As someone who suffers from a medical condition called "MICROPENIS"

[datasuspect]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by SYFROYH (a host of the General Discussion forum).

i have to say that throwing around barbs involving penis size and equating them to shortcomings, etc. is incredibly sexist and bigoted.

just because i have a medical condition that affects the size of my penis (think thumbnub), in no way means that men and men like me aren't whole, valid people.

we just have INCREDIBLY small weiners.

so deep six the penis talk.

'k?

[Panasonic]

1. This thread is useless... without... *ahem*

Sorry.

[LARED]

2. TMI nt

[neverforget]

3. Um

[TwilightGardener]

4. (nervous giggle)

Where's the "yoiks" smiley?

[SecularMotion]

5. Why do you call it a "medical condition"?

Wouldn't it be hereditary?

[datasuspect]

10. for your edification

http://www.icd9data.com/2012/Volume1/740-759/752/752.64.htm

[SecularMotion]

20. What's the medical treatment for your condition?

[SecularMotion]

24. Are you sure it's an actual condition?

Most eight- to fourteen-year-old boys referred for micropenis do not have the micropenis condition. Such concerns are usually explained by one of the following:

1. a penis concealed in suprapubic fat (extra fat around the mons pubis).
2. a large body and frame for which a prepubertal penis simply appears too small.
3. delayed puberty with every reason to expect good future growth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropenis

[Sekhmets Daughter]

12. You can Google it...

but no it's not hereditary.

[Whoa_Nelly]

26. Has causes

But, would have to say that the OP could have been worded without the TMI factor.
...just sayin'...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropenis#Causes

[datasuspect]

38. this is just a step on my personal path to healing

each person's journey is as different and unique as each person.

one person's TMI is another person's NJEIBETMRP.

[dmr]

118. What is NJEIBETMRP? n/t

[NCTraveler]

6. You have gone this far.

What is the medical condition?

[Sekhmets Daughter]

15. He told you...

Micropenis...Google it...

[Skittles]

7. is this Howard?

[cliffordu]

109. Well....

[randome]

8. Your data is suspect.

[leftstreet]

9. Where are all these threads of 'penis talk?' n/t

[Indykatie]

11. I Spend Many Hours On DU and Have Missed All the Supposed "Penis" Talk

Which leads me to believe the OP is either too sensitive about his situation or simply whining without basis for his complaint.

[leftstreet]

16. Maybe it's a privates forum

[datasuspect]

17. oh, it gets sprinkled around

people think it's cute when they imply SUV and machine gun purchasers do so only to compensate for their penis size.

i have micropenis and have never bought a Hummer or a machine gun.

[EOTE]

99. Then those people aren't referring to you.

It's not the small penis that many people have a problem with, it's the need to compensate for it. I think you can be safely assured that you're not being referenced when these barbs are made.

[slackmaster]

106. People who use the term "retarded" to critique an idea aren't referring to developmentally disabled

...people, but DU's community standards clearly don't support its use as an epithet.

[EOTE]

113. OK, but there's a difference between using the word "retarded" and saying that someone is

compensating for a small penis. Frankly, I think the gun nuts need to stop acting like they're beyond criticism, I think they SHOULD be mocked for their views and I think if it takes embarrassing them and shaming them into not taking such a harmful position, then that's fine by me.

[slackmaster]

120. I think people who make "compensating for a small penis" arguments are themselves attempting...

...to compensate for having small brains.

[EOTE]

123. That would make sense if there weren't plenty of scientific evidence to suggest

that people with self-perceived inadequacies quite often purchase things or fantasize about power to compensate for them. One could hardly deny that weapons (much like massive SUVs) are symbols of power. So it would seem that it's the people who deny this occurs are the ones suffering from small brains.

[progressoid]

125. There is no difference.

You think it's OK to use one person's physicality as a point of derision to "mock, embarrass and shame" someone else?

[EOTE]

131. No, I think it's OK to point out that a person is COMPENSATING for their inadequacies when obsessed

with guns and other harmful items. I don't care whether that inadequacy be mental, physical, penile...

