12th Aug, 2008

In Praise of Average Buckets of Popcorn and Cocks

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It’s like ordering a bucket of popcorn at the movie theater.  But we’ll get to that in just a moment.

Lately I’ve been procrastinating hard over the book proposal.  To keep me from freaking out (too much), I’m instead obsessively cleaning out closets and drawers.  I’ve thrown out bank statements from ‘04 and my penultimate wedding invitation.  I organized the kids’ toys.  It’s amazing how many filched kitchen implements those little scamps had squirreled away.  And I’ve been perving online dating site profiles.

What?  Is there a problem with that?

As I skim through profiles and absorb the pertinent information, a few key things jump out at me.  Is he playing without his partner’s permission?  I click on the “next” button.  Does he use recreational drugs “occasionally”?  Click!  Is he looking for a thin woman?  CLICK.  If he’s made it through the preliminary round of inquisition, I take a closer look.  What I’m getting to is that I look at his nakee pictures.  Dude.  I’m only human.

I don’t look so much because I get off on tiny grainy pictures of men in the altogether, although there is some charm is seeing photographic evidence of physical virility repeated dozens of times over.  Instead, I like to see if the image matches with the written description.  Unfortunately, it often doesn’t.

Perhaps this would be a good time for a caveat.  I’ve loved and lusted over men with cocks both big and small.  I’ve been horrified by the skills of men who have owned both extremes of penises.  I’ve also been enchanted by the skills of men with equally disparate appendage measurement.  In short, I’ve have little preference in that area other than “it works well” and “it likes me.”

But here’s my issue.  I’ve grown tired of reading descriptions that promise “long/thick” organs that are anything but under the light of a camera’s flash.  I’ve seen a “long/thick” cock that barely protruded rock hard and straining from beneath a modest pubic pelt.  I’ve seen a “long/thick” cock nestled invitingly between the parted wet lips of a lover, but whose head was separated by barely two inches from its owner’s body.  I’ve seen a “long/thick” cock grasped in a hand where the red painted nails overlapped the thumb to the first joint.

These my friends are not long/thick cocks, and I will now remind you of that buttery movie theater treat.  Upon being promised a huge, overflowing, never-ending bucket of popcorn, the expectation in your mind has been set and set high.  No one really needs a barrel of popcorn, but if the offer has been made, you want it fulfilled, and by God there had better be enough for ten people.

Think of how different your mind-set would be if you were told to expect an average-sized bucket.  Or even a small bucket!  When once the snack arrived, you might be surprised by a more than fulfilling quantity.

I call today for nothing more or less than the truth in penis marketing.  Men, if you have an penis that is average in length and/or girth, wear it proudly.  Use it proudly.  Say “NO!” to the artificial inflation of cock statistics and yesYesYES to being honest about what’s rockin’ in your pants.

Proclaim “I’m average!” with your head — and your dick — held high.

Responses

Back in the day when I was fucking my next door neighbor, he made such a big deal about how he could only wear Trojan Magnums, and I hated to break his little heart, so I didn’t, but his dick would have been swimming in a regular size condom. Some guys don’t seem to know what a big dick actually looks like.

**first comment dance*** I’ve never found the need to exagerate…and you’ve seen photo evidence I’m about average…would I like to have another inch or two? Sure but I’ve also never got any complaints on how I use what I got so it works for me.

what is average?
4 inches 7 ?
5?
curious..

I’m also perusing a similar site, I think, and I am seeing what you mean.
*sigh*

picky picky, I am.

i like slightly larger than average but more i like a man who is interested in playing with me and has the right pheremones…

The “why” is obvious, it’s all about culture. In this size obsessed culture of ours, quantity is praised, while quality is forgotten. People think that large is always better, when it actually be worse, depending on your situation (need I elaborate?). When men hear women talking about dicks, they usually hear them talk about how much they love long and thick ones. They become embarrassed of their size, and then deny it like a woman nearing 40 (Like lawyers always say, “deny, deny, deny.”).

But yeah, nice metaphor there. Though, I’m not sure about you, but if it’s a large tub of crappy popcorn, I’d rather go with the average sized container if it means great tasting popcorn. (by contained I mean cock, and by popcorn, I mean sex… wait, great tasting sex? … Yeah, I stand by that.)

