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Authoritarians (and ultra masculine men) probably suffer from small penis anxiety/small penis dysmorphia disorder (lemmy.world)
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Ok, hear me out. I learned recently that my girlfriend has had two exes with very authoritarian leaning views- both highly narcissistic themselves and both had "surprisingly small members."

I also learned that people assume I'm gay because of effeminate mannerisms. I never bothered to pay much attention to it because people can't read minds. Further, I have little concern about how large I am.

But it occurred to me that authoritarians try to control other people to extreme degrees, and dictate what roles men and women have in society, and interestingly, the roles men do are things that make them look "powerful" or "strong" or just... "big."

The ven diagram of authoritarian views, narcissism, lifted trucks, and demented opinions of masculinity is a circle. I also learned that those exes were HIGHLY sensitive about their size. I think the circle includes another anxiety as well.

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[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly just sounds like one small slice from a much bigger shit pie. Lack of intelligence, lack of critical thinking, lack of empathy, lack of a world view, tiny penis, tiny balls etc

Im assuming they are concerned about the size of their balls too? I mean if they had a small penis, wouldnt that make their balls look too big by ratio? Or would they want smaller balls to match the small penis? Or do they think big balls means they are tougher and manly so would a small penis result in their balls looking slightly bigger by comparrison as a silver lining? 🤔