Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis

When I set about reading the Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis for purposes of this review, I wondered whether I would find it hard. Someone asked me if I was finding it a stiff volume. Then I wondered why such juvenile jokes were forming in my head – surely these have no place on the learned pages of Reference Reviews. Fortunately, the Encyclopedia includes a section on jokes which certainly helped to reassure me. Whilst it suggests that the volume and longevity of penis humour are only partly explained by male dominance in society, it may be that creativity...