Totally average here. Not ashamed to admit it. I mean…what’s the point?

All men should be taught (or reminded) that the vagina can tightly grip a pinky-sized tampon, or stretch to accommodate a 10-pound baby. ANY size penis will do the job, and in some cases, a penis isn’t really the best tool for the job anyway, no matter what size it is. To re-coin a phrase to sum it up: all sizes fit one.

In the defense of men who embellish (and women/men who think they should prefer big ones), sex toy catalogs suggest that HUGE is average, and/or preferable. If it is neither, then why don’t most vibrator companies offer a more realistic range of sizes? We’re taught not to compare women’s bodies to those of airbrushed models or porn stars, yet “realistic” dildos that are huge and rock-solid are just as inaccurate. If the only other erect penises one sees are in sex toy catalogs or porn films, HOW is one to know WHAT is really “average”?

You know, guys, there is such a thing as too big (for me anyway). I’ll take an average penis attached to a man that knows how to use it any day, thankyouverymuch.

My email inbox is filled with emails from a lot of women that want my “trouser snake” extended so I can give them maximum pleasure. Isn’t that proof that I’m too small?

britni: oh yeah baby!

too big hurts and takes too long to warm up for

britni has definitely said it best.

Why have a Ferrari if you don’t know how to drive it?

You mean a mushroom poking from a grassy field isn’t long and thick?

the thing i live most about my group of close guy friends is that instead of being macho assholes bragging about the size of their cocks, they all joke about how SMALL their dicks are. and it’s not in a childlike teasing way, it’s more like “yeah, my peen is like a lima bean but i like it like that” way. my boyfriend jokes all the time that my dick is bigger than his! all of this self depricating humor is totally HOT because it serves as an equalizer between men and women and it’s totally smart because when you do get in bed with a guy like that 9 times out of 10 it won’t matter how big or small his package is. it’ll will be his self confidence that gives you the best orgasm EVER.

My husband…ugh… Magnum’s ARE to small for him. He’s long just barely 8 inches. He’s as thick around as my forearm just above my wrist. I am not a skinny girl. However he has been of the belief that his size alleviates the need for skill.

I find it pathetic that he’s had to be taught sexual techniques over the years, how to really pleasure a woman, from someone who is asexual like myself. I find it pathetic that I came to him a virgin and he was already a father and yet I knew more about sex than he did. (What’s a clitorus? It’s where?)

He gets upset with me when I tell him that if it were possible I’d want him to cut off two inches.

The really funny thing about him is, his self confidence has everything to do with his large cock. He is cocky! He walks around with his head (the one on his shoulders) held high. He can face almost anyone and everything…All this solely based on the fact that he has a big pee pee.

Well! I think that kind of confidence should only be allowed if you actually know how to use the tool in question instead of just being one.

I don’t know where men get this silly idea that bigger is better. To me, it’s all in the way that you use it.

And guys, think of it this way: If I told you I had DDs and then my picture confirmed that I, in fact, had Bs, what would you think?

Maybe the women with the painted fingernails was squeezing really hard?

(7″ and a little thicker than usual. But mine is prehensile)

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a prehensile penis?

:)

Yep, I agree. And I’m getting really fucking tired of the guys who seem to think, like one commenter up there, that the large cock is all they need. They’ll stick it in and I’ll be spurting for days.

Nah, I’ll still need clitoral massage, and you’re still gonna be workin’ some time there, bub.

“Hello? Isn’t this about me, and not The Mighty Penis?”

Good posting. Silly men.

I have the same thoughts at (likely) the same site. It’s not just in photos, either. I’ve been with guys who “apologize” for their large size and then I find out that they’re average. (Which isn’t a bad thing!)

I wondered how they could have no clue about what was or wasn’t average, being on such a site. Then I realized that when *they* log in, they’re not confronted with a screen full of penises! And, of course, they never go browsing other guys’ profiles. (I browse other gals’ profiles both for the pleasure and to check out the competition. lol.)

So, anyway, I don’t think they’re consciously misrepresenting themselves; they actually think they ARE “long/thick.”

