Penis captivus

Penis captivus

Penis captivus is an urban legend describing an event that allegedly happens in rare instances during heterosexual intercourse when the muscles in the vagina clamp down on the penis much more firmly than usual, making it impossible for the penis to withdraw from the vagina regardless of erection status.

The first report of the penis captivus sexual phenomenon can be found in an 1884 article by the fictitious Egerton Yorrick Davis in "The Philadelphia Medical News". The article was later discovered to be a hoax perpetrated by Sir William 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 the Jackie Collins novel, "Hollywood Wives".
* Mentioned as being reported in the 1730 text "Gynnaecologia Historico-Medica" in a novel by Robert 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" by Amy Tan

ee also

*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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