Charcuterie
Sir: Like John Wickham (Letters, 11 March) I have had 25 years' experience of examining genitalia of all shapes and sizes. I agree with his findings that there is little difference between the races.
Some thoughts occur to me.
Most of us are brought up with the idea that black males are better endowed and there is a temptation therefore when seeing a black man with an especially large organ to think that the erroneous impression has been confirmed: the dozens of perfectly ordinary sets of genitalia are ignored.
Second, I think dark objects tend to appear larger than similar white ones. Con- sider a French charcuterie window. The coils of gleaming black puddings always appear more impressive than the rather meagre coils of boudins blancs next to them, even though they may have been made by the same machine.
Genital fascination will be with us for the foreseeable future. Here is a story told me by an American urologist from Baltimore. A patient came to consult him because he was embarrassed by the large size of his penis. On examination there was a degree of disproportion and the urologist offered the following courses of action for con- sideration. First, he said he was willing to reduce the size of the organ by opera- tion (I suppose that these days this would be called a partial Bobbitectomy). Alternatively, he could move to New York where the urologist assured him that he would only be greatly admired. Finally, he could consider moving to Texas where it would be quite certain that he would be ignored.
Dr J.D. Jenkins
The Mill House, Windmill Lane, Bursledon, Hampshire
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