Why is it culturally ok to make fun of small penises?

fournineteenfiftynine

Legendary Member
Joined
Sep 10, 2004
Posts
1,470
Media
10
Likes
1,769
Points
593
Location
Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States)
Sexuality
100% Gay, 0% Straight
Gender
Male
Having a small dick comes across as this "faceless" stigma, rarely does anyone publicly and proudly own up to it. So most folks don't have a point of reference that directly impacts them, so it's easy to joke and make criticisms. While other folks- it hits too close to home, but in an effort to remain Anonymous- they choose to perpetuate the joking. But if you actually give it a "face"...say of someone you truly care about...like your brother, or your father, or a best friend, or even your son -who has a small dick...then the joking tends not to be so funny or acceptable.

Really good point. I think with the Internet there is so much more awareness around penis size. And while penis size average stats are around 5.5 inches; I think there just is so much media and sharing of cock pics out there that people often see images of nice sized penises. Apparently, there has been an uptick in the number of parents that are going to the doctor worried about their sons' penis sizes.
 

someperson

Legendary Member
Joined
Apr 26, 2011
Posts
4,091
Media
9
Likes
1,849
Points
198
Location
Los Angeles, California
Sexuality
90% Straight, 10% Gay
Gender
Male
Having a small dick comes across as this "faceless" stigma, rarely does anyone publicly and proudly own up to it. So most folks don't have a point of reference that directly impacts them, so it's easy to joke and make criticisms. While other folks- it hits too close to home, but in an effort to remain Anonymous- they choose to perpetuate the joking. But if you actually give it a "face"...say of someone you truly care about...like your brother, or your father, or a best friend, or even your son -who has a small dick...then the joking tends not to be so funny or acceptable.
my friend has a small one. sometimes he self. small penis humiliation. hes only 3 inches and disappears when soft or so he claims
 
  • Like
Reactions: lttle1

Anton565

Superior Member
Joined
Apr 15, 2016
Posts
2,726
Media
145
Likes
5,291
Points
158
Location
New York (United States)
Sexuality
100% Gay, 0% Straight
Gender
Male
I don't think it's right to ridicule a person for anything he didn't have input into. It doesn't matter if it's penis size, height, freckles, or anything else. If he DID have input, then it's a different story.

Back to dick size: I have never found any relationship between a guys dick size and how much fun I have with him in bed:
-Blow jobs are MORE fun with a small dicked guy because I don't have to worry about breathing. I can enjoy the smell & taste and focus on making him scream.
-Getting pounded feels just as good as the inside stimulation. A small dicked guy losing control and fucking me with his full body weight will do more for me than a big dicked buy being careful.

Speaking for the selfish perspective of getting physical pleasure from a guy, there are SO many more factors than the size of his dick.
 

scottmac

Sexy Member
Joined
Jun 5, 2005
Posts
122
Media
5
Likes
71
Points
173
Age
68
Location
Germany
Sexuality
No Response
Gender
Male
You should never joke with people you do not know. My friend J has a really small penis and I never mentioned it until he made a joke one day when he said, "Do you think these trousers make my dick look bigger". He had a big smile on his face. After that we could joke about it and he felt secure enough in our friendship to walk around naked at my place and to sleep naked on the sofa. I of course had the good manners never to mention it to anyone. That's what friends are for.
 

Trott.lint

Cherished Member
Joined
Jul 4, 2015
Posts
751
Media
0
Likes
462
Points
73
Location
Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States)
Gender
Male
You should never joke with people you do not know. My friend J has a really small penis and I never mentioned it until he made a joke one day when he said, "Do you think these trousers make my dick look bigger". He had a big smile on his face. After that we could joke about it and he felt secure enough in our friendship to walk around naked at my place and to sleep naked on the sofa. I of course had the good manners never to mention it to anyone. That's what friends are for.

I have a friend, too, who knows I've got a small dick. He brings it up nearly everytime we get together & always in an insulting way. I can laugh it off if it's not meant horribly but he's over-stepping a mark & it's eroded my respect for him. Not sure how to handle it.
 

evolution

Superior Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Apr 8, 2016
Posts
1,214
Media
289
Likes
7,449
Points
433
Location
Connecticut (United States)
Verification
View
Sexuality
50% Straight, 50% Gay
Gender
Male
Try this. A big cock is a symbol of brute masculinity. Take the female, force yourself on her, breed, continue species. Easy 'logic' sequence to follow. In theory a small penis has a more difficult time 'taking' a female for breeding success. So assuming penis size is inherited, a small penis represents breeding success that was based on something other than brute masculine force. That is a real threat to any male who is insecure, lacks confidence, is socially inept, & especially any guy who has a big cock but little success with females. A small dick is a threat to all sorts of modern men as these issues are not infrequent.

