"Worlds Power Brokers ---Show Penises"

After the ineffectual, last meeting of the G20, the headline in the weekly "Onion" (https://www.onion.com ) reported, "Worlds Power Brokers Hold Annual Summit Where They Show Each Other Their Penises". And further —-"To see the penises of so many like-minded, forward-thinking men and to show them my own penis__this is what keeps the global wheels of industry an ingenuity turning."

The "Onion" is not the first, satiric rag to hit upon a basic psychological truism that relates to the dirivative of Penis linked to Power. It seems to me to be a deep, down male syndrome or whatever.

My wife, the only woman Director amongst six other male Directors of the company, complained to me over and over at lunch, following their Friday morning meetings, about the male Directors perpetually wasting time by each asserting dominance —-who best "bested " a competitor of a contract—who knew more NFL scores, etc.—-all of them sapping time away from the agenda. One Friday, after a really onerous time-waster, my wife said, "Why don’t you guys just whip out your dongs and put them on the table so we can see who the BIG GUY is around here. Then, let’s move on!" Severalof them laughed jovially, boisterously (probably the men with the biggest dicks) and my wife said, two remained curiously silent , one of whom was always asserting dominance— in fact, fighting for dominance and the one, another director said to my wife later, has a tiny dick.

Howardson

Wars are started by people with tiny dicks.

And tiresome arguments on forum threads.

And in coffee shops.

In fact, wherever there is an argument started over opinion, especially in politics or religion it is generally started by a bloke with a small dick or by a woman who wants to have one.

Well, that was ignorant.

It would be an ignorant quote in that type of environment. I’m not sure I would have responded, or laughed. You may feel that the comment is out of place and be embarrassed for her as in "you actually want me to answer that question???".

I’ve heard the “why don’t you just measure…” statement used socially in reference to both pissing contests and dick measuring (usually by girls, in order to amuse other girls) and thought nothing of it, but I’ve never actually known anyone to use it in the workplace except possibly in a social discussion.

The more I think about this the more confused I become as I try to figure out which part is most bizarre…

1. That anyone would risk antagonizing insecure co-workers by implying that they had small penises.
2. That a woman would mention penis size in the workplace.
3. That one of them would feel the need to reveal to her later that he had seen another man’s penis, and confirm its size.
4. That she would think it was important enough to tell you about it.

I love the humour in inappropriate and awkward situations and think the whole thing may be terribly funny, but I’m just not sure.

Men always try to get value due to size, speed, amount etc. To estimate threat.

Women do their best to reduce these value judgements, well, at least historically.

As more women rise the corporate ladder they will become more man-like in this sort of way, for obvious reasons.

And as an indicator of this, my step-daughter is always mentioning dicks, cocks, penises etc. As she mans up in conversations with her mother and her friends, and thinks nothing of making jerking gestures with her hand to illustrate the size and her abilities with her dick.

I have ceased to be shocked or offended by the girl`s behaviours, but see it as the nature of the modern woman`s attempt to adapt to competitiveness directly with men.

And office politics in general is brutal and amoral. 20 years ago women would be offended by the male-ness of office behaviour. Now they have adapted and are as aggressive as their male counterparts.

Mjolnir:
The following might help you decide.

1. “That anyone would risk——-had small penises.”
Wife has known these guys for more than twenty years. Nothing is sacred to them in language even though as vulnerable to slights as anybody else. They would not be “PC” among themselves even though, by law, they certainly would be to employees.

2. That a woman—-in the workplace.”
Workplace is a boutique sized company which is top-heavy with principals (Directors), and those guys think nothing of discussing Dolly Parton’s boobs —or John Holmes for that matter, and wife is not a prude.

3. “That one of them——another mans’s penis, and confirm its size.”
Wife knows that this man happens to be especially interested in other men’s penises.

4. “That she would think—to tell you about it. This “climber” person is not my wife’s (or my) favorite person over the years and she thought it to be “juicy gossip”that would interest me.

Sorry if I have offended anyone’s sensibilities. I just thought I would share my wife’s gutsy, hilarious behavior.

Recently I watched a Penn and Teller Bullshit episode wherein they explored the idea of political correctness on the campus.

It was interesting to watch people wrestle with the idea of what offends people and how to go about not offending people (supposedly) by censoring words or behaviour which could be deemed as offensive by other members of the university community.

There was (and still is) a “speech code” where one could be sanctioned (gagged) if one violated any one of a number of parts of this code enacted to protect the sensitive ears and eyes of member staff and students.

And what I learned is that I am, by default, a racist/rapist simply by being a white male.

Was I offended by that?

Mildly.

But, as a member of a free society I made a note to myself to NOT GO TO THAT PLACE.

Hopefully we don`t get to a place where white males are all forced to go to places like this for “sensitivity” training and we will be able to choose not to to go to places like this, or listen to people like them.

And to ladf; my original post in this thread was a JOKE.

Cool.

I hope you know Onion is not a real “news network”

He does now

Now THAT is comedy! :chuckle:

I read about this guy with an enormous penis. He’s been unemployed for several years, at home living with his parents. He can’t even have a regular partner, he claims all everyone is interested in is what is between his legs. He says that was something good when he was a teenager, but is just so over that now. It seems like it would be a dream to be that large, but he makes it seem like a curse. Maybe its really backwards, after seeing a photo of him, I would almost say that everything else is the curse! Don’t forget that penis size is not everything!

He refers to it as satirical in the second para, so I’m pretty sure he does.