Historically-speaking; women’s sexual liberation is still relatively new. The challenge is that as women attempt to claim their newfound sexual freedom, many think the best way to charter these unknown waters is through role reversal. That is, behaving sexually as (they believe) men do. The irony, of course, is that many of the sexual attributes they criticized men for women are now doing themselves; more specifically, the sexual objectification of the opposite sex.
As a result, we are witnessing, for the first time in history, the harmful psychological effects of objectification on men that have plagued women for as long as anyone can remember; most importantly, a negative body image.
Now there are certainly some women who embrace role reversal as a sort of payback, but the majority of (mostly young) women simply use it because they have yet to discover their own sexual guidelines. In short, they are looking to men’s sexual behaviour and beliefs to determine their own.
By understanding this, instead of blaming women solely for the rise of the superficial “size queen” perhaps it may be time for men to recognize their role in creating that unrealistic perception in the first place.
For example; how often have males done the following while in the presence of females:
…bragged about the size of their penis?
…exaggerated their penis size?
…claimed sexual virility based solely on penis size?
…ribbed and teased each other about penis size and function?
…etc.
So...how do men expect women to have a realistic perception and acceptance of the male penis (we don’t have one, remember?) when many men seldom have it themselves? If men want women to change their unrealistic “penis” perspectives to something more factual perhaps men should lead by example?
As a result, we are witnessing, for the first time in history, the harmful psychological effects of objectification on men that have plagued women for as long as anyone can remember; most importantly, a negative body image.
Now there are certainly some women who embrace role reversal as a sort of payback, but the majority of (mostly young) women simply use it because they have yet to discover their own sexual guidelines. In short, they are looking to men’s sexual behaviour and beliefs to determine their own.
By understanding this, instead of blaming women solely for the rise of the superficial “size queen” perhaps it may be time for men to recognize their role in creating that unrealistic perception in the first place.
For example; how often have males done the following while in the presence of females:
…bragged about the size of their penis?
…exaggerated their penis size?
…claimed sexual virility based solely on penis size?
…ribbed and teased each other about penis size and function?
…etc.
So...how do men expect women to have a realistic perception and acceptance of the male penis (we don’t have one, remember?) when many men seldom have it themselves? If men want women to change their unrealistic “penis” perspectives to something more factual perhaps men should lead by example?
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