
The age-old, and pretty racist, myth that Black men are bigger in the bulge department has been debunked. As he bares it all (pun not intended), psychologist Bill Johnson spoke his classic HuffPo op-ed piece on the complex issue of stereotypes, challenging preconceptions about size, and the quest for self-acceptance in the Black community.
Let’s take a further look at the “Black men are bigger” stereotype
“I have a problem with my dick size…it’s not big and I want it to be! … I’m also Black, and the ‘word’ is all Black men have a large phallus.”
Psychologist Bill Johnson in his Huffington Post op-ed
According to Johnson, he doesn’t know exactly how large he is because he’s never actually measured. If he had to guess, though, Johnson says he’d probably land in the “average” category. But the real problem, Johnson points out, isn’t the size of a penis at all. Instead, it’s the racist stereotype that because of his skin color he’s supposed to be bigger, thicker, longer.
“I have internalized the racist notion that Black men have big dicks…which has its roots in European racism, used to justify slavery and racial oppression.”
Bill Johnson continues to drop truth bombs in his Huffington Post op-ed
What can be done about the “Black men are bigger” myth?
For starters, Johnson says, we need to drop the stereotype. According to him, the idea is that black men are “lust-driven” and “animalistic.” That stereotype, Johnson argues, continues to this day, particularly in the adult film industry.
Johnson goes on to explain that many of the adult movies with Black men in starring roles use racial themes in the title and often as the flick’s primary selling point. In his mind, “the idea of the salacious Black male and his monster cock has been used to perpetuate the objectification and brutality of African American men.”
Also, people need to get over their obsession with penis-size.
“Contrary to popular belief, human males are the best endowed of the hominids, proportionate to body size,” he writes. “The average human penis size is five inches. If men were not bombarded with a barrage of messages preaching their inadequacy, insecurities related to the male genitalia would be minimal.”
In the end, Bill Johnson’s op-ed sheds light on the importance of addressing harmful racial stereotypes head-on. It’s a reminder that we all have unique qualities that define us beyond the color of our skin or the size of our bodies. So, let’s ditch the harmful, racist stereotypes!
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1EqualityUSA
The only non-negative stories about Black men and women tend to focus on body parts. One dimensional. Let’s have some positive stories, edifying and uplifting stories about successful non-white brothers and sisters. It’s demeaning to focus only on negative stories and body parts. Black people can be surgeons, musicians, artists, soldiers, writers, and everyday good eggs. How is it that Queerty only writes about the ones who are violent, homophobic, spreaders of communicable diseases, shooters of journalists, and losers? Positive images will not threaten people.
Xzamilio
Shit, I already knew that. The average thing between my legs… looking like an African refugee. Good thing I have a great personality that I put on for show that totally works for duration I want it to before I stop faking it and show them the real me and they run for the hills but keep coming back because I prey on masochists lol!!
Xzamilio
@1EqualityUSA: Queerty is what Queerty is. I’ve seen positive articles about black people on this site, and there are plenty on other sites that cater primarily to us as blacks. 1. Queerty doesn’t cater to any audience except the LCD of the gay community: horny white guys, and that’s whatever. You’re not gonna get hard line news from a site that constantly displays Andrew Christian ads and Underwear Expert articles… that’s why it’s good to have more than one LGBT oriented site saved on your browser.
Come on now… you’ve been doing this for a minute lol
I mean, how many articles are on here about gay native Americans? They exist… And They. Are. Fucking. Hot.
lauraspencer
“That stereotype, Johson argues, continues to this day, particularly in the adult film industry.”
Ummmmmm. He does realize that in the same adult film industry white men are also portrayed as having bigger dicks than the average man and women have bigger breasts than in reality? The size issue in porn isn’t isolated only to black performers.
Ladbrook
I’m over 50, so my “partner total” is much higher than I’d ever admit, but I learned years ago that there is almost no way to tell how long, thick, or large a man’s dick is simply by judging the rest of his physical characteristics. In addition to race, one’s height, weight, age, foot-size, finger length, and nose size have (literally) no correlation to a man’s junk. The largest dick I ever experienced was just over 10″ (yeah, I measured it) and it belonged to a 64 yr old white guy who stood all of 5’9 and was skinny as a rail. And no, bigger is not better… it was also very thick, and I walked funny for two days after that one.