[progressoid]

142. So you've just admitted that having a small penis makes one inadequate.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[EOTE]

144. I should have said "perceived inadequacies" as I did say above.

But other than that, I stand by what I say.

[shireen]

134. +1

well said! I also get upset about people using "fat" as a derisive term and have called them out on it a few times, only to be mocked or ignored. These comments hurt, and I am glad the OP is speaking out. Thank you.

[MicaelS]

148. And precisely HOW do you know the size of man's penis?

Unless he states the sizes, shows a picture, or you are intimately aware of his size?

The answer is you don't. You, and others who make the small penis references are just making a slimy attack on men because you don't like what they buy with their money.

If men started saying the same type of vile shit about women and the sizes of the breasts, or their sexual capability, or accuse women of being inadequate because they chose some sort of plastic surgery, then the outrage would be all over Meta, and there would be calls for PPR'ing anyone who made those comments.

Just shows there is a double standard here. Shit can be said about men all the time, and those spreading the shit don't get PPR'd.

[EOTE]

150. I have no idea what size his penis is.

And you're damned right I don't like what they buy with their money, they've turned this country into both a war zone and a police state. Every damned first word country in the world has far less gun violence that we do and it's because of this sickening gun culture that's being perpetuated in this country. So talking about them compensating for one thing or another is about as mild an insult as I could possibly do, they deserve far, far worse.

And I'm really perplexed as to your talk of a double standard. There are plenty of women who use guns as compensation as well. And you are aware that I'm a man, right?

[MicaelS]

154. I don't care if you're a man or not.

It makes no difference, since it's obvious some men with your mindset hate other men for the choices they make. Male or Female, the hate is still there for men. "They deserve far, far worse." Wow.

And if you really are a man, why don't you post it in your profile?

So I thought you were accusing men of compensating about their penis sizes by buying guns. What does that have to do with women? What are you accusing the woman of compensating for? Are these women evil too?

[RoccoR5955]

103. So, that just proves that you are not one of "them."

Not everyone needs an SUV or guns as a substitute for proper genitalia. Only some people do. It's not reason to get disturbed about it, everyone is different. As soon as we accept each other's differences, and be able to talk and laugh about them, the better off we all will be.

[diphthong]

25. I'm thinking he just had a strong desire to tell the world

about little winky.....

[BlueStreak]

95. The threads were all pretty short.

[NYC_SKP]

21. Just DU google "penis" and "guns". 970,000 results. Here, I'll do it for you...

https://www.google.com/search?q=penis+guns&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=penis+gun+site:democraticunderground.com&oq=penis+gun+site:democraticunderground.com&gs_l=serp.12...11267.11267.0.13406.1.1.0.0.0.0.208.208.2-1.1.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.Ha3wJoMqmjk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.b2I&fp=57b747fe93862d6b&bpcl=40096503&biw=1920&bih=1070

[leftstreet]

31. I avoid gun threads. I'm overly-endowed with common sense

But thank you for explaining the OP. It was pretty vague

[PeaceNikki]

13. As a 'feminazi', I am partially responsible for your 'condition'. You're welcome.

http://gawker.com/5945289/penis-scientist-rush-limbaugh-blames-small-penis-size-on-feminazis

Penis Scientist Rush Limbaugh Blames Small Penis Size on Feminazis

According to penis scientist Rush Limbaugh (his source: CBS Philadelphia, which cites this unsourced item in a ChaCha.com slideshow), the average penis size is 10 percent smaller than it was in 1950. The "Italian scientists" blame air pollution, but Rush has an alternate theory: "I don't buy this. I think it's feminism... Has to be the feminazis. I mean, the chickification, everything else." The joke you are thinking about making, about Rush Limbaugh's penis size: literally everyone in the world is thinking of making that joke. It's not a good joke. Don't make it. Just let the beauty of "has to be the feminazis" hang in the air.

[Chorophyll]

14. Is this another gun thread? nt

[RetroLounge]

156. "This is my penis, this is my gun"

"This is for fighting, this is for fun"

or some such macho military bullshit.

