SEX-ED + moulds genitalia to create tools for sexuality education and sexual health professionals. These anatomical models are used to train professionals and to support discussions about anatomy, hygiene, stimulation, pleasure, safer-sex practices, body image and much more.
Poster: Penises, erect and flaccid
Plaster casts of the external genitalia (penis) of five cisgender (whose gender aligns with gender assigned at birth), endosex (who don’t have known intersex traits) men. Three models are intact and two are circumcised (the foreskin has been surgically removed). All models shaved completely before moulding.
Penis, model 1
External genitalia (penis) of a cisgender (whose gender aligns with gender assigned at birth), endosex (who doesn’t have known intersex traits), 43-year-old man. The penis is intact (the foreskin has not been surgically removed).
Model had a vasectomy (an elective sterilization surgery via the blocking of the vas deferens).
Name given to genitalia
“Penis, testicles.”
Relationship with genitalia
“Correct but slightly self-conscious”.
Penis, model 2
External genitalia (penis) of a cisgender (whose gender aligns with gender assigned at birth), endosex (who doesn’t have known intersex traits), 33-year-old man. The penis is circumcised (the foreskin has been surgically removed.)
Name given to genitalia
“Penis, testicles.”
Relationship with genitalia
“Acceptance.”
Penis, model 3
External genitalia (penis) of a cisgender (whose gender aligns with gender assigned at birth), endosex (who doesn’t have known intersex traits), 35-year-old man. The penis is intact (the foreskin has not been surgically removed).
Name given to genitalia
“Penis.”
Relationship with genitalia
“When I learned about my HIV+ status at aged 19, I was scared to transmit the infection to my partners. That was until 2008, when research demonstrated that HIV+ folks under treatment weren’t at risk of transmission, even if they didn’t use condoms. My perception of my genitalia then changed because they were no longer the symbol of the virus. This new knowledge and the arrival of PrEP helped decrease the stigma faced by HIV+ folks and allowed me to be more in tune with my body and my pleasure.”
Penis, model 4
External genitalia (penis) of a cisgender (whose gender aligns with gender assigned at birth), endosex (who doesn’t have known intersex traits), 31-year-old man. The penis is intact (the foreskin has not been surgically removed).
Name given to genitalia
“Penis, testicles.”
Relationship with genitalia
“I have a good relationship to them in every way.”
Penis, model 5
External genitalia (penis) of a cisgender (whose gender aligns with gender assigned at birth), endosex (who doesn’t have known intersex traits), 38-year-old man. The penis is circumcised (the foreskin has been surgically removed.)
Name given to genitalia
“Penis, dick”
Relationship with genitalia
“We are friends. I don’t really think of it as a separate entity. To me it’s like a hand or ear, just another part of my body. I used to feel ashamed of my circumcision, but I have grown past that.”