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Despiteitscomictoneanddisingenuoustitle,thisanonymousriddleoffersavisionofsexualityquitedifferentfromthatprescribedbythepatriarchalgenderhierarchyofearlymodern

England.Herephallicpowerutterlyexpendsitselfinuse-thepenisis devouredbythewomanwhotakespleasurefromit,andthediscarded, emasculatedhuskisthrownaway.Whileintheearlymodernperiod-as inthepostmodern-patriarchalphallicpowertakesmanyforms,this essaywillbeconcernedprimarilywiththewaysinwhichthephysical recalcitranceandintractabilityofthepenisundermineconstructionsof phallicpower:howmalesexualdysfunctioncanthreatenideologiesof masculinemasteryandcontrol.