So... they're not small. I guess most people haven't seen many average, flaccid ones. If most of your exposure to penises is hardcore pornography and Mapplethorpe that confusion is understandable.
He read, and studied, many text books that described and illustrated the average, flaccid penis in order to mentally handle this job without emotional damage.
He was the first person to bring to my attention the argument over statue penis size vs. perceived real penis size and I'm surprised to see that the debate continues! He had many references to studies done in this field (it's surprisingly popular!)
Despite the continuing debate, my friend has a unique set of skills on his CV.
What sort of emotional damage did he think would result from being a medical scrotum model? What did the job entail actually? I would assume he would let students see his penis or have it photographed for anatomy books, or something similar? Or were the students allowed to touch it, or something?
Well, at some point there will be a need for hands-on practice. I don't know if the friend is providing that, but I hope somebody is.
I assume there's a certain amount of verbal discussion, also.
When his show came to Cincinnati in 1990, the art director was arrested and the Contemporary Arts Center, the museum that brought his exhibit to town, was criminally charged with obscenity for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs. The museum director received many letters requesting he step down from his position, which they kept all of these years and put on display last year in the reunion exhibit.
> No museum or director has ever been charged since.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/03/28/pornography-...
(This article is SFW.)
I'll bet a lot of those letters aren't safe for work!
I do have a Robert Mappelthorpe t-shirt that is safe-for-work, if a imposing (it's a tightly-cropped self-portrait of eyes), but unfortunately most people don't get why it's funny to wear to work :(
So, sure, "not safe for work"... :-)