Male neuroticism

[juicy]

This might sound like Im taking the P, but does anyone know of a psychological term for male anxiety over the size of their... manhood!? It's for an essay, honest!

[BigDogsWang]

Aveyegotasmallnadgernoia.

Never suffered from it, myself.

[LazyGun]

LoL.

There is actually a defined clinical state called "Small Penis Syndrome".

And for your information and entertainment, evidence that anxiety over the size of penis is both cross cultural and timeless;

Throughout history there have been a variety of references to penile enhancement. The Indian Sadhus and Peruvian Cholomecs used weights, similar to the Penile Tissue Expander, to attain increased lengths of 12 to 18 inches. Their penises were not usable; they were altered simply for the sake of aesthetics. The Dayaks of Borneo (Talalaj & Talalaj, 1994) mutilated their penises for their partner's pleasure. They would stick needles through their glans and leave them there until a hole had formed. The next step was to find items to stick in the holes that would stimulate his partner. The man with the most decorations was said to be the best lover and all the women then pursued him.

The Topinama of Brazil (Talalaj & Talalaj, 1994) in the sixteenth century would significantly enlarge their penis by encouraging poisonous snakes to bite their penis. They were in pain for approximately six months but the men felt the pain was worth the sacrifice. At the end of the six months the men had a monstrous sized penis that delighted their women.

[juicy]

Lol BigDogs, bet my tutor would love that in my essay!

Wow, thanks for all the info LazyGun! Tis quite amusing!

But do you know the term for just the male anxiety,
regardless of whether their penis is actually small?

[China Doll]

Hey Juicy,

No time to go through this for you I'm afraid but have a whizz and see what you think...

http://phobialist.com/

[juicy]

Thanks for the list, still can't find it tho!

Although reading: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words - put a smile on my face!

[China Doll]

I could make one up.... micro-phallophobia... perhaps that's the rule... if you can't see the one you want just make it up!

[juicy]

Haha, genius! Think I might do that!

[warpig1]

pmsl @ the fear of long words, whoever made that one up is just one sick, cruel barsteward!

[juicy]

Lol, I wonder how long it took them to type it out! I went with phallic inferiority complex in the end... pretty boring considering the things people have come up with!