1EqualityUSA
Xzamilio, I’m in contact with everyday people who are successful and loving and have their stuff together. It’s odd to see only the negative side reflected on Queerty, unless the topic is body parts. Good point about Native Americans. If every week negative images were projected about them, they may object as well. Hilarious description of your unit.
Xzamilio
@1EqualityUSA: Oh, my boy is sad. I mean, it’s average, but have you ever seen the disappointment in someone’s face when they realize that’s pretty much it?
I think Native Americans would like some kind of recognition in MSM, but in regards to what you said, I feel that we often put it to others to share a picture of us that we want the world to see when we should be the ones doing it. I’m just saying… at this point, it’s like TMZ. You know what they’re about, and bad or good, it’s a model that obviously works for them. The majority of Queerty’s content is related to sex.
Kangol
Wow, Queerty, really?
You rarely if ever feature black or other POC men on here. Now on your front page you have only 2 articles about black guys, one an article about a psychotic killer, and the other about p3nis size. Come on! You can do better than this!
Why not feature that black gay MLB baseball player who came out? Why not feature articles about the out blatino gay NYC city councilor? Why not feature more articles about men and people of color that are NOT stereotypical or negative? Is it that hard to do?
TrueWords
There are many gay white men who want “the myth of a black man” for a short period of time and/or behind closed doors but be friends, date and/or have a long term relationship with a black man…that idea/notion/action is as foreign as eating french fries with mayonnaise…
Also far too many black men gay and straight enjoy the power of the Mandingo stereotype (they actively endorse it and keep it alive) and whether it be sexually or physically.”
This is limiting and reducing in nature whether you serve up as a Black man or it comes from someone else.
Bauhaus
@TrueWords:
Is there any other way to eat fries?
@Xzamilio:
The best measure of a well-endowed man is his personality.
Clark35
A lot of my black male friends told me how they have stopped dating white men who are bottoms because a lot of white men obsess over the myth that black=hung and want black men only because of this.
moldisdelicious
@1EqualityUSA:
You may not think it matters but there’s a lot of ignorant people out there that need to know this. Don’t get why folks are protesting against this. They clearly didn’t read the article.
MarionPaige
Race Sex http://www.bitchless.net/index.php?showtopic=106540
jwtraveler
@Xzamilio: I always appreciate your comments. Uniquely rational, thoughtful and respectful. And as an English teacher, I appreciate the fact that you have a good command of the written English language, which is tragically rare these days.
jwtraveler
Men are taller than women. That’s an average. There are tall women and short men, but that doesn’t change the fact that the average man is taller than the average woman.
Masc Pride
He says none of his partners have complained about his “shortcoming”, so what’s the issue? Oh right, to complain about r ace! He seems like another Black guy who wants to complain about White people…while dating mostly White people. From what I’ve seen, Black guys who aren’t obsessed with White men/women don’t seem to complain much about the myth. It seems they actually like it.
Stache99
“we need to drop the stereotype. Also, people need to get over their obsession with penis-size.”
Except it’s not just a stereotype. Black men on average are bigger. That’s just a fact. People have always been obsessed with penis size. Go back to any time in history and you’ll see that large penis’s were worshiped. Yes pun intended. It’s in our evolution and why humans have bigger breasts and penis’s to attract mates.
Stache99
@Kangol: I think you just love to complain. One minute your complaining about no black men featured. The next you don’t like how black men are being featured.
Xzamilio
@jwtraveler: Well… I thank you for that. My ego-wiener just grew two inches. Look out, Ron Jeremy. Is he still relevant?
Captain Obvious
What a dumb thing to whine about. I feel like the only man in America who doesn’t care about penis size. It’s never registered to me and seems like an ignorant thing to notice.
Does anyone care if their hands, feet, or eyes are smaller? You have no control over how your body turns out, grow up.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
The only one statement that one can say about peen sizes is that there is ABSOLUTLY no one myth that is true
I have been with Asian guys who are bigger than 10″ Black guys who are 1001% completley average. The only three flavors of guys who are more than likely to be more than a mouthfull are:
1- Tall thin guys
2- Guys in the 5’5″-5’7″height range
3- Italian guys.
jwtraveler
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS: So ABSOLUT[E]LY no myth about penis size is true, except the 3 that you mention.
Captain Obvious
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS: You do realize you’re just perpetuating more dumb myths and stupidity right?
Penis size is random. It has nothing to do with ethnicity, height, or body type.
It’s not an accomplishment and nothing to be proud about. It’s a penis, every male has one(unless he’s rather unlucky), it’s not worth all this dissection.