RL

[farminator3000]

18. the best combination of 6 words i have seen in 2012

so deep six the penis talk.

[NYC_SKP]

19. Men are not a protected group.

Men are the "dominant group" to some, it matters not if they are well endowed or not, or poor, or ill.

It's actually sad, it weakens us.

It took forever for DU to get a mens' issues group.

FWIW, I agree.

I used to use the penis reference around the topic of big SUVs but finally realized it made me look petty and small.

We are better than that, or we should be.

K/R

[trumad]

36. mens issues group...LOL

A group where you can vote on hot hottest female celebrity.

I'm so glad these boys have a place to play.

[lumberjack_jeff]

39. I voted for you.

Just sayin'

[trumad]

55. well thank you.

Although I'm certain PB hit the button a second after I posted.

[JaneyVee]

22. I like how you wrote MICROPENIS in ALL CAPS.

[crim son]

41. ...

[EOTE]

102. Well, maybe he wants to make sure that you heard him. NT

[Trajan]

23. Delusions of Influence

One post out of tens of thousands of posts requests that posters refrain from discussing penises, and there is a belief that this will somehow satisfy your wish ?

Yep .... Everybody will stop .. They always do, because the first thing everybody does every day in DU is listen to someone telling them how to act ....

Works every time !

[Bigmack]

27. Insensitive toad that I am...

... I seldom refer to peni.. or testicles, for that matter, as actual body parts.

If someone has "balls" it has nothing to do with actual testicles. Example: Elizabeth Warren anything but masculine, but she's got balls....serious balls.

Same with penises. Actual penis size has nothing to do with masculinity or toughness or anything else, but penis references are a handy (forgive me) tool useful in measuring boldness. The term "swinging dick" could apply to datasuspect or anybody else. Calling someone a big swinging dick is a term of respect.

I hope Elizabeth Warren turns out to be a swinging dick.

[marble falls]

124. Testicles, wasn't he a mythilogical Greek hero? Hercules twin brother or something?

[DapperDon]

28. It all makes sense now.

[eShirl]

29. I'm glad you spoke up, even though threads like this are a magnet for jerks.

Some people can't help themselves and have to giggle &point when something makes them uncomfortable.
People's reactions speak volumes, don't they?

[slackmaster]

34. I think that is an example of exactly what the OP is about

People with disabilities should not be made the butt of sick jokes.

[leftstreet]

46. How is a small Wedding Tackle a 'disability?'

Does the thing not work properly or something?

FFS!


You don't hear women with small breasts claiming MICROBOOBS! Disability!!! You're oppressing me!!!!111

[slackmaster]

49. I imagine it would lead to a lifetime of self-esteem issues

Things like that.

You don't hear women with small breasts claiming MICROBOOBS!

I can see you're a real empathetic and understanding person.

[leftstreet]

65. Men hide their 'size' with clothing. Women really can't

In terms of societal expectations and judgements, yes I'd have much more empathy for the women

Not many know what a guy looks like, whereas women face scrutiny and judgement just by walking into a room

[datasuspect]

69. suffering isn't a race or a competition

focus more on healing than seeking to find where you will always hurt more than someone else.

[BlueStreak]

105. Then why post here? Wouldn't it be better to post at the Mayo Clinic?

All we can do is advise buying some badass assault rifles.

I don't care about anybody's junk.

[eShirl]

110. "I don't care about anybody's junk."

Yet, here you are.

[bluesbassman]

111. Give me Ham on 5, hold the Mayo.

[slackmaster]

112. I think the OP was posted with multiple purposes in mind, one of which was to serve as a Bozo trap

And it certainly has caught a lot of Bozos.

[BlueStreak]

114. One doesn't really know whether the motives are genuine or it is just a Friday afternoon prank

It is not the kind of topic that one would expect to find on a political board if it is in fact genuine.

[datasuspect]

52. you know how big the size of the tip of your thumb is?

that is how big my penis is.

the larger issue has to do with body dysmorphic disorder and learning to accept yourself.

as i said earlier, this a step on my journey of acceptance.

