SocraticGadfly: Penisblogging on prostates and lynchings

April 23, 2008

Penisblogging on prostates and lynchings

Yes, you read me right
Masturbation fights prostate cancer
Australian researchers say masturbation can lower your prostate cancer risk.
It is believed that carcinogens may build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly, BBC News reported (last week) Wednesday.
There’s even a link to additional stories if you need.
Penis-snatching rumors in Congo
Meanwhile, Congolese men are worried about penis-snatching sorcerers. No truth to the rumors about penis-shrinking warlocks, though that would give a new twist to the old idea of head-shrinkers, eh?

It’s not a laughing matter among more traditionally-minded, or primitive, Africans. In Ghana, 12 men were killed in a lynch mob a decade ago, after being accused of being penis-stealing sorcerers.

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