Manhood: The Bare Reality

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Laura and the creation of Womanhood were the subject of a documentary for Channel 4, 100 Vaginas, which received 5 star reviews and has been broadcast around the world. I don't think a clear definition of masculinity is required but I hope it gives readers more compassion and kindness for men in their lives and really raises some questions. This book has been followed by a similar one of 100 vulva-owning people, and I'm very much looking forward to reading that. There is sadness as well that many men have experienced in their lives and sexuality and how they are working through that.

From veteran to vicar, from porn addict to prostate cancer survivor, 100 men participated in the ultimate photographic categorisation of their manhood. The spina bifida patient whose colostomy bag is apparent, almost more prominent than his penis, in the photo.I think this is why men sometimes have a higher incidence of some of the serious illnesses because we don’t like to complain about being ill.

men bravely share un-airbrushed photographs of their penises alongside honest, courageous, powerful and humorous stories about their penises and their lives. Laura Dodsworth is an author, journalist, photographer and filmmaker and has been described as a ‘latter-day punchy Cassandra’ and a ‘Slayer of Taboos’. become your best friend as he fearlessly guides you through the hairiest and the scariest questions in The Penis Book. Through eight chapters in three thematic sections, personal sociology is illustrated by the author’s reflections on activities from his own life that expand these particular experiences into broader sociological concepts.They’re like pillow talk, the conversations that you imagine men have with their partners, although a lot of men in the book told me that they don’t have these conversations with their partners. And I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have a way of hearing those stories other than through a book like this (or not until I'm 92 myself), so, thanks Laura. While my commentary is absent, I made it a point to include them here to show that many many are aware of the dichotomy of being raised in the “traditional manhood” eras as we enter into the “transformational manhood” time.