[progressoid]

128. Breast augmentation is the third most common cosmetic surgery.

After liposuction and rhinoplasty.

[datasuspect]

35. if you spoke of vaginas in a similar context on DU

the shit would hit the fan.

[slackmaster]

57. I had a high school classmate who had a very small vagina

She committed suicide in her early 20s.

[panader0]

101. This is at the gist of your OP

I too have seen innumerable posts about men compensating for small penises by buying fancy cars, big guns or being mean, etc, etc.
Do women go nuts because they have small breasts? There often seems to be an anti-male bias here on DU.

[AtheistCrusader]

122. A similarly interesting question would be

why do women also buy fast cars, big SUV's, and big guns?

I suspect you could also find males with 'large' genitalia that still purchase such things.

[tavernier]

32. I did know someone once with this "condition";

Not personally or sexually, but through a friend who knew him well and revealed this. I was always curious if this kept him from dating. He was a nice looking guy but I don't remember him ever being in a relationship with anyone of either sex.

[Scuba]

33. "Who you gonna make happy with THAT little thing?", she asked....

... "Me", he replied.

[DapperDon]

37. I have a hard time believing

this is real. And it's mostly men who joke about penis size.

[datasuspect]

40. you sound like a fellow sufferer

it's okay to own your body image issues.

getting past denial is often the first step.

[DapperDon]

45. I'm a chick

[datasuspect]

48. Body dysmorphic disorder

is no respecter of gender.

[MicaelS]

50. It's a real medical condition.

Here's the link the datasuspect posted before.

http://www.icd9data.com/2012/Volume1/740-759/752/752.64.htm

And here are some other links explaining the condition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropenis

http://menshealth.about.com/cs/genetics/a/micro_penis.htm

[sweetNsassy]

42. Having known someone with this condition

I am disgusted by the responses. The human body takes on all kinds of forms.

[shireen]

143. +1 nt

[w8liftinglady]

43. OK...I missed something... who's talking bad about penises?

[progressoid]

74. Usually found in gun posts.

[superpatriotman]

44. What a great thread to end 2012!

Thanks so much for admitting your shortcomings.

[JAbuchan08]

155. I don't know if you meant it this way

but "shortcomings" strikes me as an insensitive way of putting it.

[CreekDog]

47. Alerting.

This OP belongs in the Gungeon.

[Barack_America]

53. ???

Gungeon? There's not a single mention of guns in the OP.

[Megawhat]

82. :facepalm:

[lumberjack_jeff]

51. I think the responses indicating "tmi" or nervous giggles

Is interesting.

Du'ers are encouraged to talk about all manner of problems and disabilities... but not this... because it takes the fun out of our stereotypes.

We want to be sensitive... but not to everyone.

[Rex]

54. I can only reply in the way I know how...

[patrice]

56. Not to mention the fact that some of us are PROUD we don't have any penis at all. Are we people too?

[datasuspect]

64. a completely separate issue

my "god's joke of making a penis" is no comparison to a woman who has a healthy, functioning vagina.

this has more to do with acceptance of body dysmorphism than it does to being proud of having or not having any specific type of healthy, functioning genitalia.

[patrice]

68. Well, I was just trying to suggest that if others are characterizing it as dysmorphism, perhaps one

ought to consider not buying into their line of rhetoric about that, by "accepting" their judgement of you, but . . .

That IS up to you.

[datasuspect]

72. your statement just struck me odd

like you were making human suffering a competition.

[patrice]

104. Oh, I DON"T like to make human suffering a competition. I'm just interested in the effects of

diversity, inspired, in part, by the dialogue created by discussions about LGBTQ Civil Rights, but also by the development of a more authentically humanistic ethos in general, that is, the whole human family in all of its many variations. I'm seeing a lot of content on Face Book directed toward more respect for a biological whole, instead of our artificial and arbitrary extractions/biases toward what "we" deem worthy or not worthy.

Things are what they are and some of us are thinking that pretending that they should be something else, that we define, isn't that good for anyone/everyone.

