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US man issues challenge to disprove his claim of having world’s smallest penis to raise micropenis awareness (www.theguardian.com)

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North Carolina’s Michael Phillips revealed that he had a 0.38in member in bid to reduce stigma of the condition

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[–] celeste@kbin.earth 60 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I read a blog post years ago by a trans dude about how seeing how little the winner of a smallest penis contest gave a shit helped him not give a shit about his own dick situation.

so, i guess it's nice for insecure people to see stuff like this?

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 42 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I read a blog post years ago by a trans dude about how seeing how little the winner of a smallest penis contest gave a shit helped him not give a shit about his own dick situation.

I'm convinced body dysmorphia is linked to a lack of some public nudity at beaches etc where you can see fat, short, flabby etc all on display and realize you're kinda normal, our only interaction with nudity is the body types seen in porn.

[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago

You do occasionally see flaccid cocks in media and IRL, but only from guys confident enough to show it in the first place, which skews public perception a fair bit.

I went to school with a girl who'd only ever seen erections drawn. To her first boyfriend, she said "is that it?" the first time she saw a boner. It was a perfectly average cock, but she'd been expecting something the size of a cucumber

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 6 points 7 hours ago

I live in an area of Germany where nudist beaches (FKK in Germany) are very popular, and it doesn't seem to help body dismorphia at all