Phallic Fantasies Found to be False

[sarisataka]

Or-

Pistol Packing and Pecker Pride

Size Matters? Penis Dissatisfaction and Gun Ownership in America

Abstract

In this study, we formally examine the association between penis size dissatisfaction and gun ownership in America. The primary hypothesis, derived from the psychosexual theory of gun ownership, asserts that men who are more dissatisfied with the size of their penises will be more likely to personally own guns. To test this hypothesis, we used data collected from the 2023 Masculinity, Sexual Health, and Politics (MSHAP) survey, a national probability sample of 1,840 men, and regression analyses to model personal gun ownership as a function of penis size dissatisfaction, experiences with penis enlargement, social desirability, masculinity, body mass, mental health, and a range of sociodemographic characteristics. We find that men who are more dissatisfied with the size of their penises are less likely to personally own guns across outcomes, including any gun ownership, military-style rifle ownership, and total number of guns owned. The inverse association between penis size dissatisfaction and gun ownership is linear; however, the association is weakest among men ages 60 and older. With these findings in mind, we failed to observe any differences in personal gun ownership between men who have and have not attempted penis enlargement. To our knowledge, this is the first study to formally examine the association between penis size and personal gun ownership in America. Our findings fail to support the psychosexual theory of gun ownership. Alternative theories are posited for the apparent inverse association between penis size dissatisfaction and personal gun ownership, including higher levels of testosterone and constructionist explanations.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15579883241255830

It was bound to happen that someone would study this.

[Silent Type]

1. I'll stick with my original impression of gun-humping ammosexuals in my area. There's a reason they tuck their guns

in their pants.

[hlthe2b]

2. Somehow, this former instructor in survey design is not buying that "penis size" equates to SELF-REPORTED

dissatisfaction and that one can serve as a proxy for the other. No validation methods... Just an assumption that self-reported dissatisfaction is a proxy for penis size. And that is hardly where the survey design limitations begin and end.



The old adage of "inputs v outputs" in observational study design again holds: "garbage in, garbage out."

[Think. Again.]

3. Because most gun owners are always honest about things like that.

[ret5hd]

4. "...but it's HUGE! I promise!"

[Think. Again.]

6. Well it MUST be because you own a machine gun, silly!

[Marcuse]

5. !

[Scrivener7]

7. .

[stopdiggin]

8. did anybody ever take this as anything more

than internet meme/humor and psycobabble .. ?
Always more of a playground taunt that anything else.

Edit: Opps, sorry. Somebody actually wrote a paper ... Which is sort of deflating in and of itself ...
(while not saying a great deal about science or academic rigor)

[yagotme]

9. Why didn't they include female gun owners in the survey?

Or, would that completely dismiss the whole idea OF the survey?

[sarisataka]

10. .

Rate of gun ownership among females dissatisfied with their partner's penis size....

[yagotme]

11. The bigger the gun, the smaller the partner...