Shrinking or Shriveling, in Constant Fear!
I think I have a valid reason for why little boys and little girls should not be showing each other their privates. I've been pondering this ever since I came across the Koro syndrome.
Koro is a culture-specific syndrome where the person has an overpowering fear that his or her genitals are shriveling up and will disappear. Know as shrinking penis it is a real disorder and is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders!
The shrinking penis disorder is a worldwide phenomenon with a history of mass hysteria in Africa, Asia and Europe. It is also known to occur in the U.S. and is classified as genital retraction syndrome which can also affect the female gender in that of shrinking nipples.
People who have been suffering from the syndrome have been known to go to drastic means to prevent their penis from retracting. One man tied a rope to his penis at night while he slept and hung the rope from the ceiling. Women have been known to invest small fortunes in products that apply suction to the breasts to prevent retraction. There are other documented cases where males have been injured and even suffered death by having the penis pulled with too much force.
So how does one become afflicted with such a horrible and embarrassing syndrome, you might ponder? I believe it happens when children view each other naked and the poor boy discovers the girl has no penis. And this also might explain why so many of the human males go though out life constantly checking to feel if it's still there.
