Did The Penis Evolve For Her Pleasure?

Losing the spines and bone was an improvement. Prove me wrong.

Carlyn Beccia
Sexography
Published in
5 min readSep 19, 2022

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Why did the penis evolve?
Artwork: © Carlyn Beccia | www.CarlynBeccia.com

Have you ever wondered why gorillas have such minuscule penises (3cm/1.25 in.) and large testicles while humans have larger penises (13.12cm/5.16 in.) and small testicles? Even our closest human relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, have small penises — 8cm or 3.14 in.

Some anthropologists have theorized that our early ancestors adapted larger penises to please the ladies. The larger penises felt better, so more women chose those men. Thus generation after generation, tiny gorilla-sized penises were weeded out through sexual selection.

Unfortunately, anthropologists can’t go back in time and measure our early hominids’ genitals. But you can bet we have some very creative dick pics on cave walls.

Cueva de Los Casares (Riba de Saelices, Spain) Cave art | Public Domain — Wikiwand

The above is a representation of a paleolithic drawing found in Cueva de Los Casares caves in Spain. I am not sure if this is a sex scene or the first example of goat yoga, but either way… that’s a big one. Most anthropologists believe these drawings were shamanistic representations meant to convey fertility rituals.

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Carlyn Beccia
Sexography

Award-winning author of 13 books. My latest: 10 AT 10: The Surprising Childhoods of 10 Remarkable People, MONSTROUS: The Lore, Gore, & Science. CarlynBeccia.com