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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>{{REFbook | 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 | |editor=Ada Adler | ||
|title=Suidae Lexicon: Lexicographie Graeci | |title=Suidae Lexicon: Lexicographie Graeci | ||