01:04:24,428 --> 01:04:25,762
and now,

1081
01:04:26,730 --> 01:04:27,932
he is here.

1082
01:04:31,168 --> 01:04:32,402
- [Nurse] There you go.

1083
01:04:32,436 --> 01:04:34,704
More here, more here,
more here, more here.

1084
01:04:34,738 --> 01:04:36,206
Come on, one more time here.

1085
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:37,807
- [Dr. Ellist] Michael?
How are you doing?

1086
01:04:37,841 --> 01:04:38,976
Are you awake?

1087
01:04:39,009 --> 01:04:40,945
(indistinct muttering)

1088
01:04:46,883 --> 01:04:49,186
- [Dr. Ellist] We're going to
the recovery room, Michael.

1089
01:04:54,058 --> 01:04:57,027
Take a deep breath,
Michael. Everything is fine.

1090
01:05:03,567 --> 01:05:08,572
(upbeat music)

1091
01:05:55,319 --> 01:05:57,621
- [Voiceover] Months later,
the pain has subsided,

1092
01:05:57,654 --> 01:06:00,857
but Michael is experiencing
some complications.

1093
01:06:01,458 --> 01:06:02,892
- It's been about
four months now

1094
01:06:02,926 --> 01:06:05,162
since I've had the
surgery with Dr. Ellist,

1095
01:06:05,195 --> 01:06:08,065
and, unfortunately, now I'm
dealing with an infection.

1096
01:06:08,098 --> 01:06:11,768
Here, this is what's going
on since the infection.

1097
01:06:11,801 --> 01:06:12,969
- All right.

1098
01:06:13,003 --> 01:06:15,672
- So, this was a
lot more swollen,

1099
01:06:15,705 --> 01:06:19,109
and now it's kind of
gone down a little bit...

1100
01:06:19,143 --> 01:06:20,877
- Now the doctors say it's
gonna go back to normal?

1101
01:06:20,910 --> 01:06:23,213
- Yeah, it should just take
a little bit of more time,

1102
01:06:23,247 --> 01:06:25,249
but it kind of just
looks funky right now.

1103
01:06:25,282 --> 01:06:26,416
- Okay, I'm gonna
have to check it out

1104
01:06:26,450 --> 01:06:27,951
every few days and
make sure it's good.

1105
01:06:27,984 --> 01:06:29,253
(chuckling)

1106
01:06:29,286 --> 01:06:31,621
- I know that the doctor
did a good job with me,

1107
01:06:31,655 --> 01:06:35,725
I know that the implant was
done properly in itself,

1108
01:06:37,261 --> 01:06:42,299
but for me, personally,
I'm still on the,

1109
01:06:42,332 --> 01:06:45,569
I'm really on the fence
about this, I really am.

1110
01:06:46,703 --> 01:06:48,305
Well, I thought that
I would be able to

1111
01:06:48,338 --> 01:06:50,807
make myself feel better
if women were to see

1112
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:55,079
my bigger penis, but now
that I have a bigger penis,

1113
01:06:55,112 --> 01:06:56,946
could I have gone
without the operation?

1114
01:06:56,980 --> 01:06:58,282
Absolutely.

1115
01:06:58,315 --> 01:07:00,717
Was I perfect the way
that I was before?

1116
01:07:00,750 --> 01:07:02,152
Absolutely.

1117
01:07:02,186 --> 01:07:04,888
I had a nice looking penis
before, it was just smaller.

1118
01:07:04,921 --> 01:07:07,057
That's really what
it comes down to.

1119
01:07:07,091 --> 01:07:10,560
And that really probably
hits home more than anything

1120
01:07:10,594 --> 01:07:12,396
that I've done right
now, it's like,

1121
01:07:12,429 --> 01:07:14,098
I was perfect before.

1122
01:07:17,134 --> 01:07:18,868
- [Voiceover] As filming
ended, Michael's infection

1123
01:07:18,902 --> 01:07:21,071
had cleared up, and
he was feeling better

1124
01:07:21,105 --> 01:07:23,607
about the look and
feel of his penis.

1125
01:07:24,508 --> 01:07:26,776
Not one to be left
behind, his brother Joe

1126
01:07:26,810 --> 01:07:30,013
planned to follow suit and
get the procedure, too.

1127
01:07:32,149 --> 01:07:34,684
As surgical methods
advance, it seems the demand

1128
01:07:34,718 --> 01:07:38,422
for penile enhancement
will only continue to grow,

1129
01:07:38,455 --> 01:07:41,858
and surgeons in the
field imagine a future

1130
01:07:41,891 --> 01:07:45,629
where they are as common and
plentiful as breast implants.

1131
01:07:48,098 --> 01:07:50,167
From ancient Greece
to Los Angeles,

1132
01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:52,302
the question of size
has been definitively

1133
01:07:52,336 --> 01:07:54,070
answered for our age.

1134
01:07:54,104 --> 01:07:56,606
Bigger is better.