I think this is one instance where media causes unreasonable body image ideals accompanied by low self esteem. Just like females are portrayed as thin, bosomy and beautiful, men are shown as muscular tall and packing. I think the major difference here is that a woman is more likely to scrounge through hundreds of photos to find one that they think makes them look the hottest and therefore bypass the “about my looks” part of the profile. A man will just look through a few and pick an alright one and embellish the hell out of himself.

My favorite line is that I am firmly in the Hall Of Average!

My response to the size question is that it is just perfect for me.

The other thing that is really interesting to me is that the older I get, the more that size is really not much of a factor. When I was young, I thought it was “insert penis and pound away until everyone is happy”. Unfortunately, it took me a while to realize that not only is that not very effective, but there are a myriad of really cool and fun and exciting and fulfilling things to do that have absolutely nothing to do with penetration. Don’t get me wrong, to me, penetration cannot be surpassed for intimacy. I experience a profound emotional connection with penetration, but my partners and I have more intense orgasms through other means. :)

Somehow, with that admission, I feel like I am going to be called on the carpet by the Man Club!

Just curious.. are there generally accepted/preferred ways of measuring a penis? I mean, front, side, back?

Actually, length when fully erect, as well as circumference when in the same condition should be the rule. Plus a full lenth color picture of the man.

Then you’d get fact.

And you’d know if that was your idea of a big thivk cock or not. Or even a luscious one - or not.

Check out a blog called ‘Desperately seeking something’ - now there is truth :)

Men who lie are absurd. Like they think they won’t get busted ? And then just be a disappointment ? Meh.

Much better to be honest and take your chances, dude.

Whether they are good lovers or not is a wholly different question.

And yes, there is too big. Just as there is too small.
Yes, size makes a difference.

It’s mostly about what fits a woman’s body best for her own pleasure.

I may like 6′” long and 2″ thick, fully erect.

Some other woman may want nine inches long and couldn’t care less if it is only 1 1/4″ thick.

But regardless, big isn’t tiny. 4′” long and 1″ around when erect is small. So quit bluffing, guys.

and men who say they are ‘average’ well, usually they aren’t erring on the big side.

Kyle: I’ve heard of a couple of different accepted measurement standards, and based on which one you use changes the measurement by up to an inch.

Some go from the base of the shaft at the top, from pelvis to tip. Others go from the bottom side, and thus measure from where the scrotum ends, resulting in an obviously longer measurement.

Of course, the first measurement could be thought of as the “functional” length when it comes to sex, since any additional length isn’t going to create any positive effects for your partner anyway.

Another issue most people don’t talk about is curvature or variation in shape. I’ve got an almost coke-bottle taper–I’m thickest at about the 3/4s length, this can be both boon and bane, obviously.

One of my girls tells me that she had an ex with a severe upward curve, which was actually really good since it allowed for excellent g-spot stimulation in most ‘facing’ positions.

I say, use what you have to the best of your ability, and learn as much as you can.

[shrug].

Good point! This equates, to me, to boobs (like Finn said). Everyone likes something different. For my husband, it has to be BIG BIG BIG (boobs, that is). For me, I don’t really care how big they are as long as they’re shaped nicely (mine definitely aren’t).

Bigger ain’t always better.

I know this post was about dick, but it just made me crave popcorn. True story.

I was curious about the comment on the prehensile penis and did a Google search. Apparently dolphins have them. Check out this link if you want any further info:

[link redacted by admin]

Google if you will, but I can’t keep that link up. :) –aag

Being small in the shorts is kind of like being black in the military was in the old days: “You can join, but you’ll have to work twice as hard as everyone else”. Trust me: not fun in either case.
I hear a lot of women say “It’s all right to be small, so long as you have skill”. By which they mean: “always go down on me first”. Even granting men are easier to go down on (blessed relief!) can any of you imagine doing that?
Women say a lot of things in the name of not sounding shallow, but come sundown…same old story. If you’re on the level, blessya, but I really doubt it.

Can we imagine doing…what? Going down first? Why yes, as a matter of fact, I can. :) –aag

my boyfriend proclaimed how small he was many times before getting into bed with him.

he lied. he’s not small. he is pleasantly average.
i asked him why he lied. his response was his ex had a dildo she used to yell about how “average” it was, and how he didn’t compare. the thing was 8″ long and at least 2″ in diameter. no wonder he lied, he’d rather come in “small” then let down my expectations.

just my experience.

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