Vulcan Genitalia

Vulcan genitalia (particularly male) has been a subject of great fannish interest for many decades. 
As early as 1972, there were fan-published speculation. In the zine Grup #1, there were articles and diagrams by fans that attempted to inform the curious about both male and female "private parts."
 
In The World of Star Trek (Ballantine, 1973), David Gerrold wrote about what he felt to be bizarre fan letters received by the creators of the show. Among them was a missive several pages long from an older woman who very carefully explained that she was married and this was not prurient interest, but that as red-blooded creatures have pink extremities, what she wanted to know about Spock -- "with reference to particular extremities -- if they were green." Gerrold added, "Yes, they," and added that the letter had been passed around for laughs and "idle speculation around the set had it that the particular extremity this woman was inquiring about was forked." 
In her book On The Good Ship Enterprise, Bjo Trimble said her husband saw the letter and understood that "they" to referred to testicles, not anything more exotic. However, fan speculation about Spock's sexual anatomy probably started with, and was influenced by the highly publicized "they," of that letter. The whole story is in Bjo Trimble's On The Good Ship Enterprise: My 15 Years With Star Trek (Donning, 1983), p. 47.
In the early years of Star Trek fandom, speculations on Vulcan anatomy were more general and centered around the differences in internal organs as revealed by Dr. McCoy in various episodes. Since Amanda appeared to enjoy a happy married life with Sarek, fans tended to assume that Vulcan sexuality did not differ significantly from human in that regard (allowing for the pon farr cycle). Humans and Vulcans could be sexually compatible even if conceiving a child required scientific intervention.On the 1974 album Inside Star Trek, Mark Lenard as Sarek explains to Gene Roddenberry exactly how Spock was conceived and born. Even the sexually explicit illustrations in Grup revealed Spock with a perfectly normal-looking penis. It was not until fan writing shifted predominantly to K/S that widespread speculation on the alien nature of Spock's genitalia really took off. Fans imagined them to be as alien as his ears and as green as his blood. This was almost unique to Star Trek fandomSmallville would later pick up this torch, although it never got quite as widespread as it had been in TOS.
In 2007, iibnf posted a tongue in cheek summary of the various shapes and sizes she encountered over the years:
==Fanon: Male Genitalia== 
===An Enticing Circular Motion===
From Grup #1 (1972): diagrams show the "Common Movements of the Vulcan Penis During Pon Farr." Note the "rhythmic wave-like pulsations of the penile muscles" and the "lateral circular motions"
 
 File:Grup1inside3.jpg| Fans provided helpful diagrams, note the enticing circular motion...: "Common movements of a Vulcan penis during pon farr," from Grup #1 (1972) 
File:Motilecock.jpg|In 1979, Gayle F included this dick in her Kirk Spock Erotic Paper Doll Set, calling it the "Motile Cock." Note that Gayle included her own fanon, the ridges.
===Double Ridged Penis===
The idea that Spock's penis was green and had "double ridges," that is a double glans, as opposed to a human male's single ridge or glans, is an invention by Gayle F. The first appearance of these double ridges was in Gayle F's Desert Heat, the first story of the Cosmic Fuck Series, first published in The Sensuous Vulcan (1977). Gayle says in her author's note at the K/S Archive that the story was probably completed in 1976. -- Kirk/Spock Fanfiction Archive - Gayle F, 13 March 2009. (Accessed 30 June 2011) 
From the Cosmic Fuck Series: "Descending to the dark thatch where the swollen genitals lay, mossy green, engorged with blood. The double ridges on the head seemed strangely decorative. Increased stimulation? Nature had her own logic."
In a 2013 interview, Gayle said: 
Here are a few examples of Gayle's fanart showing Spock's alien penis with the double ridges -- click on image to enlarge: 
Image:Priceandprize1.jpg|Cover of The Price and The Prize (1981). Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized.
File:Firsttimeeighteenback.jpg|Back cover of First Time #18 (1988). Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized.
File:Charisma10.jpg|cover of Charisma #10, artist is Sherry Veltkamp
File:Firsttimetenfront.jpg|Cover of First Time #10 (1987). Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized. 
File:Choicesinside4.jpg|Inside art from Choices (1986). Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized. 
File:Thyla3.jpg|Cover of T'hy'la #3 (1983). Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized. 
File:Ob4backcover.jpg|Back cover of Obsc'zine #4 (1980). Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized. 
File:California1back.jpg|Back cover California K/S #1 (1984). Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized. 
File:Wheres-12.jpg|a fan's parody of Gayle F's famous frals, the artist is Roo, it is from Where's Captain Kirk? (1980) Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized.
File:Nakedtimes29-2.jpg|from Naked Times #29 (1992)
File:Nakedtimes30-2.jpg|from Naked Times #30 (1993)
====Double Ridged Penis: Fan Comments====
===Hidden Behind a Furry Mound: The Stamen===
In The Matchmaker (1985) by Janet Alyx (T'hy'la 5), Spock's penis is hidden behind a furry mound that becomes swollen and unfolds like petals of a flower and sprouts a bright green penis that unfolds like a stamen.
In Mirrors of Mind and Flesh (1979), Kirk explores his new lover: 
===Great Green Anthurium & Tentacles: The Fra'ls===
Other notable fanon genitalia for Spock included the great green anthurium invented by Leslie Fish in her early Kirk/Spock story Poses (1977). This version included two handling tentacles which later became known as fra'ls.
In 2008, Fish said: "I confess, I came up with that one first. My theory was that, since male mammals of temperate Earth hang their testicles out in the wind to keep them cool, male mammals of hot Vulcan would keep them buried deep inside their bodies for the same reason." alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated › Re: Chenesi? (March 15, 2008) 
from Sarpeidon #2 (1982), artist is Michelle Hanlon|thumb
A fan in 1984 said: "to my eyes it resembles nothing so much as an ear of green corn sprouting out of the center of a trillium lily." from K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits) #9 
 
