"PENIS BOOK" ALREADY RECEIVING CONTROVERSIAL "STIFF" RECEPTION
Peter Andrew Sacco, Ph.D.
August 13, 2007
To borrow a chapter title from our new book, “the penis is indeed mightier than the sword”! PENIS ENVY, my new book co-authored with Jennifer Schott which is due out next week has already erected its fair share of controversy. The title and cover alone have already caused television talk show producers and newspaper reporters to blush or flinch. According to the way the book has been received by some media, it would appear the word “penis” is a very bad, taboo word in the English lexicon!
By all accounts, many news media and talk shows can’t wait to sink their teeth into Penis Envy. Perhaps my play on words regarding sinking one’s teeth into something associated with the word penis wasn’t the best choice! With that said, it appears that most of the world is ready to embrace the “penis” and not be scared off by its mythological proportion when it comes to the spoken language.
For the most part everyone has been so interested to read this book and talk about it,” reported Schott, co-author of the book FAST FOOD DATING YOUR 2 CENTS and current Miss Universe Canada contestant. “It’s funny how we actually got shot down by a popular television show because of the title of the book and the cover. Interestingly, this same show has used the word vagina in context to The Vagina Monologues on their show. I guess double-standards are alive and well when it comes to discussing anatomical parts of the body!”
The book which received many private readings from selected readers, editors and reporters gave it high marks and tremendous recommendations. To quote one member of the media, “This book is brilliant, insightful, totally original, a coming for the ages and definitely…hilarious!” We thought the same thing too when we were writing it. Most of what we incorporated into the book beyond all psychological theories were from interviews we conducted with women and men to provide us with the substance, or as one put it, “the beans and franks”, to write this book.
PENIS ENVY is in no way shape or form a book about pornography, nor is it racy or degrading to anyone. Then again that might not totally be true; to those men who still live at home with their parents, are meterosexual, stuff themselves or their wallets, like to flaunt their large flabby breasts, or women who try hard to look like or be like men. Okay, perhaps some feelings might get a little ruffled or bent out of shape. Then again we test ran our book with some of these folks specifically, and most laughed their butts off because they either denied they were this way or were oblivious to it all together. Go figure! Needless to say, PENIS ENVY is in no way offensive, unless you are intimidated by the word “penis” or you fit into one or more of the chapters in the book. If you do, then you have permission to laugh at yourself because others are probably already doing so!
Look for PENIS ENVY in bookstores near you in the next couple of weeks. Hey, I am just one of the co-authors so I have a slightly skewed opinion. You be the judge and let us know what you think. And yes the book comes with the warning… YOU WILL LAUGH!
You can buy PENIS ENVY: DOES SIZE REALLY MATTER OR IS IT THE SIZE OF THE MATTER? now at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. To learn more about Peter Andrew Sacco and his books, please visit www.petersacco.com or for interviews with Peter or Jen, contact psacco1@cogeco.ca.
By all accounts, many news media and talk shows can’t wait to sink their teeth into Penis Envy. Perhaps my play on words regarding sinking one’s teeth into something associated with the word penis wasn’t the best choice! With that said, it appears that most of the world is ready to embrace the “penis” and not be scared off by its mythological proportion when it comes to the spoken language.
For the most part everyone has been so interested to read this book and talk about it,” reported Schott, co-author of the book FAST FOOD DATING YOUR 2 CENTS and current Miss Universe Canada contestant. “It’s funny how we actually got shot down by a popular television show because of the title of the book and the cover. Interestingly, this same show has used the word vagina in context to The Vagina Monologues on their show. I guess double-standards are alive and well when it comes to discussing anatomical parts of the body!”
The book which received many private readings from selected readers, editors and reporters gave it high marks and tremendous recommendations. To quote one member of the media, “This book is brilliant, insightful, totally original, a coming for the ages and definitely…hilarious!” We thought the same thing too when we were writing it. Most of what we incorporated into the book beyond all psychological theories were from interviews we conducted with women and men to provide us with the substance, or as one put it, “the beans and franks”, to write this book.
PENIS ENVY is in no way shape or form a book about pornography, nor is it racy or degrading to anyone. Then again that might not totally be true; to those men who still live at home with their parents, are meterosexual, stuff themselves or their wallets, like to flaunt their large flabby breasts, or women who try hard to look like or be like men. Okay, perhaps some feelings might get a little ruffled or bent out of shape. Then again we test ran our book with some of these folks specifically, and most laughed their butts off because they either denied they were this way or were oblivious to it all together. Go figure! Needless to say, PENIS ENVY is in no way offensive, unless you are intimidated by the word “penis” or you fit into one or more of the chapters in the book. If you do, then you have permission to laugh at yourself because others are probably already doing so!
Look for PENIS ENVY in bookstores near you in the next couple of weeks. Hey, I am just one of the co-authors so I have a slightly skewed opinion. You be the judge and let us know what you think. And yes the book comes with the warning… YOU WILL LAUGH!
You can buy PENIS ENVY: DOES SIZE REALLY MATTER OR IS IT THE SIZE OF THE MATTER? now at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. To learn more about Peter Andrew Sacco and his books, please visit www.petersacco.com or for interviews with Peter or Jen, contact psacco1@cogeco.ca.
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