How to handle? Pity the fool. Help the fool. You decide. Clearly he's a primal man, not a thinking man.
Sounds like a guy you have to throw it in his face for him to get it. Can you honestly say something like "How come my women keep coming back & yours don't?" Step down to his level to plant seeds of doubt, letting him know you know your little dick is more successful than his bigger dick?

Really stupid advice, but sometimes you need to answer stupid with stupid so you can finally move forward.
As if cock size was everything, 'vat a Putz.
 

evolution

Superior Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Apr 8, 2016
Posts
1,214
Media
289
Likes
7,449
Points
433
Location
Connecticut (United States)
Verification
View
Sexuality
50% Straight, 50% Gay
Gender
Male
@evolution You've smashed a fly with a sledgehammer. Talk about brute force! But... the fly is nonetheless dead...
That's good - right?
It helps to realize cruelty for the jealousy it is. Took awhile to learn this lesson.
 

Lee_M

Legendary Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Jun 2, 2016
Posts
1,257
Media
10
Likes
1,745
Points
358
Location
Sydney NSW, Australia
Verification
View
Sexuality
90% Straight, 10% Gay
Gender
Female
I have a friend, too, who knows I've got a small dick. He brings it up nearly everytime we get together & always in an insulting way. I can laugh it off if it's not meant horribly but he's over-stepping a mark & it's eroded my respect for him. Not sure how to handle it.

In a joking way tell him it's your small dick, so only you get to joke about it.

I think it's a good lesson for people to learn that just because a joke is made of something, doesn't mean the person is entirely at ease with it. A lot of the time jokes are a way to distract from the real issues.
 

Fire Stick

Superior Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Mar 11, 2006
Posts
350
Media
25
Likes
3,164
Points
598
Location
U.S.A.
Verification
View
Sexuality
80% Gay, 20% Straight
Gender
Male
I think having good manners is important, and it is rude to deliberately belittle men with small penises. Most men who have the misfortune to be poorly hung probably are unhappy and self-conscious about it, and it's not as if they can do anything about it. I know there are some men who enjoy being verbally insulted by better hung men as part of sex play, but I have never liked doing that to another man, even in jest. Don't get me wrong, I very much like having a big dick, and I enjoy waving it around for anyone inclined to appreciate it, but mindfully demeaning another man is not sexy to me. From a cultural standpoint, I think today's society is increasingly so much more generally aware of the "concept of the well-hung man" -- in media, etc., -- that even though there really are not that many of us, statistically speaking, many men with perfectly respectable average size dicks are sometimes made to feel like they lack something they should have.
 

rtg

Superior Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Dec 24, 2011
Posts
3,604
Media
1
Likes
9,815
Points
458
Location
Brisbane (Queensland, Australia)
Verification
View
Sexuality
90% Straight, 10% Gay
Gender
Female
Tonight watching Joy Ann Reid hosting on MSNBC she made a "joke" about small penises. I've seen this before on news shows and really all over the place. Why is it politically correct to make fun of small penises yet it would be definitely politically incorrect and universally shunned to make fun of any other genetically caused physical imperfection? Why is it assumed that men with small penises are somehow characteristically flawed when it would never be accepted to connect any other physical imperfection to a character flaw?

This is really the same issue as the media body shaming women and men for putting on weight or not having the perfect body...it's not cool but they do it.

I wouldn't say it's politically correct to make fun of small penises... some ppl are just rude and do whatever they want to try and be funny or make something sell.
 

Anton565

Superior Member
Joined
Apr 15, 2016
Posts
2,726
Media
145
Likes
5,291
Points
158
Location
New York (United States)
Sexuality
100% Gay, 0% Straight
Gender
Male
Can you honestly say something like "How come my women keep coming back & yours don't?" Step down to his level to plant seeds of doubt, letting him know you know your little dick is more successful than his bigger dick?

That might be personal for him so you run the chance of him blocking it out. Another tactic might be to look at him with a very confused expression and say something like, "You know, I think it's pretty small, too. But women just can't seem to get enough of it and keep coming back for more." If you don't think he's getting the point, add something like, "It's a mystery to me, but obviously my little guy is doing something right."

This way it's not about you and it's not about him. It's framed as a whole "women are weird" thing and he can't really talk about you without looking silly for ignoring the main point, which is that women like your dick.
 
