Incredible Shrinking Penis

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Koro Syndrome: The Irrational Fear of Lethal Genital Shrinkage

Koro Syndrome is mostly found in China, Japan, and India. It's the obsessive fear that the genitals are shrinking, or retracting into the body, and that when they finally do disappear, you will die. How does a doctor even begin to treat such a syndrome? Take a look at a very strange, and specific, delusion.

Koro goes by many names because it spans several cultures with different languages. It's thought that the term "koro" comes from Malay, and refers to a turtle's head as it retreats into the shell. Considering that koro syndrome is the belief that the genitals — usually the penis but in women's case, the nipples — are retreating into the body, the metaphor is apt, but disturbingly vivid. Since it's purely a psychological disorder, the main dangers of koro are health problems caused by anxiety, and the occasional practice of either asking other people to take hold of the genitals and pull them back out, or trying to pull them back out of the body oneself.

[matsuki]

and the occasional practice of either asking other people to take hold of the genitals and pull them back out, or trying to pull them back out of the body oneself.

[Taro Toporific]

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The African shrinking penis is nothing compared to wacko Japanese doctors recommending mothers to exercise their sons’ penises to guard against (psychosomatic) phimosis---the foreskin of the penis cannot be retracted to fully expose the glans of the penis.

NSFW link sankakucomplex.com/2010/11/14/doctors-recommend-mother-son-penis-exercises/

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Click to engorge.

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I forwarded that link to a buddy who speaks Chinese. He said "shrunken penis" is an insult in Chinese: 縮頭烏龜 (literally shrunken head of tortoise)

[matsuki]

mukimuki-gymnastics-cartoon.jpg

The African shrinking penis is nothing compared to wacko Japanese doctors recommending mothers to exercise their sons’ penises to guard against (psychosomatic) phimosis---the foreskin of the penis cannot be retracted to fully expose the glans of the penis.

NSFW link sankakucomplex.com/2010/11/14/doctors-recommend-mother-son-penis-exercises/

mukimuki-gymnastics.jpg

Click to engorge.

Circumcision seems preferable to mommy/son weenis exercises.

I forwarded that link to a buddy who speaks Chinese. He said "shrunken penis" is an insult in Chinese: 縮頭烏龜 (literally shrunken head of tortoise)

How is that pronounced? Somehow seems like a good one to memorize....

[Samurai_Jerk]

I forwarded that link to a buddy who speaks Chinese. He said "shrunken penis" is an insult in Chinese: 縮頭烏龜 (literally shrunken head of tortoise)

How is that pronounced? Somehow seems like a good one to memorize....

According to Google Translate: Suō tóu wūguī

Careful. I hear insults involving turtles are serious business in China. No joke. Although this doesn't sound so bad.