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To be utterly disgusted and depressed that women think its ok to make small penis gags?

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deffonamechange · 22/04/2017 18:16

Just been reading a thread further down where yes some scumbag bloke had been horrible to someone. Lots of outrage and tell him he has a small dick, tell him he has a micro penis basically mock the size of his genitals.

Can you imagine if a woman upset a bloke and all his mates said tell her she has awful labia, tell her her fanny is horrible, tell her she doesnt look normal down there
Its horrific!!

Do you know how many lovely men with smaller penises get inundated with this? Do you know how many teenage boys worry themselves to death because of comments like these?

Its depressing/sexist/cruel and plain nasty. You should be ashamed of yourselves!

OP posts:
deffonamechange · 22/04/2017 18:55

Oh ok so it my lovely son is upset because girls and boys are laughing at his smaller penis i should say 'tough luck, women get called worse'

OP posts:
Chavelita · 22/04/2017 18:55

But women's physical appearance is commented on and used against them all the time. Whether they've done anything wrong or not. And you did say the man in question was a scumbag. Not saying it's right. But understandable, no? In a world where a man who has said that a woman was too ugly to rape can be elected President of the USA?

Absolutely.

And frankly, the 'small penis' thing is in no way comparable to insults to female appearance, because unless you're a naturist, the only way in which a woman is likely to know that a man has a small penis is if she sleeps with him. The same man, with his small penis hidden in his pants, can stroll down the street eating a burger on a summer day in shorts with his top off, six stone overweight, sunburnt scarlet and hairy-backed, without posses of women leaning out of car windows to scream 'Out it away, Fatty!' or post photos on a fat-shaming website.

That man has never been targeted by ads that say 'IS YOUR BODY BIKINI-READY?' and will never understand the 'summer grooming' angst about waxing and fake tan and bingo wings and manicures that regularly get discussed on here.

Excuse me for getting out only my smallest violin if he feels unfairly maligned for one aspect of his body very few people will see.

usernumbernine · 22/04/2017 18:56

Fair few handmaidens on this thread.

How did I just know that was coming.

Hmm
HallowedMimic · 22/04/2017 18:56

But a man's penis is not sacred thing, so delicate a subject as to be beyond comment.

Calling someone 'hard of thinking' is really not any better.

If men's egos are so fragile, perhaps they could dish it out a bit less.

herecomesthsun · 22/04/2017 18:56

I don't think I have ever made a "small dick" comment. It does seem like a bit of a cheap jibe. However, there is a massive power imbalance / pay differential between men and women, and all sorts of double standards that disadvantage women, so I am not going to shed too many tears for the poor old blokes in this regard. They can console themselves with their inflated pay packets, promotions, professional networks, etc. etc.

WorraLiberty · 22/04/2017 18:56

'Fair few handmaidens on this thread'

Ahh that's the other phrase from the lazy/hard of thinking.

I could only remember 'menz' Grin

usernumbernine · 22/04/2017 18:57

deffo I am sorry that people are calling your son names and making fun of the size of his penis. There is no excuse for it and whether or not other people miscall women there is still no excuse for it.

Two wrongs don't make a right. Flowers

TizzyDongue · 22/04/2017 18:57

Imagine if someone said woman were precious for saying its shit to say 'fanny like a welly boot top'

Again, no imaging needed.

People are really trying to justify 'tit for tat' here?

Personally I wouldn't have mention anything if the OP hadn't tried the 'imagine if men..' route.

MercyMyJewels · 22/04/2017 18:58

Because you are one?

OnionKnight · 22/04/2017 18:59

Fair few handmaidens on this thread.

How fucking predictable []hmm]

Forwardsforwards · 22/04/2017 18:59

I have first hand experience of a man with a very small penis. Whilst it didnt bother me particularly, I fear it bothered him and he projected that frustration onto me.
We're no longer together, but I do wonder if his hang-ups influenced how he treated me. Not defending the indefensible, but I wonder what the motivation is for women to use the insult. Is it because they're hurt and lashing out, or just plain nasty.

I expect it is a bit of both.

I'd never ever approve or encourage genital shaming. Can see why ppl might b engage in the practice.

OnionKnight · 22/04/2017 18:59

Emoticon fail Grin

Janey50 · 22/04/2017 18:59

Is it that different to women being judged and insulted by men because of the size of their breasts? Sorry but when men stop doing that,I will find it in me to be annoyed about this.

BertrandRussell · 22/04/2017 19:00

"It's a shit thing to insult anyone's genitals and says far more about the person doing it."

Have you noticed all the people agreeing with you? But also trying to broaden the discussion out a bit. Because "Yes, I agree" is a bit dull for a whole thread!

Janey50 · 22/04/2017 19:01

Although having said that,I would never insult a man for having a small penis unless he had insulted me about the size of my breasts first

usernumbernine · 22/04/2017 19:01

If I posted on here that my DD was getting boob jokes because she's large of breast, I would get sympathy.

I would never get the attitude the OP has had here, and it's her son who she is talking about. Empathy is in short supply, it seems.

BertrandRussell · 22/04/2017 19:02

But while I do think that when it comes to body shaming, it will be quite a while before it's the problem for men that it is for women........

dementedma · 22/04/2017 19:02

Guy with a small penis was the best lover I ever had....Grin

itsmine · 22/04/2017 19:03

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DrasticAction · 22/04/2017 19:04

Mil said DH had a small penis.

She was wrong. Awful thing to say. Esp from DM Shock

SailAwayWithMeHoney · 22/04/2017 19:04

Any body shaming is awful.

But, if it's the thread I'm thinking of where the man messaged his wife's friend and body shamed his wife (to her own friend), I find I can't bring myself to feel all that bad for him tbh. I'm not saying that they're right in suggesting the wife's friend body shames him right back, but I'm not about to defend his honour or anything like that.

itsmine · 22/04/2017 19:04

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WorraLiberty · 22/04/2017 19:04

Have you noticed all the people agreeing with you? But also trying to broaden the discussion out a bit. Because "Yes, I agree" is a bit dull for a whole thread!

Not as much as I've noticed all the people trying to justify it or who aren't fussed about it, no.

I guess they just jump off the page a bit more.

And no doubt, some with have sons of their own. Let's hope they never get upset by comments made towards them by females, if all they're going to get back is, "Well it's worse for women".

They might as well go the whole hog and tell them to 'Man up' FFS.

MercyMyJewels · 22/04/2017 19:05

It's not about the OP's son, she mentioned him in passing And yes I'm sure boys worry much about the size of their equipment. Not half as much as girls and that worry endorsed and expoited by fashion, beauty and cosmetic surgery industries. As well as very many males. Give it a rest and start standing up for women

worridmum · 22/04/2017 19:06

I am sorry but double standards are always wrong

female body shaming is always wrong and so not matter how much more body shaming females suffer validate male body shaming

Its like saying Black people should be allowed to be racist to asian /native american / any other minority or people from the indian sub-coninet because the racism they suffer is much worse.

We cannot campagn for total intolerance of female body shaming while turning a blind eye to male body shaming

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