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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
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.
It was bound to happen that someone would study this.
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Phallic Fantasies Found to be False (Original Post)
sarisataka
Jun 9
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I'll stick with my original impression of gun-humping ammosexuals in my area. There's a reason they tuck their guns
Silent Type
Jun 9
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Silent Type
(5,305 posts)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
(104,705 posts)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.
(14,902 posts)3. Because most gun owners are always honest about things like that.
ret5hd
(21,060 posts)4. "...but it's HUGE! I promise!"
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Think. Again.
(14,902 posts)6. Well it MUST be because you own a machine gun, silly!
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stopdiggin
(12,341 posts)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
(3,638 posts)9. Why didn't they include female gun owners in the survey?
Or, would that completely dismiss the whole idea OF the survey?
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Rate of gun ownership among females dissatisfied with their partner's penis size....
yagotme
(3,638 posts)11. The bigger the gun, the smaller the partner...
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