# How far sir? All the way to Uranus. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479 "2001-08-16T00:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/1 "2001-08-16T00:50:21Z")
When a man gets an erection how far back into his body does the hardness go? By feeling myself up it seems to go pretty far back. ---
**Author:** ![SonicDeathMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@SonicDeathMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SonicDeathMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/2 "2001-08-16T01:17:44Z")
good question ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/3 "2001-08-16T04:09:29Z")
bum-ba-da-bum-bump Is there a doctor in the house? Why yes, I’m in Icthyologist. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/4 "2001-08-16T04:14:53Z")
Ask about the clitoris, while you’re at it. Might be interesting to compare. ---
**Author:** ![kylen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@kylen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kylen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/5 "2001-08-16T04:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JillGat \* > \*\*Ask about the clitoris, while you’re at it. Might be interesting to compare. \*\* [flustered]Well, if you’re looking to compare…[/flustered] ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/6 "2001-08-16T06:23:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JillGat \* > Ask about the clitoris, while you’re at it. Might be interesting to compare. Uh, Jill, I’ll show you mine if you show me yours… Seriously, I suspect that the reason Jill brought up the clitorus is that it’s actually a fairly large organ, but only a small part of it is external. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/7 "2001-08-16T06:38:07Z")
complete with the vast majority of your A&P needs… [http://jimswan.com/ppt/repro/reproductive.htm](http://jimswan.com/ppt/repro/reproductive.htm) the corpus cavernosum and spongiosum are the erectile tissues I do recall that the clitorus is much larger than that can be palpated on the surface, but I’ll be damned this is one of the few things I couldnt find on the UNM website…I’ll have to get back to you on that one ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/8 "2001-08-16T07:12:11Z")
Thanks **kinoons** so it’s only ALMOST as far as the anus, interesting … ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/9 "2001-08-16T07:52:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dtilque \* > \*\*Seriously, I suspect that the reason Jill brought up the clitorus is that it’s actually a fairly large organ, but only a small part of it is external. \*\* In Angela Carter’s _“Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman”_, she describes a (fictional) matriarchal society in which girls clitori are digitally manipulated (not talking Photoshop) by their mothers for an hour a day as they are growing up, so that by the time they are mature, they have “idealized” organs that are about the size of their little fingers. (Please excuse that run-on sentence.) We now return you to your regularly scheduled program. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/10 "2001-08-17T05:04:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jinxie \* > \*\*bum-ba-da-bum-bump > Is there a doctor in the house? > Why yes, I’m in Icthyologist. \*\* I think that a proctologist would be able to answer this question. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-sir-all-the-way-to-uranus/76479/11 "2001-08-17T05:21:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Jinxie \* > > \*\*bum-ba-da-bum-bump > > Is there a doctor in the house? > > Why yes, I’m in Icthyologist. \*\* > > I think that a proctologist would be able to answer this question. \*\* It was a Far Side reference. Just a silly bump ¤~;)~¤