The media says size matters, so it must.

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belcurv: Don't you remember the episode of "Leave It to Beaver" where...

penis size was TOTALLY taboo in the mass media until the late 80s, at least

there were appearances in about 1991 on Sally Jesse Raphael and Jerry Springer of the "Hung Jury" dating club and hung male dancers, but before that I can recall nothing... and I am a media junky who scanned everything on television for years (related to my work). I would have noticed!!!

the big breakthroughs were "Shoop", the music video, where it was clearly conveyed that the super well hung man at the end was the be-all and end-all, or however that goes, the line "12 inches to a mile...." and the women all dancing around him, hovering over his crotch, making hand motions towards it gesturing like some kind of worship, while he sits back with his legs spread wide apart

...and the MTV dating show hosted by Jenny McCarthy where a woman or man narrowed down potential dates by selecting several of nine possible categories. One was "PACKAGE". If the woman selected it, underneath it would say things like "PYTHONS or GARTER SNAKES", or other metaphors, and the woman would choose which set of men had to depart the set. Only once did I see a woman choose the smaller one, saying "Those that say they are big, aren't." So even she really wanted the big penis, but distrusted the self-reporting.
 
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mindseye: [quote author=belcurv link=board=sex;num=1062444366;start=20#20 date=12/03/03 at 16:44:58]the big breakthroughs were "Shoop", the music video, where it was clearly conveyed that the super well hung man at the end was the be-all and end-all, or however that goes, the line "12 inches to a mile...." and the women all dancing around him, hovering over his crotch, making hand motions towards it gesturing like some kind of worship, while he sits back with his legs spread wide apart[/quote]

Eh, I think you've misread -- or at least overread that song. The line "twelve inches to a yard" isn't sung by either Salt or Pepa. The things that they like in a man: "wanna thank your mother for a butt like that", "Smooth black skin with a smile bright as the sun".

It's the guy in the song who boasts about his big dick. I think the case is better made that they're not saying that the well-hung man is the "be-all and end-all" -- it's just nice icing on the cake.