Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Feminism: chat

Original poster

Feminisim and small penis jokes

132 replies

TomInAustin · 18/11/2016 21:52

I just read an amazing article about how many small penis jokes feminists tell. That seems to fly in the face of anti-body-shaming. I would love to discuss.

I am a man cursed with the problem, i am a feminist and work with an organization that helps women entrepreneurs. I am curious if you know how painful it is for a man like me to hear?

OP posts:
almondpudding · 18/11/2016 22:50

So what is there to discuss? People who think a valid argument is that someone else has a small penis are very immature.

annandale · 18/11/2016 22:50

I hate body shaming too. Jokes about small penises are pre-feminist and have nothing to do with feminism. They are all about relating people's worth as a person to some kind of external rating of their biology, which is as antifeminist as it gets. Your biology is what it is and shouldn't affect how you are treated.

I have heard a lot of small penis jokes and comments, including on here. I don't always protest, though I do leave the thread.

RufusTheSpartacusReindeer · 18/11/2016 22:49

Oooh i am not a liberal

Dont us me Smile

RufusTheSpartacusReindeer · 18/11/2016 22:48

Dreadful article

But lets discuss

So do you think tom that it is only feminists that do this or loads of people

And if it is loads of people why arent loads of people responsible for stopping it

It seems to be men who do it the most in my very limited experience

Original poster
TomInAustin · 18/11/2016 22:47

GrabtharsHammer. The point i did not make very well is how many of us liberals and feminists use the "small penis" attack when they disagree with someone. Not that they are making fun of someone with an actual small one. Get it now? Like the statues and paintings of trump. The old "he must be compensating for something".

My point was... that using that is harmful. Like if someone heard a woman's quote and said. Oh, she must be fat. Silly and baseless.

OP posts:
Xenophile · 18/11/2016 22:46

Goodness, everyday "feminism" is a load of old shoemakers.

CaesiumTime · 18/11/2016 22:44

Erm yeah. That's just a bizarre article.

What Grab said.

AnyFucker · 18/11/2016 22:44

I have read the article now and take so many issues with it on principle I have to conclude you are yapping shit, Tom

almondpudding · 18/11/2016 22:42

It's about as silly as every other article Everyday Feminism churns out.

Original poster
TomInAustin · 18/11/2016 22:42

toconclude. I did not come here to stir it up or be attacked. I actually thought i could get a discussion going.

OP posts:
GrabtharsHammer · 18/11/2016 22:41

That article is mainly bobbins. I'm not even going to start on the fact it claims women can have penises too.

Judging men's worth by the size of their penises is wholly rooted in patriarchy. I'm at a bit of a loss to understand why feminists as a group are being asked to do do something about it as, to be quite frank, we have enough shit to be getting on with that directly affects our own class (ie women).

Yet again I'm reading an article by a transwoman bleating on about an issue affecting men and tasking women with sorting it out.

Any kind of body shaming is of course wrong. And I don't believe that feminists are going around making value judgements on men based on cock size.

This really does strike me as a bit of a non issue. Sorry bout it.

toconclude · 18/11/2016 22:38

Stupid' jokes' like that have nowt whatever to do with feminism, it sounds as if you just want to have a "wah, those nasty feminists, feminism = manhating" bash and have been searching around for ammunition.
Not the right place for this, mate.

Original poster
TomInAustin · 18/11/2016 22:32

No Grabs, I was serious.

OP posts:
Original poster
TomInAustin · 18/11/2016 22:32

Sorry for not linking

everydayfeminism.com/2016/03/penis-size-shaming-harmful/

I read another one and I'll find it too

OP posts:
Kimiko · 18/11/2016 22:25

I've never heard a small penis joke but there was a very long thread on AIBU about the worst dates ever which featured a lot of posts about micro penises/ mis- shaped penises.

hesterton · 18/11/2016 22:21

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

GrabtharsHammer · 18/11/2016 22:21

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

hesterton · 18/11/2016 22:21

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

VestalVirgin · 18/11/2016 22:20

I don't think it is relevant to feminism, but if it helps; I don't actually think people refer to actual penis size when they imply that a man with a big car must have something to compensate.

They just mean his self esteem / desire to appear masculine.

CaesiumTime · 18/11/2016 22:17

Erm, Tom seems very keen to discuss this having posted about the small penis issue on zombie threads. Confused

almondpudding · 18/11/2016 22:14

I've never heard a small penis joke.

QueenLaBeefah · 18/11/2016 22:14

I really do not like jokes about penis size. Just very unnecessary.

GrabtharsHammer · 18/11/2016 22:13

I don't think you'll find many actual feminists who routinely make small penis jokes.

RufusTheSpartacusReindeer · 18/11/2016 22:12

Yes, link please

I think people do make penis jokes, i am not sure how many of them would say they are feminists though

AnyFucker · 18/11/2016 22:12

I have never told such "joke" and I am as feminist as they come

Swipe left for the next trending thread