PENIS PANIC !!! ? ( Penis-melting Zionist robot combs )

[SmokeyTheBear]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_panic

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Genital retraction syndrome (GRS), generally considered a culture-specific syndrome, is a condition in which an individual is overcome with the belief that his external genitals or, in the case of females, breasts are retracting into the body, shrinking, or in some male cases, may be imminently removed or disappear. A penis panic is a mass hysteria event or panic where males in a population suddenly exhibit symptoms of genital retraction syndrome.

Penis panics have occurred around the world, most notably in Africa and Asia. Local beliefs in many instances assert that such syndromes are often fatal. Genital retraction syndrome in Southeast Asia is known as Koro (Malaysian/Indonesian) or Shook yang (suo yang) in Chinese cultures. Psychological diagnosis and treatments are under development. It is becoming increasingly clear that these forms of mass hysteria are more common than previously thought.

The phenomenon is often, but not always, associated with occult belief, such as witchcraft. These panics frequently, but not exclusively, occur in places where access to education?particularly in science and human biology?is limited. Others have been reported under the influence of drug use. (Compare with castration anxiety.)


Europe
European folktales are replete with examples of witches who could steal men's genitals. These penis panics appear to have ended with the Enlightenment, although significant sex panics continued to appear well into the 20th century.

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Southeast Asia: Koro
Penis panics in southeast Asia have become known under the term "Koro". Some anthropologists have referred to Koro as a culture-bound syndrome, but it is phenomenologically related, if not identical, to penis panics in various cultures. Koro most commonly describes the extreme fear that the penis is retracting into the body, including the idea that such retraction will bring about death. It can also refer to beliefs of "genital theft" or some kind of sorcery which has resulted in the loss of penis. Sometimes the testicles are also believed to be affected.

Koro also tends to reflect a certain xenophobia among some groups, whereby foreigners are often blamed as the ones behind the "attacks".

A condition called "Bang-utot" matching the description of Koro is a repeated theme in William S. Burroughs' book Naked Lunch.

It is interesting to note that although Koro goes back to ancient times, beliefs have evolved to better suit modernity. Whereas in the past the causes were usually identified as supernatural, i.e. sorcery, a recent Koro episode in Northern Thailand placed the blame on Vietnamese Communist agents who supposedly put chemicals in the water supply.

Sufferers may resort to extreme physical measures to prevent the believed retraction of the penis. As well as affecting individuals, Koro-like syndromes can often occur in an outbreak of mass hysteria.

Koro most commonly strikes men, but rare cases are known to involve women and the fear that either their external genitals or nipples are retracting into the body.

Aside from the emotional distress, koro by itself is not physically harmful, and no actual retraction takes place. Injuries have occurred when stricken men have resorted to apparati such as needles, hooks, fishing line, and shoe strings, to prevent the disappearance of their penises.

An epidemic struck Singapore in 1967, resulting in thousands of reported cases. Government and medical officials alleviated the outbreak only by a massive campaign to reassure men of the anatomical impossibility of retraction together with a media blackout on the spread of the condition.

Koro has been successfully treated with a course of alprazolam and imipramine (which are psychiatric drugs, the former used to treat anxiety disorders).

The word Koro means "head of the turtle" in Malay. Koro is also known in Chinese as shook-yang.

Interestingly, Koro may appear in "The Book of Acupuncture Points" by the late Dr. James Tin Yau So (Paradigm Publications 1984, p138), where "male genitals retracted into the body" is one of the indications for acupoint Zhongfeng (Liv4).

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Sudan
In September 2003, the Middle East Media Research Institute reported an hysteria of "penis-melting robot combs" in Khartoum, capital of Sudan. Sudanese victims were made to believe by force of suggestion that their penises had melted away after they shared an electronic (or "robot") comb, shook hands, or received a verbal curse. The so-called "penis-melting" has been blamed on Zionists trying to wipe out the Sudanese people by making their men unable to reproduce.

The hysterical reports were spread throughout Sudan by means of cell phone text-messaging.

Local media also contributed to the idea's spread. The Sudanese columnist Ja'far Abbas has warned visitors to avoid shaking hands with "a dark-skinned man". In reference to the electronic comb which was supposed to have caused one man's penis to disappear, Abbas writes, "No doubt, this comb was a laser-controlled surgical robot that penetrates the skull, [passes] to the lower body and emasculates a man!!"

Sudanese police investigated the claims and have found no evidence of anything supernatural, and that it is likely a hoax which victims believed through the power of suggestion. Mr. Abul-Gasim Mohamed Ibrahim, Sudan's Minister of Health, issued official statements to calm the public's fears.

In the Wall Street Journal's "Best of the Web Today," a daily summary of sensational or humorous news, James Taranto wrote a piece about this phenomenon entitled, "Where's the Rest of Me?" in which he coined the phrase "Penis-melting Zionist robot combs

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I must have missed this interesting factoid..

[SmokeyTheBear]

moral of the story ..

If your penis starts to melt away , take some xanax..

[Screaming]

never heard anything about that

[SmokeyTheBear]

seems funny that people would be stupid enought to believe a comb could make your penis vanish , yet be smart enough to work text messaging on a cell phone..

[Odin88]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

seems funny that people would be stupid enought to believe a comb could make your penis vanish , yet be smart enough to work text messaging on a cell phone..

Out here the Aboriginals used (and maybe still do) point a stick at you if they wanted you to die. In most cases the individual would actually die very shortly thereafter. Never underestimate the human mind.

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by Odin88

Out here the Aboriginals used (and maybe still do) point a stick at you if they wanted you to die. In most cases the individual would actually die very shortly thereafter. Never underestimate the human mind.

true , but if i thought it was hysteria creating it , i certainly wouldn't tell all my friends about it

then again , i started this thread so maybe the first couple people just think its a joke , but the when people who are drunk or stoned see it they start to believe it

[TurboAngel]

I love your sig!

[SmokeyTheBear]

not sure why this deserves a bump , but something tells me it does.

[PixeLs]

Oh my, I've been good eversince; I hope that won't happen to me.

[SmokeyTheBear]

psa bump