1135
01:08:12,589 --> 01:08:15,492
To prove that the desire
for a bigger penis

1136
01:08:15,525 --> 01:08:17,761
isn't just an
American phenomenon,

1137
01:08:17,794 --> 01:08:20,764
we end our story in Dubai,

1138
01:08:21,598 --> 01:08:23,233
where another set of twins are

1139
01:08:23,267 --> 01:08:25,435
bringing penile
surgery to the east.

1140
01:08:25,469 --> 01:08:28,238
(water running)

1141
01:08:31,875 --> 01:08:34,511
Doctor's Maurizio
and Roberto Viel,

1142
01:08:34,544 --> 01:08:38,248
Italian born maestros
of penile augmentation,

1143
01:08:38,282 --> 01:08:41,785
bring a decidedly artistic
flair to their pursuit.

1144
01:08:42,619 --> 01:08:44,888
- Our mother was
an opera singer,

1145
01:08:44,921 --> 01:08:46,690
used to go to the
Scala Opera House

1146
01:08:46,723 --> 01:08:48,992
to see all the opera, so...

1147
01:08:49,025 --> 01:08:51,361
- That was something
good for us, because

1148
01:08:51,395 --> 01:08:54,264
it gave us the idea,
especially our mother,

1149
01:08:54,298 --> 01:08:57,434
of very focus on beauty
and aesthetic and art,

1150
01:08:57,467 --> 01:08:59,836
so it gave us since a young age,

1151
01:08:59,869 --> 01:09:04,007
now we do something in
surgery that reflect what

1152
01:09:04,040 --> 01:09:05,709
basically has been our family...

1153
01:09:05,742 --> 01:09:08,278
- Yeah, what we do in
aesthetic plastic surgery

1154
01:09:08,312 --> 01:09:11,281
and cosmetic surgery
is an artistic world,

1155
01:09:11,315 --> 01:09:15,118
and we try now to change the
body, to sculpture the body,

1156
01:09:15,151 --> 01:09:16,953
to make the body look better,

1157
01:09:16,986 --> 01:09:20,490
and at the same time give a
better life to the patient.

1158
01:09:22,492 --> 01:09:26,930
- I think that the greatest
artist of all is Leonardo.

1159
01:09:26,963 --> 01:09:30,500
Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci,
probably, in my opinion,

1160
01:09:30,534 --> 01:09:33,703
is my hero, my best.

1161
01:09:34,504 --> 01:09:37,541
His description of anatomy,
his drawings of anatomy,

1162
01:09:37,574 --> 01:09:42,011
is an example of beauty,
proportion, harmony,

1163
01:09:42,045 --> 01:09:45,515
the willingness to understand
it, to study, to see,

1164
01:09:45,549 --> 01:09:49,085
and something that even
it was centuries ago, but

1165
01:09:49,118 --> 01:09:52,822
we should have this
kind of desire to look,

1166
01:09:52,856 --> 01:09:55,525
to understand why.

1167
01:09:57,927 --> 01:10:00,597
- [Voiceover] Just as
Leonardo da Vinci illustrated

1168
01:10:00,630 --> 01:10:02,832
with his Vitruvian Man,

1169
01:10:02,866 --> 01:10:05,769
the penis sits at the
center of man's universe.

1170
01:10:05,802 --> 01:10:08,772
It is his link through
the generations,

1171
01:10:09,306 --> 01:10:10,907
the family jewels,

1172
01:10:11,308 --> 01:10:14,043
his most dear and
valuable treasure,

1173
01:10:14,811 --> 01:10:18,315
affectionately nicknamed
Johnson, Willy,

1174
01:10:18,348 --> 01:10:20,817
Jimmy, or John Thomas.

1175
01:10:26,890 --> 01:10:28,992
It's also known as a baby-maker,

1176
01:10:29,025 --> 01:10:32,462
the purple-headed
monster, skin flute,

1177
01:10:32,496 --> 01:10:36,466
chode, ding-dong, the
albino cave dweller,

1178
01:10:36,500 --> 01:10:40,770
custard-launcher, beefwhistle,
wiener, monkeywrench,

1179
01:10:40,804 --> 01:10:44,508
wedding tackle, trouser
tumor, whoopie stick,

1180
01:10:44,541 --> 01:10:49,546
yogurt gun, todger, tinker,
tallywhacker, shaft,

1181
01:10:50,113 --> 01:10:55,118
schmekel, schwanz, pecker,
one-eyed trouser snake,

1182
01:10:55,218 --> 01:11:00,189
old fellow, python of love,
meat injection, lap rocket,

1183
01:11:00,957 --> 01:11:05,962
knob, joystick, member,
longfellow, excalibur,

1184
01:11:06,630 --> 01:11:11,501
the bald butler, bishop, tree
of life, the pudding pump,

1185
01:11:11,535 --> 01:11:16,272
crotch-vomiter, wrinkle
beast, dork, donut-holder,

1186
01:11:16,306 --> 01:11:21,311
pied piper, pecker, love
muscle, dipstick, Dr. Feelgood,

1187
01:11:21,978 --> 01:11:25,114
the duke, and dick.