In Poses, Spock explains that the fra'ls are like anchors to hold and stimulate one's partner: 
Poses also describes Spock's testes as located in the lower back: "'Spock blushed. Shyly, he took Kirk's free hand and guided it carefully to the small of his back, placing the fingers two inches apart, on either side of the spine.
While a fan in 1988 didn't remember the artist, the foliage imagery certainly made an impression:
===Chenesi===
Later, fandom would refer to the sort of genitalia envisioned by Leslie Fish as chenesi, a term created by Jenna Sinclair,
Kathy Resch, alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated › Re: Chenesi? (March 15, 2008) and give Spock human-looking testicles as well.Aspects of Vulcan Biology for the Non-Vulcan Student of Anatomy, by Greywolf the Wanderer, a TrekSmut University lecture. Accessed 27 October 2008. Backup website link [backup website link here 
From a fan in 1997: 
===Tendrils===
In Lois Welling's story The Displaced (1978), a story about Spock and an original female character, Spock also has tendrils: 
It is mentioned in The Displaced that female Vulcans have these genital tendrils as well, see Female Genitalia.
A fan in 1998 wrote about tendrils in the story Many a Tear Has to Fall: 
===The Barbed "B'Yadu" Penis===
The barbed Vulcan penis ("equipped with rows of rickrack which become erectile during pon farr, to stimulate ovulation" K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits) #9 (1984) ) was utilized in two stories by Cardiane Wedgett: B'Yadu (1978) and A Matter of Life and Death (1979).
B'Yadu is a explicit het story in Obsc'zine #3. In it, Kirk observes Spock having sexual intercourse with an Ancient Vulcan woman:
From R & R's A Matter of Life and Death: 
===Internal Balls===
Then there is internal balls. This was also an invention by Gayle F., this one in 1979.
A fan in 1984 also referred to them as "[Gayle F's] retractable apparatus." comment in K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits) #9
From Mirrors of Mind and Flesh (1979): 
===Massive Vulcan Erection, aka Tower of Jade===
Even those who didn't create special new forms, often 'drew' Spock's genitalia larger than Earth standard: 
The massive Vulcan erection inevitably led to satires like Star Trek: The Lost Episode.
But wait, Spock's erection often also had a color! Enter the "tower of jade." In 1999, a fan poked fun at some of her own early fiction: 
In 2001, a fan commented on a fic:
===The Male Vagina and Self-Lubricating Parts===
 
