My Penis and I - BBC 3 Wednesday 11.15 pm
can I recommend a programme that's on BBC3 at 11.15pm Wednesday and 3.05am Thursday morning its called
My Penis and I _____(this is also a link to the after show discussion) I think its important as feminists that we be aware of the effect that societies oppression around gender has on men. This film is one man's exploration about peoples fears around talking about penises and especially when they are smaller than average. It covers people obsession with men having larger penises, the industry that caters to this obsession, how the ancient Greeks viewed penises differently then we do today, his attempts to talk openly about penises in society, and the exhibition he held in Hoxton London in February 2007 where he displayed lots of pictures of flaccid penises sent to him anonymously by men. It shows that penises are diverse and are as different from each other as peoples faces. It also breaks the taboo that says women bodies can be seen naked but not men's.
In western society, there seems to be a growing presumption that all men are expected to be at least average in size and if not then they should be ashamed. For me this is part of a growing need for people to be as sexually dimorphic as possible, it also speaks volumes about peoples fears around feminism, and ideas that sex/gender/sexuality is something that is personally defined.
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