[Barack_America]

58. Brave of you to speak out about this.

I personally don't recall speaking mockingly of penis size, but I'll take this into consideration if I ever do in the future.

This is not something I was aware of and I'm an MD. So, thanks for the info.

[slackmaster]

60. I am shocked but not at all surprised by the insensitivity and lack of empathy shown in replies

[slackmaster]

92. Excuse me, sir?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240194993

[bluesbassman]

96. No excuse forthcoming.

MIRT got him.

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[slackmaster]

97. I guess he blew his wad early

Not meant as a penis joke BTW.

[bluesbassman]

100. Yeah, right in the sock drawer.

[Teehee123]

138. "MIRT got him."

You look so proud of yourself! Oh, I'm not a "him" BTW.

[bluesbassman]

145. Sorry for the gender confusion. Oops, you won't be able to respond!

MIR Team banned Teehee123

Reason:
3rd time is the charm perhaps to send the zombie troll packing?

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[ornotna]

61. It was mighty big of you to come forward with your condition

My apologies.

[d_b]

62. db was here

[GoddessOfGuinness]

63. Wait...What are you trying to say about Barb's penis?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

66. For goodness sakes. I've yet to see anyone discuss this. However...

have people been talking about you in particular? You specifically? Insulting you? Making fun of you? Who here has been degrading you?

We all have shortfalls and imperfections. Unless we mention these imperfections to others, they generally remain unknown, particularly online, which is so anonymous... unless or until we mention them, as you just did. Then we all find out. I don't get it. Why bring up something personal to everyone, if you are so very sensitive about it? We all have personal things that are less than perfect. Are we going to post them publicly? Not me!!

People talk about everything - short people, skinny people, tall people, fat people, etc. If every time someone opens his/her mouth, people started flipping out and losing it, we'd have a nation of people going nuts in protest.

[datasuspect]

67. please remember what you are saying

because i will always hold you to your own standards.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

71. I just don't get why you have to go revealing such personal issues. Until you did...

no one knew a damned thing. Do you expect the rest of DU to go revealing their flaws?

[datasuspect]

75. like i said

i saved what you wrote.

i've been here quite awhile. plan on sticking around.

i made a note of you and what you said.

you made some very bold declarations.

i will hold you to your own standards.

as i said above, i am doing this confront my own demons so they don't have power over me. this is part of healing path.

[eShirl]

80. wow..

[progressoid]

86. Would we be saying the same about people with cleft palletes or the obese or any other body issue?

Even though we're all invisible on this forum, posts about overweight people are very frowned upon.

[lumberjack_jeff]

108. Would you apply the same standard to other disabilities? Other conditions? Other experiences?

Are "fat chick" jokes okay, provided they're not about any obese DU'er specifically?

I have found that what the poster has done is the most effective way to encourage civility.

The R word was in common usage here until some posters with loved ones with developmental disabilities pointed out how hurtful it was. When the community began to understand this, we changed for the better.

The above paragraph represents "benefit of the doubt" or "assume good faith". The OP has stated that his condition makes insults and jokes about small penises personally hurtful. How we react to that knowledge is our choice. We can either dial back the sexist insults, or we can cling to our insulting and hurtful stereotypes.

I think some of the posters upthread complaining about TMI, are doing so to protect their ability to insult people.

[AtheistCrusader]

127. No, I think the point is to divorce the guns=penis compensation canard.

Among other 'masculine' canards.

In fact, on DU2, making the gun=penis canard was a post deletion offense. DU3 dropped that rule for some reason, despite many alerts on it.

[jollyreaper2112]

73. Lesbians get along without 'em just fine

Thing is, every man out there is either insecure about his junk or has been but gotten over it. It's a natural fear, especially as its taken as a sign of virility and manhood. Porn hasn't helped since men are deliberately cast for large sizes.

Most women prefer girth to length but would much rather whatever the penis is attached to not be an asshole.

There are a lot of insecure men out there and they do compensate in counter-productive ways. Not every gun owner is insecure but when they make the gun into more than a tool but a lifestyle, they are obviously compensating for some sort of perceived defect, penis or otherwise. Confident men and women don't get deadly weapons to impress people, only to serve the necessary purpose. Likewise, some men but big trucks for justifiable needs, others because their pride is so fragile being in a compact would kill them. Such is life.

