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Public exposure of the glans was considered unsightly and indecent, as an exposed glans was associated with intimate circumstance of having an erection.<ref name="Hodges"/> Furthermore, an exposed glans resembled the permanently externalized glans of the circumcised penis, where the removal of the foreskin was considered akin to castration.<ref name="Hodges"/> | Public exposure of the glans was considered unsightly and indecent, as an exposed glans was associated with intimate circumstance of having an erection.<ref name="Hodges"/> Furthermore, an exposed glans resembled the permanently externalized glans of the circumcised penis, where the removal of the foreskin was considered akin to castration.<ref name="Hodges"/> | ||
The Greeks used term psolos (ψωλος, lit. "having an erection") to describe a man with an exposed glans.<ref name="Hodges"/> The term was not exclusive to a man who was circumcised, but could apply to any man with an exposed glans, either actually having an erection, or a man who was afflicted with [[lipodermos]].<ref>Ada Adler | The Greeks used term psolos (ψωλος, lit. "having an erection") to describe a man with an exposed glans.<ref name="Hodges"/> The term was not exclusive to a man who was circumcised, but could apply to any man with an exposed glans, either actually having an erection, or a man who was afflicted with [[lipodermos]].<ref>{{REFbook | ||
|editor=Ada Adler | |||
|title=Suidae Lexicon: Lexicographie Graeci | |||
|url=https://enzyklothek.de/allgemeinenzyklop%C3%A4dien/enzyklop%C3%A4dien-des-mittelalters/adler-hg-1928-1938-%E2%80%93-suidae-lexicon | |||
|volume=1 | |||
|location=Leipzig | |||
|publisher=Teubner | |||
|year=1935 | |||
|chapter= | |||
|pages=4:849 | |||
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The kynodesme, then, was used in ancient Greek society as a means to prevent the public indecency of an exposed glans when nude.<ref name="Hodges"/> | The kynodesme, then, was used in ancient Greek society as a means to prevent the public indecency of an exposed glans when nude.<ref name="Hodges"/> | ||