Have you ever wondered why David and all the other renaissance and antique statues are so small? Why did sculptors once depict men with small penises, when a large carrot is a symbol of masculinity? As it turns out, this was not always the case, as cultural values were once different and large penises were once not desired.
There are two reasons why they have antique and renaissance statues such a small penis, claims the art historian Ellen Oredsson. The first is that the penis has always been depicted in a soft state or resting phase. Given that they are scientists found, that in this condition the male penis is on average nine centimeters long, in reality there are not such large deviations.
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Another reason is that large penises were sometimes not desirable. They are in ancient Greece the size of the penis was associated with intelligence. They favored those with smaller ones more rational and intellectual, while those with large ones were labeled as ugly, vulgar and stupid. How times change, don't they!
