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what will it take to help people see that perpetuating the "ha ha, man insecure about penis" meme makes the world worse off
this is one interesting way that women repeatedly and consistently act as gleeful agents of the patriarchy
this is one interesting way that women repeatedly and consistently act as gleeful agents of the patriarchy
ha ha man insecure about penis, small penis bad
ha ha man insecure about penis, small penis bad
ha ha man insecure about penis, small penis bad
maybe small penis IS bad (I wouldn't know 😉), but insinuating that insecure men must necessarily be insecure about their small penises, or that small penises must necessarily make men feel insecure, is a form of bodyshaming that has NO positive outcome
Some might think it's a harmless attack towards despicable men – sure – but that's like calling despicable women ugly. The attack *doesn't* stay confined to the target; the connotations and implications spread across the entire population. Everyone knows what you mean
If it's confusing because it's gendered, let's pick something neutral: say, fat-shaming. Suppose you want to insult Trump by emphasizing that he's fat. Think about the implicit message that sends to any innocent, good person, boy or girl, man or woman, who happens to be fat
I wouldn't be surprised if a significant % of incels are men with small penises who are preemptively vindictive towards women – because they believe that they will *never* be accepted or loved, because of this widespread idea
yes, they're assholes
but why *fuel* their hate?
yes, they're assholes
but why *fuel* their hate?
Here's another thing to think about
the more you insist that men with small penises are insecure, emasculated, etc
the likelier it is that a subset of men with medium/average penises are going to be anxious to prove that they're not
yup... penis-shaming contributes to dickpics
the more you insist that men with small penises are insecure, emasculated, etc
the likelier it is that a subset of men with medium/average penises are going to be anxious to prove that they're not
yup... penis-shaming contributes to dickpics
(It's obviously a lot more complicated than that, with a lot of other causes and catalysts... but the point is, the more you talk about it, the more you make it a thing, the more it becomes a thing. Basic meme-ology 🧐)
some context, since this seems to be getting some attention: none of this is to imply that women perpetuating the "small dick bad" meme is in ANY WAY CLOSE to even the top 10 problems abt the clusterfuck of the state of gender relations in the world today
There Is So Much Worse
There Is So Much Worse
you could make the case that it's completely understandable if women, who are subjected to So Much Bullshit, Fuckery, Violence and Abuse from men, are Quite Justified in fighting back on one tiny front about one tiny (lol) thing. I think that's fair!
I said "one interesting way" – in contrast to this one little way that women fight back, I think men definitely fuck each other up many, many more times. Maybe 10x, maybe 100x. It's *always* men who insult me for this thread, for eg:
again to reiterate: "get women to stop penis-shaming" is probably something like priority number 4,052, behind FAR more critical things like "get men to stop raping and murdering women", "stop child brides", "stop female genital mutilation", "stop sex trafficking"...
