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More penises are appearing on TV and in film – but why are nearly all of them prosthetic?

  • Written by Peter Lehman, Emeritus Professor, Film and Media Studies in English, Arizona State University
More penises are appearing on TV and in film – but why are nearly all of them prosthetic?'Euphoria' is one of many premium cable TV shows to feature an abundance of prosthetic penises.HBO

If you’ve noticed an uptick of male frontal nudity in TV and in movies in recent years, you’re onto something.

In 1993, I studied patterns of male nudity in my book “Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body.&...

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