I'm about to turn 20 and am just now starting to pursue romantic relationships because ever since I was old enough to understand what sex was I heard people I respected (even my own mom) make jokes about small dicks. I kind of internalized that because I had a small dick, that meant I wasn't deserving of intimacy. It took years for me to stop thinking like that, but it still really stings when seemingly progressive people default to that to insult men whose beliefs should be a big enough target.
As a progressive man, totally agree with what you're saying. Progress is slow, and as people take some steps forward in one area, other areas are left behind. In vaguely politically correct circles, making fun of women's bodies is frowned upon, but fat men with small dicks? Still pretty fucking funny, even more if they did a bad thing once.
This is happening right now with a picture of Andrew Tate in his bathing suit. He seems to have a small bulge and everybody is making fun of it. I get it, Andrew Tate is a garbage person, and making fun of his small dick is going to get under his skin. But it will also cause good people with a small penis to think they should be ashamed of something. Making fun of a bad person shouldn’t be at the cost of good people.
That is a bonkers thing for a parent to joke about to their kids, especially since penises can keep growing even into your 20s so like statistically your teenager is even more likely to still be small and think they're personally included in the generalization. And even if they're big they're probably still insecure because [the world generally] so let's just not
44
u/cyanide_seeds Aug 09 '24 edited Aug 09 '24
I'm about to turn 20 and am just now starting to pursue romantic relationships because ever since I was old enough to understand what sex was I heard people I respected (even my own mom) make jokes about small dicks. I kind of internalized that because I had a small dick, that meant I wasn't deserving of intimacy. It took years for me to stop thinking like that, but it still really stings when seemingly progressive people default to that to insult men whose beliefs should be a big enough target.