Endowments below the belt defined Viking culture

[bemildred]

Being hung like a Norse was key to social hierarchy and being considered a real man in 10th-century Icelandic society, according to a new paper, Size Matters: Penile Problems in Sagas of Icelanders, presented to the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England, this week.

The comprehensive cultural history of the penis in medieval Iceland was researched by Carl Phelpstead from Cardiff University, Wales, who analyzed contemporaneous accounts of otherwise brave Viking warriors being ridiculed by women and girls for their dainty manhood and sexual timidity.

"For Viking men who suffered impotence or erectile problems, it was not merely a medical problem or an unfortunate constraint on their sex lives, it profoundly affected their identity," Phelpstead said.

Society in medieval Iceland operated under a one-gender system in which people were categorized not as male or female but as physically adequate or inadequate, Phelpstead believes.

Taipei Times

[pagerbear]

1. "hung like a Norse" hee hee hee....

[terrya]

2. "whew. Those Vikings"...just call me a Norse size queen, I guess.

:-)

[rumguy]

3. Viking culture sounds like a hell-hole

Constant warfare - everyone checkin' out everyone else's penis - fuckin'-A...

I'm glad I live in modern USA - yeah it's not perfect - but fuck man it's better than that shit.