Man Without Penis Slept With Over 100 Women
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Andrew Wardle claims to have slept with over 100 women. It’s an impressive feat for any man, but especially so for Wardle, namely because he doesn’t have a penis.
The 40-year-old was born with penile agenesis, a condition that occurs in just one in every 30 million babies. Those born with the condition lack a penis but have normally functioning testicles. According to a case report published in the Iranian Journal of Pediatrics, “Penile agenesis (PA) is believed to result from either the absence of the genital tubercle or its failure to develop.”
Despite his condition, Wardle has managed to maintain a fulfilling love life. He told the Huffington Post UK, “Ladies love me because I was completely non-threatening to them.”
But not all the women in Wardle’s life have been able to stomach the affliction. When he was born, his 17-year-old mother was reportedly “horrified” by his condition, and decided to give him up for adoption shortly after his birth. Wardle was raised by a couple from Wales.
Wardle was also born with his bladder outside his body. As a child, he underwent a total of 15 operations to build a tube from his bladder that would allow him to urinate normally.
He told the Huffington Post UK, “I could urinate standing up with the tube, but if anyone ever looked, I would just joke that I had a small penis.”
“I hid it from everyone—apart from girls I took to bed.”
Fortunately for Wardle, he found a way to navigate around his condition in the bedroom. He explained to the publication, “I’d take girls to bed but tell them things could only go so far because I couldn’t rise to the occasion… Most of the time they didn’t seem too bothered—they liked the fact I could pleasure them in other ways and never expected anything in return.”
He added, “I’ve done everything you can imagine, apart from full sex. Ladies love me because I’ve got the gift of the gab and a handsome face.”
“Only once has telling a woman I don’t have a penis turned out badly. She got angry and punched me in the face.”
Wardle says he’s told around 20 percent of his lovers the “truth” about his condition.
The issues surrounding penile agenesis extend beyond functionality. One can only imagine the level of sexual insecurity plaguing those afflicted with the condition, not to mention the feelings of isolation and confusion. The authors of the case report Penile Agenesis recommend that newborns or infants afflicted by the condition undergo “feminizing operations.”
It's an alarming claim, and one that will remind many readers of the disastrous case of David Reimer, a man who underwent gender reassignment surgery as a toddler following a botched circumcision. At the age of 14, Remier decided to stop living as a girl. He eventually committed suicide at the age of 38. The LA Times wrote that the case proved the "the immutability of one's inborn sense of gender."
The authors of a separate journal article insist that taking such measures could be harmful to the patient, and would likely leave them struggling with gender dysphoria. They write, “Patients affected by [penile agenesis] should be raised as males.”
Currently, Wardle is saddling up to go (very) public with his case. The TLC show The Man With No Penis will follow Wardle as he opens up about his rare medical condition. Viewers will also see him come clean to his long-term girlfriend Freda and entertain a surgery that could arm him with a fully functioning penis.
Throughout four operations, surgeons would use muscle, skin, nerves and blood vessels from Wardle’s right forearm to construct the penis. If the surgery is successful, Wardle should be able to achieve an erection by using a pump device to force blood to flow into the penis.
When asked why he chose to participate in the production, Wardle told theMirror, “I was sick of hiding.” The special will air this June on TLC UK.
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Carrie Weisman is an AlterNet staff writer who focuses on sex, relationships and culture. Got tips, ideas or a first-person story? Email her.
TLC Promo - The Man With No Penis from Nicki Noermark on Vimeo.
Carrie Weisman is an AlterNet staff writer who focuses on sex, relationships and culture. Got tips, ideas or a first-person story? Email her.