I've seen pics of micropenis and had no prior idea it could be so bad. You do have my sympathies.

[datasuspect]

78. are you a lesbian?

[AtheistCrusader]

136. There's the rub.

"Confident men and women don't get deadly weapons to impress people, only to serve the necessary purpose. Likewise, some men but big trucks for justifiable needs, others because their pride is so fragile being in a compact would kill them."

There has been a consistent use of 'penis compensator' for ANY reference in favor of gun ownership, particularly for drive-by's in the Gungeon forum. Perhaps you have not seen them. Ok. But it is there, since DU2. No consideration of a 'necessary purpose' is allowed, and ALL possession is assumed to be 'to impress people'. I own some of the guns commonly linked to this idea, but I don't 'show them off' to people. They stay in the safe unless I am using them, and they do get USED. Conversely, I only point guns at things I want to destroy. I do not point my penis at anything I want to destroy. Sex isn't about destruction. The association is flawed.

I own a very large, lifted truck. Someone seeing me driving it... well, I was going to say 'might' but I should rephrase 'have on many occasions' made the compensation link accusation. Problem is, my daily driver is a tiny econobox that gets 38mpg, and I am quite proud of it. I use the truck for things that require serious truckage. I don't drive it to work or the drive-through to impress people.

The automatic link to penis size/capability is just another form of prejudice/profiling. And it's about as accurate as profiling can be expected to be. (Not very.)

[Little Star]

76. Picture here....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropenis

I'd never heard of this before.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

77. This is the most I've laughed at a DU thread in awhile

Whether true or not, the post is hee-fucking-larious!

[d_b]

88. i'm gonna be the bigger man

and not laugh at this thread.

[leftstreet]

94. Hold on...

**How Not To Pose With Your Dog**

[cecilfirefox]

83. Not sure if this is a well-placed troll but I agree with the sentiment entirely. Also, SS or it

didn't happen.

<_<

[RandiFan1290]

84. I blame the...

[DapperDon]

85. I honestly don't care about your penis.

I already know more than I care to know.

[progressoid]

89. And yet you keep posting in this thread...

[DapperDon]

107. of course. it's fucking hilarious.

[progressoid]

139. Yeah, you know what else is fucking hilarious?

Cleft lips.

Tell us some Cleft lip jokes!

[In_The_Wind]

90. ooops

Check the time of this post ~> http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=267161

[Kalidurga]

93. Joking about penis size or using it as a well however people use it in an argument is really going..

low. People throw that out there so off handedly. Yet, it is almost always jarring to me. I don't think it has anything to do with how men act. It might, but I haven't seen the evidence, nor do I want to ha ha. Any way, I am without actually taking measurements going to go out on a limb and say that gun owners and non gun owners have a wide range of penis sizes and they probably average out to be pretty similar.

[madokie]

98. You're shitting me

[Ter]

115. Haha, this thread is hilarious

But just how small is a microshclong?

[Javaman]

116. Well this is an odd hit and run post. nt

[eridani]

117. It takes major courage to announce this on a public forum

Thanks for informing people. Any useful links?

[graywarrior]

119. Hey, I'm worse off. I actually believe I have a penis and a massive set of balls.

[Enrique]

121. as someone who myself suffers from Cranial Rectal Inversion

I would appreciate if people would stop using the phrase "having one's head up their ass".

[Viva_La_Revolution]

126. As a former 'loose woman', I can tell you that you are not alone.

and that's tmi from me already...

[sobenji]

129. Can I still reference big balls?

[Taverner]

130. Dude, that sucks

Does it cause any hormonal problems?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

132. but, what about all the big cars and trucks and guns. what will people do?

