great subject line, though!
Laura Quilter / lquilter@igc.apc.org
"If I can't dance, I don't want to be
in your revolution." -- Emma Goldman
FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Nina M. Osier wrote:
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 17:07:41 -0400
> From: Nina M. Osier <mbarron@MINT.NET>
> To: FEMINISTSF@listserv.uic.edu
> Subject: [*FSFFU*] Retractible Male Anatomy
>
> A few days ago when I first began reading this list, I saw a couple of
> postings that mentioned the vulnerability of male genitalia due to its
> external location. One writer observed that maybe someday humans would
> evolve a retractible penis, she thought that sounded like a good idea..
>
> Finally located my copy of "Transition," a novel by Vonda N. McIntyre.
> This is a sequel to her novel "Starfarers," and both of these books
> include a character who has just such an anatomical convenience. The
> author has created for her story a genetically engineered human
> subspecies called "divers," and the penis (and everything else, for that
> matter) of the male diver retracts inside the body for more efficient
> swimming when it isn't - ah - in use.
>
> I knew I'd seen that idea somewhere in someone's SF novel! (Never
> thought this would be the subject of my first posting, though, I must
> admit.)
>
> Nina Osier
> mbarron@mint.net
>
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