"some writers thought that the voice came from the genitals"

Ah, so that's what the testes are there for. Since the Sperm whale thread we've known that sperm is actually generated in the brain:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=78058

Gives a new meaning to the term talking bollocks.


BTW, I do know this was really about the Witch of Endor, and female genitals, honest!