Penis Size MATTERS


National Penis Day in New Zealand


	National Penis Day was celebrated in September 2002 and 2003 as a promotion of safe sex awareness by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. The Foundation itself got in trouble in 2002 with a signboard showing men's torsos with visible penises.







	The New Zealand AIDS Foundation today expressed exasperation that it was being blocked from erecting billboards that feature (non-erect) men’s penises to mark National Penis Day this coming Thursday 5th September. Foundation Executive Director, Kevin Hague, said: "It seems that, despite practically everyone either having a penis or being pretty familiar with the sight of someone else’s, men’s penises are considered to be so obscene and offensive that they cannot be shown on a billboard in New Zealand. The Foundation pointed out that while it was possible to find amusement in this example of modern wowserism, there was also a very serious side to the issue, and the Foundation would still find a way to promote its message. "The whole idea of National Penis Day is to highlight the need for men to be able to talk about sex in a healthy way and to be able to take seriously their own sexual health and that of their partners. The main obstacles to these goals are the rigid masculine roles men are expected to play and the silence and shame surrounding men’s sexuality." “What we wanted to depict in the billboard would have been acceptable on Swedish children’s television, for goodness’ sake. It is no coincidence that Sweden has much lower rates of sexually transmitted infections than does New Zealand when we men are continually told that we should be ashamed of our sexuality.” “It’s about time we got over this silliness.”