From Sexuality in K/S Fiction: Anal Intercourse (1985): 
Also from Sexuality in K/S Fiction: Anal Intercourse (1985): 
===Circumcised?===
Spock's penis, when portrayed as an essentially standard male human organ, is often shown as circumcised. 
In the early 2000s, one fan wrote: 
===What Color?===
In 1994 and 1995, several fans discussed the color of Spock's genitals in the story, Players in the Game.
* "I didn't like Kirk's reaction to discovering Spock's genitals are pink on page 120. Talk about interrupting a mood." from Come Together #11 
* "The only problem I had was the color of Spock's genitals. Seems to me the color of Spock's blood would preclude his genitals from appearing anything other than green tinged." from Come Together #15 
* "I still fail to understand why he said appendage was "ahrant" which is described as meaning "reddish-brown." from Come Together #15 
* "I didn't understand why Spock's penis would be pink." from Come Together #15 
==Nothing New Under the Vulcan Suns?== 
Still, by 2003, some fans felt that the issue of Spock's penis had become settled. Perhaps too settled according to one fan, who comments on this topic in K/S Press #76 (2003): 
In the following issue of The K/S Press, another fan agreed: 
Another fan comments in the essay This Vulcan Penis Problem (early 2000s): 
In the 2011 fanfic, The Squire of Eros, Kirk finally gets a good look at the mystery: 
==Fan Plays: Dancing Penises -- Starring the Dangly Bits==
Fandom's fascination with Spock's penis was celebrated in at least two fan plays. In the 1980s, a skit held at IDICon had fans dressed in "lovingly colored penis suits (one in daring dusky rose, one in ever popular, enticing olive) interacting in a lively dance set to music no less, until both the dance and the penises came to a logical climax." See Dancing Penises 
And in the 1995 Escapade play "The Search For Spock's Penis" a fan kidnaps the celebrated organ. See Escapade/Escapade_1995.
See Dancing Penises.
==Fan Cakes and Penises==
A fan, determined to have a cake with green and pink penises for a con, went in search of a bakery and describes her adventure:
==Fanon: Female Genitalia==
===Tendrils===
In Lois Welling's story The Displaced (1978), it is mentioned that female Vulcans have genital tendrils, similar to the male: 
===A Single Ovary===
While it is more physiology than genitalia, Grup in 1972 tackled the subject of the female Vulcan body.
 File:Grup1inside2.jpg| Vulcan female genitalia, a rare topic, from Grup #1 (1972) 
 
===The Covered Clitoris===
All this emphasis on male biology made Leslie Fish ask, what does the female get out of it?
In A 2007 Interview with Leslie Fish, Fish explained: 
==Vulcan Sexy Fingers==
While not genitalia, many fans have speculated on Vulcan fingers and their role in intimacy.
Image:deck6-13-1.jpg|from an unknown fanzine, a parody of "The Hays Code" "The Motion Picture Production Code was the set of industry moral guidelines that was applied to most United States motion pictures released by major studios from 1930 to 1968. It is also popularly, albeit inaccurately, known as the Hays Code..." -- see more at Wikipedia -- Vulcan hand and body motions: "A code must be drawn up to limit just how explicit scenes of Vulcan love-making can get and still be shown to Star Trek's impressionable audience. The following are a few suggestions, intended only as a guide until a formal committee can be organized to study the matter."
Image:deck6-13-2.jpg|from an unknown fanzine, a humorous poem about Vulcan hands and sex 
==In Star Trek Reboot Fandom==
The focus - or fascination - with Spock's penis has carried forward into the Star Trek Reboot fandom, who often remain unaware of the lengthy discussions from earlier years. Several possibilities have appeared in stories and art. In "Abnormal Growth" by janice lester, Spock seeks medical advice over his penis which is growing beyond normal proportions and somehow winds up with Kirk and McCoy in his bed."Abnormal Growth" by janice_lester, dated November 15, 2010. Spock has also been given tentaclescannedebonbon. Art: I'm so sorry about this. Post in kirkspock LJ comm, 2010-04-06 or a bone. On occasion, in works such as "Long Distance Relationships Are Hard" authors comically exaggerate the proportions or otherness of the much debated penis. 
And lastly, Reboot fans have, on a rare occasion, graced Spock's penis with cat-like barbs. "I recently read Chase820's fabulous Reboot story "Secret Vulcan Mating Rituals" (still a WIP, alas), in which Spock's penis is barbed, like a cat's, and I've been wondering whether that appears in TOS fanfic as well. I've seen Vulcans made into descendants of felines in TOS fanfic several times, but I can't recall any TOS examples for cat-like penis details going along with this. I've seen many instances of the notorious double ridges, and I have seen a couple of more alien configurations, like tentacles and such for Spock's genitalia in TOS fic now and then, but I can't think of any cat-like penises. in alien physiology, posted by ratcreature, dated Feb 18, 2010.
==Fan Comments Regarding the "Vulcan Genitalia" Page on Fanlore==
==Meta and Further Reading==
* The Kirk Spock Erotic Paper Doll Set, art by Gayle F (1979)
*Dancing Penises, skit (1985, 1986 and 1997)
* Aspects of Vulcan Biology for the Non-Vulcan Student of Anatomy, essay by Greywolf via TrekSmut University (1996)
*This Vulcan Penis Problem, essay by Laura Goodwin (early 2000s?)
* Variations of Vulcan Vaginas, meta fic by stella_notecor (April 2011)
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