Micropenis is an unusually small penis. A common criterion is a dorsal (measured on top) erect penile length of at least 2.5 standard deviations smaller than the mean human penis size,[1] or smaller than about 7cm (3 inches) for an adult when compared to an average erection of 12.5cm (5 inches).[2] The condition is usually recognized shortly after birth. The term is most often used medically when the rest of the penis, scrotum, and perineum are without ambiguity, such as hypospadias. Micropenis occurs in about 0.6% of males.[2]

more at link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropenis

[UnrepentantLiberal]

133. I just had to know

Macropenis

[justcheckinin]

135. ohhhh me thinks...

somebody is yanking ya wanker

[jmg257]

137. That's nothing! It was pointed out just yesterday that I wasn't REALLY Bruce Willis! nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

141. Get called a 'sly devil' much?

[justcheckinin]

146. gave himself away with

"needs to be buried 6 inch deep" hey guys, me also thinks many take themselves too seriously

[jimlup]

147. Thank You

Some people are incredibly sensitive to women's issues of sexism but don't see the converse.

[-..__...]

149. Beween you, and this guy...

there's a Guinness Book of World Records special to be made...

Mr. Big Jonah Falcon was born with a blessing in, er, disguise. Until it took over his life

When Jonah Falcon was in fifth grade, his class was allowed to use the school swimming pool. Like many ten-year-olds, the boy was modest and decided to change into his swimsuit in a bathroom stall. Locker-room noises ricocheted outside as Jonah dropped his pants. Then, silence. At first, he wondered if everyone had run away. He looked up and saw fingers wrapped over the top of his stall. Then more fingers. And eyes. His classmates, as many as could wedge themselves around the perimeter of the stall, had hoisted themselves up to peer at what Jonah had exposed.

Jonah did not know it was unusual for a ten-year-old boy to have an eight-inch penis. He was unaware that his organ was already longer, thicker and heavier than any owned by his classmates' fathers. All he knew was that the silence and the staring boys made him want to burst out of the stall and run away. But Jonah didn't run away or close his eyes. Pinned inside the toilet stall, pants scrunched around his ankles, he saw a new expression in the eyes of the boys. They looked, Jonah thought, to be in the presence of God.

The average adult penis, according to the Kinsey Institute, measures just under six inches when erect. Most men -- about eighty-seven percent -- are between five and seven inches. Dr. Alfred Kinsey found that the largest reported penis was a bit more than nine inches erect.

Jonah Falcon's penis is 9.5 inches flaccid, 13.5 inches erect. Tense your forearm. Now wrap your hand around the middle of the muscle. That is the girth of Falcon's erection. Those who have witnessed it describe it as "grotesque," "gorgeous," "hideous" and "stunning." Falcon, who stands five foot nine, thinks his penis is perfectly formed, with a fifteen-degree downward curvature at the six-inch mark and absent the blotching, lumpiness and sudden bends that mark some oversize sex organs. A penis this size functions, physiologically, like any other, according to urologists, a claim substantiated by Falcon. His balls are proportionately huge, each the size of a grade-A jumbo egg. When erect, Falcon's penis generates enough heat to warm hands -- campfire style -- from a distance of six inches.

http://sizequeensmatters.blogspot.com/2009/10/mr-big-jonah-falcon-was-born-with.html

[shireen]

151. wow, there are some really mean people here ....

The OP posted a serious message about his condition and how he finds the "compensating" comments to be offensive. I appreciate him educating us about it.

Why is it so hard for some of you to just accept him without judgment?

Some of the responses in this thread are disrespectful and insensitive. Empathy FAIL.

[BlueStreak]

153. Ih the thread is legitimate, it has no purpose here

If it was instead done as a joke by a troll, that is really sick, taking advantage of the sympathies expressed by most here.

[renate]

152. it took courage for somebody with BDD to post this

The joke about penis size and either cars or guns is such a cliche that you weren't being addressed individually, but I'm sure it would be a very difficult thing to have a medical condition that people made fun of. It must have been really difficult for you to post this, and I wish you lots and lots of luck on your healing journey.

[RetroLounge]

157. so deep six the penis talk.?

Actually, I believe six is slightly above average...

RL

[aikoaiko]

158. Locking.

This is an excellent discussion for the meta forum, but prohibited in GD.