Feminisim and small penis jokes

[TomInAustin]

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?

Do you have a link to that article?

Personally, in against any sort of body shaming.

Hand on heart I have never told a 'small penis' joke, never commented negatively about a lover (ie gossiping to friends), never made an off-hand remark about bad driving.

And I think it is sad when people do.

I hate comments related to penis size in the same way i hate men commenting on women's bodies. I have a son with a very very small penis and i dread to think how his self esteem will suffer when he starts dating and hears these comments

I would love to see the article too

You sound a bit preoccupied tbh.

Women are much less fussed about penises (size or otherwise) than men are ime.

I'm of the opinion that if you find "bucket fanny" jokes offensive (and I do), you shouldn't tell jokes about small penises either. If it helps any, the advice I'd give you is the same as I'd give a female friend who in some way fell short of "accepted standards of attractiveness" (which is pretty much all of us) - look on it as a sort of "wanker filter". If a potential partner is so shallow that it matters to her, then you've dodged a bullet by finding out and can move on to someone who does appreciate you.

I wasn't aware that penis size was a big issue for feminists. I must be doing feminism wrong.

I've never made a small penis joke and I never will. Neither would I discuss a partner's penis size with anyone else. All body shaming is unacceptable.

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

Yes, link please

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

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

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

I've never heard a small penis joke.

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

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.

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.

Sorry for not linking

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

I read another one and I'll find it too

No Grabs, I was serious.

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.

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

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

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