# Why are the penises of men in Playgirl flacid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472 "2002-12-18T02:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/41 "2002-12-19T12:19:19Z")
**Redboss!!** I’ve missed you! [hugs Redboss and scurries out of thread, feeling just a teeny bit happier] ---
**Author:** ![trader\_of\_shots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trader\_of\_shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trader_of_shots)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/42 "2002-12-19T12:31:45Z")
Why are the penises of men in Playgirl flacid? They are ?.. I would have thought they would have been hard ?.. I don’t know , maybe its somthign to fo with the Blonde syndrome. - Nice tits - no brain. For guy - Nice bod - No dick ?? And guys we know that soft doesn’t have any bearing on true size. Sorry it is not a publication i am truely aware of. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/43 "2002-12-19T18:43:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by toadspittle \* > \*\*Do that many _women_ actually buy Playgirl, anyway? \*\* Good point. According to Wilson Brian Key, author of Subliminal Seduction, Media Sexploitation, et al.: his (non-scientific & uncite-able) estimate of Playgirl’s readership is 80% male 20% female. Granted, he’s “paranoid” and sees SEX everywhere but makes some startling assertions about the whole media empire. Is the 80% estimate of male readership of Playgirl accurate? Search me, or the net for that matter. Subscribership data isn’t exactly a matter of public record & I’ve never scoped a newsstand to see who’s plunking down their money to look at high quality, glossy photos of men & their flaccid or erect cocks. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > **Oh, but you could with Viagra. The little blue pill is a big (ahem) help in the porn industry…renting the place out to porn star/director “Michael Lucas” for two days, during which he shot an entire video. (“Fire Island Cruising” ) since I’m bound to be asked…** I’m surprised they use Viagra on the set. I would’ve guessed they use that recreational “medication” that gets injected right into the base of the shaft & more than adequately “readies you” for rounds (read: scenes) 4, 5 and/or 6. Re: F.I.Cruising: Any cameos we should keep an eye out for? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/44 "2002-12-19T19:15:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnBckWLD \* > \*\*Is the 80% estimate of male readership of Playgirl accurate? Search me, or the net for that matter. Subscribership data isn’t exactly a matter of public record. . . \*\* Well, it’s a matter of _semi_-public record. Advertisers and potential advertisers want to know what the demographics (sex, age, income, etc.) of a publication’s readers are. So publishers have outside auditors, like the Audit Bureau of Circulations, do the research and publish the results. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/45 "2002-12-19T21:37:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnBckWLD \* > \*\*Re: F.I.Cruising: Any cameos we should keep an eye out for? \*\* \ The only one of my housemates who was there was the housemother, who mainly wanted to reassure himself that the place would be cleaned up properly and no one drowned in the pool - touchy liability questions. (A note: Housemothers in FI Pines are usually the name tenants on the lease. They’re the ones who sell shares to everyone else, and of course they’re also personally responsible for damage, etc.) Housemother watched a lot of the filming, and duly reported it was deadly dull. Viagra use did help guys get hard quicker - that’s especially an issue with monster-hung guys, where the sheer hydraulics can take more time, on top of anxiety, weather conditions, etc. Amusing: Lucas had cast this one guy who was big enough that no one was willing to bottom for him. IIRC, it took quite a bit of persuasion before someone finally agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/46 "2002-12-20T01:50:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Redboss \* > \*\*“Everywhere I looked were penises, bobbing and smiling at me” > > “They had all pressed their penises up against the glass and were gyrating their hips in time with the harpsichord music” > > “Although I was blindfolded I was sure, from the general laughter and comments, that the little poking sensations I was feeling all over my body were from the penises of the sixty sailors” \*\* Oh, don’t go away again, please! ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/47 "2002-12-20T11:02:48Z")
Back to the plural of Hard on: if one has had a series of erections one could say “i have had hards on” however if one if viewing a vista of tumescent pene one would say “oh look mother! there are many hard ons”. Happy to clear this up. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/48 "2002-12-20T15:35:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by owlstretchingtime \* > \*\*however if one if viewing a vista of tumescent pene one would say “oh look mother! there are many hard ons”. > > Happy to clear this up. \*\* That would be _penes_, the plural of _penis_ (as is _penises_). ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472/49 "2002-12-20T15:39:36Z")
pot-ay-toh. pot-ah-toh pene; penes the Atlantic is as wide as ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472.md?page=2)