- Penis captivus
Penis captivus is an
urban legend describing an event that allegedly happens in rare instances duringheterosexual intercourse when the muscles in thevagina clamp down on thepenis much more firmly than usual, making it impossible for the penis to withdraw from the vagina regardless oferection status.The first report of the penis captivus sexual phenomenon can be found in an
1884 article by the fictitiousEgerton Yorrick Davis in "ThePhiladelphia Medical News ". The article was later discovered to be a hoax perpetrated by SirWilliam Osler . Historians speculate that he was annoyed by an editorial published in the same journal by Dr.Theophilus Parvin , "An Uncommon Form of Vaginismus." Both men served on that respected journal's editorial board.There is only one known report of "penis captivus", in a letter to the British Medical Journal relating to an apparent case in 1947. According to the BMJ, this condition was otherwise unknown in the twentieth century.
"Penis captivus" should not be confused with the relatively common condition of
vaginismus .Penis captivus in popular culture
* Mentioned in the
1998 film, "Urban Legend".
* Occurs in the 2002 film "The Sweetest Thing ".
* Mentioned in theJackie Collins novel, "Hollywood Wives ".
* Mentioned as being reported in the 1730 text "Gynnaecologia Historico-Medica" in a novel byRobert Silverberg
* Occurs in the 1983 Tom Sharpe novel "Vintage Stuff" (a character refers to it as 'dog-knotting').
* Mentioned in "The Kitchen God's Wife " byAmy Tan ee also
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Castration anxiety
*Canine reproduction External links
* [http://www.snopes.com/risque/penile/captivus.htm Snopes.com website]
* [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1414089.html?menu= supposed case from Ananova.com]
* [http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/Education/forum/06/04/articles/history.html Victorian Tomfoolery, Or, the Bawdy in Question!]
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