  • Like
Reactions: evolution

Trott.lint

Cherished Member
Joined
Jul 4, 2015
Posts
751
Media
0
Likes
462
Points
73
Location
Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States)
Gender
Male
This is really the same issue as the media body shaming women and men for putting on weight or not having the perfect body...it's not cool but they do it. I wouldn't say it's politically correct to make fun of small penises... some ppl are just rude and do whatever they want to try and be funny or make something sell.

@rtg You're not wrong,of course, but we go back to the central point that cock size is unchangeable, unlike body weight (except in some rare cases). Even having red hair isn't as awful as some people claim because it can be dyed; there's fuck all a guy can do about a small dick, though.

Reading this thread is interesting; many people, who obviously don;t have small dicks, are critical of dick size shaming, and rightly so. But this isn't the reflection of the average reaction I've had in my life. At school, college, at work & with friends in sport situations, I can assure you that not only do many people - even those close to me - give a knowing sneer or pass a remark, but that information is passed on post-haste to everybody else.

Had a situation at work when, after playing on a work soccer team, I stupidly showered in a communal area. News spread like wildfire - mortifyingly, to all the women I worked with, as well. And trust me when I say people don't hold back. They don;t shout insults in yr face, but suddenly there's a deluge of small penis jokes in your direction, women (and some men) staring a moment longer than is polite at your crotch, and everything I said being twisted into an innuendo about small dicks.

Throw in a couple of really bitchy asides - like in one incident when, shortly after the shower fuck-up, a woman I worked with loudly saying - 'Sorry, I just can't do a guy with a baby dick, it's unnatural', & you can see how, for a guy who isn't into SPH, the resentment & bitterness builds to the point where you begin to really dislike people & assume almost everyone is going to look down on you. Now if I was fat & getting those remarks, & they were erroding my self-image, I'd get on the goddamned treadmill & burn some calories. Alas, there ain;t no treadmill, ladies and gents, that's going to add an inch or two to my cock.

Thank god for my gf. She likes big dick but laughs at my concerns that it even plays 5% of whether or not she'd choose a guy. And thank god for LPSG, which has, bizarrely, been an immense well of support.
 

Crimsonlurker

Admired Member
Joined
May 10, 2016
Posts
1,059
Media
0
Likes
915
Points
123
Location
New York
Sexuality
100% Straight, 0% Gay
Gender
Male
@rtg You're not wrong,of course, but we go back to the central point that cock size is unchangeable, unlike body weight (except in some rare cases). Even having red hair isn't as awful as some people claim because it can be dyed; there's fuck all a guy can do about a small dick, though.

Reading this thread is interesting; many people, who obviously don;t have small dicks, are critical of dick size shaming, and rightly so. But this isn't the reflection of the average reaction I've had in my life. At school, college, at work & with friends in sport situations, I can assure you that not only do many people - even those close to me - give a knowing sneer or pass a remark, but that information is passed on post-haste to everybody else.

Had a situation at work when, after playing on a work soccer team, I stupidly showered in a communal area. News spread like wildfire - mortifyingly, to all the women I worked with, as well. And trust me when I say people don't hold back. They don;t shout insults in yr face, but suddenly there's a deluge of small penis jokes in your direction, women (and some men) staring a moment longer than is polite at your crotch, and everything I said being twisted into an innuendo about small dicks.

Throw in a couple of really bitchy asides - like in one incident when, shortly after the shower fuck-up, a woman I worked with loudly saying - 'Sorry, I just can't do a guy with a baby dick, it's unnatural', & you can see how, for a guy who isn't into SPH, the resentment & bitterness builds to the point where you begin to really dislike people & assume almost everyone is going to look down on you. Now if I was fat & getting those remarks, & they were erroding my self-image, I'd get on the goddamned treadmill & burn some calories. Alas, there ain;t no treadmill, ladies and gents, that's going to add an inch or two to my cock.

Thank god for my gf. She likes big dick but laughs at my concerns that it even plays 5% of whether or not she'd choose a guy. And thank god for LPSG, which has, bizarrely, been an immense well of support.

Ya know. I would really really really like to be fully understanding here. I would really like to both being to say i feel where you're coming from and offer some advice on dealing with it but of course you're just as insensitive as the people being insensitive to you. Which is mild numbingly ironic. Now i've never had problems with my weight and don't have problems with penis size but i can still sympathize with those who do. In this particular moment...no i will not. I've known lost of people who have had problems with their weight their entire lives. I've heard people make fun of them because of their weight countless times and then i read a post like yours that is completely and utterly dismissive of what they've gone through.

Yeah well no. Penis extenders, surgery and etc. If it's ok for you to say they can just work out then it's ok for me to say well then save your fucking money and buy the penis you want. I'm sorry. You don't get to throw someone else under the bus or point to them as "only having to blank" with exceptions when theres all sorts of solutions out there for you.

