# What's it like to have a penis? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795 "2000-07-25T16:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/41 "2000-07-26T21:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Opulence \* > \*\*In the dream, I have a sense of power and domination. Is that what its like? \*\* Really an interesting question, and a subject of lots of debate amongst my friends back in college. A few points from the conversations: 1. The penis _penetrates_ the vagina. There’s a symbolic/actual dominance; 2. Male virgins do not ask their more experienced friends if it’s going to hurt the first time; 3. Guys go out on a Saturday night looking to “score”; 4. Guys are, in general, more concerned with their number of “conquests” I don’t necessarily agree with all of those points. OTOH, it’s something we males put into another person’s body. I’d say power and domination does have some role in male sex drive. 'Course, once it happens, the woman controls **us** 🙂 Sua ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/42 "2000-07-26T22:09:25Z")
Just imagine having a really big clitoris. ---
**Author:** ![green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/43 "2000-07-27T00:29:56Z")
Thats right, 88, I saw one of those geeky sex-ed type shows on the Learning Channel (which I found fascinating) and Desmond Morris or somebody said a clitoris is just like having a tiny little penis head. Now you guys remember that, and treat ours like you want us to treat yours. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/44 "2000-07-27T04:26:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green \* > \*\*Now you guys remember that, and treat ours like you want us to treat yours. \*\* DRY, Myrr21, I shall take this to heart… your little soldiers are safe from me. 😃 Aww, come on…you gotta admit… some guys DO deserve it… ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/45 "2000-07-27T04:40:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Aww, come on…you gotta admit… some guys DO deserve it… Damn straight they do, and I fully support your efforts to dish it out… \* as long as I’m nowhere nearby when the dishing starts. \* Not that I think I deserve it or anything, but–well–people sometimes get a wee bit…err…careless 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/46 "2000-07-27T05:04:51Z")
I promise to aim carefully, Myrr. The OP, the OP! I too wondered what it’s like to have a penis, but I concluded that I prefer my own set. I read the spontaneous erections thread, and that made laugh and be glad I don’t have to worry about that. Yeah, it’s cool to be able to pee your name in the snow… but I happened to see _There’s Something About Mary_, and I shuddered at that scene where… you know. So I don’t think I could handle. It’s a good thought for fantasies, but I wouldn’t want one full time. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/47 "2000-07-27T06:19:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dpr \* > \*\*Please - I agree with Audrey: let’s not do the penis envy thing. Frued was a troubled man and the theory is losing credibility and social context regardless. \*\* Sounds like someone’s **jealous**! Feeling a little **envy**? Perhaps a bit of the little green-eyed monster ? Or wait . . . maybe a bit of the **large one-eyed monster**! 😃 I swear sometimes this stuff just writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/48 "2000-07-27T11:08:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by green \* > > \*\*Now you guys remember that, and treat ours like you want us to treat yours. \*\* > > DRY, Myrr21, I shall take this to heart… your little soldiers are safe from me. 😃 > Aww, come on…you gotta admit… some guys DO deserve it… \*\* NO ONE, LET ME REPEAT, NO ONE deserves to have his soldier called “little”! :mad: Why no, I’m not talking about me! And no, it’s just a coincidence that I haven’t posted in the “Mr. Winky” thread. “an ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own” 😕 –As You Like It :eek: , Act 5, Scene iv ---
**Author:** ![Bolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bolo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/49 "2000-07-27T18:51:15Z")
At a friends wedding we had little conversation starting questions on slips of paper at the table. We were seated at the bride and groom’s table. The bride picks up a question and reads, “If you could be a member of the opposite sex, what would you most like to experience?” She says (in her pretty white wedding gown), “I want to know what it is like to have a HARD ON.” After we stopped giggling, I said, “It is like having a bad headache, except you like it.” I’ll stay with my original answer. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/50 "2000-07-27T19:45:09Z")
Ok, I have had a penis for quite a few years now but it seems I am missing something. Can someone tell me where I can find information on how to use it for “power and domination”? I _really_ would like that! Up until now it seems I’ve been doing it all wrong because when my penis wants to be in a warm place I find myself begging rather than dominating. Is there some web site like “How to use your penis for power and domination”? ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/51 "2000-07-27T19:55:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > \*\* > Is there some web site like “How to use your penis for power and domination”? \*\* If there is, I’m sure it’s being hunted and bookmarked as we speak… Of course, we women don’t want you men finding it… Lord knows the chaos that would ensue if THAT ever got out… and yeah, that too…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/52 "2000-07-27T23:43:48Z")
It’s probably the same one that sells little mini-barbells with a “bump” in the bar…for erectile workouts. I saw an ad for one of those…damn that’s creepy. Do people get muscle tone or something? For that matter, there isn’t even any muscle in there, is there? Still, the image of some guy going… and 1… and 2… and 3… Ok, now fourty more reps… Creepy. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795/53 "2000-07-28T01:11:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NothingMan \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by dpr \* > > \*\*Please - I agree with Audrey: let’s not do the penis envy thing. Frued was a troubled man and the theory is losing credibility and social context regardless. \*\* > > Sounds like someone’s **jealous**! Feeling a little **envy**? Perhaps a bit of the little green-eyed monster ? Or wait . . . maybe a bit of the **large one-eyed monster**! > > 😃 > \*\* Did I miss somehting? What am I jealous of? I’ll act apropriately I assure you… _thinks about Sailor’s idea._ Hmmm We could make some $$ setting up a Use Your Penis for World Domination site… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795.md?page=2)