Genital retraction syndrome, generally considered a culture-specific syndrome, is a condition in which an individual is overcome with the belief that his/her external genitals—or also, in females, breasts—are retracting into the body, shrinking, or in some male cases, may be imminently removed or disappear. A penis panic is a mass hysteria event or panic in which male members of a population suddenly experience this belief. (via Sasha)
I like the term “penis-snatchers” in the article.
The Hard Sciences
Yeah, I managed to pass off “Environmentalism & American Society” for that distribution requirement.
And this is why conversations go to die when I’m at local parties and tell people 1.) where I go to college 2.) that I’m studying chemical biology and biophysics, and 3.) that I’m aiming for two doctoral degrees post-college. Some are smart enough to see me as a future meal ticket, though (don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed of that. mostly ashamed).
Alternatively, there’s also those people in my hard science courses who think I’m bottoming out the curve. Babe, I can get a septum piercing and rock mechanistic enzymology.