Really, why is that always a thing? Why does your problem always have to be so much worse than everyone elses? You aren't the only one to do this and i'm sure you won't be the last but come the fuck on people. And i'm sorry but people who are overweight really do get it much worse in the grand scheme of things. They can't hide it like you can. And then theres the people you haven't even thought about. The ones with a small penis AND weight problems.

This is me ranting of course but really stop tossing other people under the bus simply to make yourself feel better. Things are much much more complicated than that. For the love of buttons. Again, i feel your pain. I really do but that doesn't and never will give you the right to make other people's pain even worse.
 
  • Like
Reactions: lttle1 and rtg

rtg

Superior Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Dec 24, 2011
Posts
3,604
Media
1
Likes
9,815
Points
458
Location
Brisbane (Queensland, Australia)
Verification
View
Sexuality
90% Straight, 10% Gay
Gender
Female
Ya know. I would really really really like to be fully understanding here. I would really like to both being to say i feel where you're coming from and offer some advice on dealing with it but of course you're just as insensitive as the people being insensitive to you. Which is mild numbingly ironic. Now i've never had problems with my weight and don't have problems with penis size but i can still sympathize with those who do. In this particular moment...no i will not. I've known lost of people who have had problems with their weight their entire lives. I've heard people make fun of them because of their weight countless times and then i read a post like yours that is completely and utterly dismissive of what they've gone through.

Yeah well no. Penis extenders, surgery and etc. If it's ok for you to say they can just work out then it's ok for me to say well then save your fucking money and buy the penis you want. I'm sorry. You don't get to throw someone else under the bus or point to them as "only having to blank" with exceptions when theres all sorts of solutions out there for you.

Really, why is that always a thing? Why does your problem always have to be so much worse than everyone elses? You aren't the only one to do this and i'm sure you won't be the last but come the fuck on people. And i'm sorry but people who are overweight really do get it much worse in the grand scheme of things. They can't hide it like you can. And then theres the people you haven't even thought about. The ones with a small penis AND weight problems.

This is me ranting of course but really stop tossing other people under the bus simply to make yourself feel better. Things are much much more complicated than that. For the love of buttons. Again, i feel your pain. I really do but that doesn't and never will give you the right to make other people's pain even worse.
I totally agree with you. It's easy to say "oh you can just lose weight" or "you can just get plastic surgery to fix your ugly face"... but those things are NOT easy! Particularly if people have things not quite right with their body...

For example, I have polycystic ovarian syndrome. There are a lot of crazy side effects with this but a key one is weight gain and a high risk of becoming diabetic. I kept putting on weight and no matter what I tried I couldn't lose it and I didn't know how. It took about 5 years for me to finally be diagnosed and I learnt what foods I was supposed to eat and that I had to do more exercise and whatnot. And now I'm back to my normal weight. But I'm one of the lucky ones...many women go left undiagnosed and as a result can't lose weight because they don't know the root cause and how to battle it.

And I also don't think it's acceptable to belittle women about their weight after they have a baby for example. Sure, they can try to lose it. But once someone says those harsh words , the damage has been done.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Crimsonlurker

Crimsonlurker

Admired Member
Joined
May 10, 2016
Posts
1,059
Media
0
Likes
915
Points
123
Location
New York
Sexuality
100% Straight, 0% Gay
Gender
Male
I totally agree with you. It's easy to say "oh you can just lose weight" or "you can just get plastic surgery to fix your ugly face"... but those things are NOT easy! Particularly if people have things not quite right with their body...

For example, I have polycystic ovarian syndrome. There are a lot of crazy side effects with this but a key one is weight gain and a high risk of becoming diabetic. I kept putting on weight and no matter what I tried I couldn't lose it and I didn't know how. It took about 5 years for me to finally be diagnosed and I learnt what foods I was supposed to eat and that I had to do more exercise and whatnot. And now I'm back to my normal weight. But I'm one of the lucky ones...many women go left undiagnosed and as a result can't lose weight because they don't know the root cause and how to battle it.

And I also don't think it's acceptable to belittle women about their weight after they have a baby for example. Sure, they can try to lose it. But once someone says those harsh words , the damage has been done.

I agree. And the worst part is that in general making fun of someone's weight it leagues above more "normal" than making fun of someone's penis size. The political climate here in the united states is filled to them brim with it. Women in general catch it constantly about their weight even when they're skinny.

It isn't easy. Never has been and never will be. Hell most people don't even understand how hard it can be. Cause you can't fix something when you don't know what the real cause of it is. Ok i'm just reiterating what you said at this point but yeah i totally agree. :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: rtg and lttle1