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In reply to the discussion: As someone who suffers from a medical condition called "MICROPENIS" [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)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.