Blackceo
This is so stupid. Of course not EVERY Black man has a big dick. But hasn’t this topic been discussed to death and haven’t there been studies broken down geographically about this? On average, I think Black men do have bigger dicks. Just like on average, I think Asian men have smaller dicks. Sure you gonna find a 3″ Black dick and a 9″ Asian dick in the mix. I think certain people want it to be debunked because god forbid Black men can have the advantage in an area that society foolishly has placed such value on regarding a man’s sexual desirability (dick size).
Bob LaBlah
From the article: ““Many of the adult movies with Black men in starring roles use racial themes in the title and often as the flick’s primary selling point,” Johnson explains.”
That alone should tell people this is a product they are selling. Who in their right mind looks at movies and believes that is how ALL of them MUST be? I guess I could look at an old Brent Corrigan movie and believe all young twinks can take two up their rear end at once.
Hey, if they aren’t satisfied with what you have then put your pants on and leave. Its just that simple. You don’t pick your “size” nor more than you pick your parents, brothers, sisters…….you have what you have and like it or not it’s best to live with it.
Patrick Davenport-Ybarra
African men had larger penises due to natural selection over time by their mates. Obviously things change as countries are colonized and migrations happen and new genes are introduced in the pool. Don’t know why he thinks black men’s penis size is why they were oppressed. Black women were and are equally oppressed.
Tackle
@Blackceo: Exactly! And well put. It seems that the only people who keep rehashing this is “insecure” white men, who are just praying and hoping that this is not true, and will look and reach for any counter story to try to debunk what is universally known as fact.
notevenwrong
“He’s”?!
Billy Budd
Black men have ON AVERAGE, bigger dicks. This is a scientific fact.
Billy Budd
Asian men have, ON AVERAGE, smaller dicks. This is a scientific fact.
Billy Budd
Caucasian Men have, ON AVERAGE, medium sized dicks. This is a scientific fact.
Finrod
Not sure that one man who can’t even define the size of his willie really constitutes debunking.
Aromaeus
Yikes @ Queerty for even writing this.
jwtraveler
@Captain Obvious: Be careful. You’ll incite the wrath of the transgender men who claim that one’s genitals are unrelated to one’s gender.
KlausRose
@Stache99: Yes the beginning was true on average a black man’s penis is bigger then all races but the difference is literally within an inch (around 6-6.5) that in itself is not considered to be large so the stereotype itself when people say black men have large dicks is mostly untrue….all races have men who are huge but its not half or most only some men have big penis because it is kind of rare….yes the average size penis of a black man is bigger that’s literally the only time you can say they are bigger but in general there not always bigger then all other race’s…Look at Jonah Falcon he’s a white man with the biggest penis in the world…and another thing as far as i know back then Big penis was actually looked down upon or were feared….but the last like 50 years or so people have enjoyed at least looking at a big dick…sure some parts of history people pref or liked it but the majority did not like big dicks back then….All i’m saying is that Black men know they won’t get a huge penis…they’ll have a nice dick size but that doesnt mean there going to be over 7 inches all the time…that’s not how it works ..So pls guys just get rid of “Black is always better” because it isnt ..and if you don’t believe me check a documentary of black men and women talking about the stereotype in a completely negative but truthful way
zuluguy
*sigh. How has this website still not posted on the legacy of the late Julian Bond? The man was very vocal in his support of LGBT folks and despite criticism he always maintained that gay rights were civil rights. Despite this he can’t even get a shout out? But we can talk about black men penis sizes or this psycho that shot two reporters? But not even a shout out tho? Smh
Tackle
First off, Jonah Falcon penis is enhanced. And it is beyond ridiculous to believe that his is the biggest penis in the world. Has a search been done over the whole continent of Africa? There are probably guys here in the US, in the boroughs of NY. Chicago’s South Side. Ghettos & Public Housing all across America that has a bigger penis than fake Falcon. Offer a million dollars for the worlds largest penis, and lets see how long the white penis savior stays the so-called worlds biggest.
And it’s very true that big penises have become desirable within the last 50yrs. People forget that in the 1920’s 30’s, having a large penis was looked down upon. The sentiment was, it was associated with having a lower IQ.
And who said, Black is always better?? Having a big penis has NOTHING to do with , if one is sexy. Gonna be a good lover, great personality:etc,etc.
And I don’t know of any Black males, who go around giving high-fives because of penis size. That is the insecurity of, some White males, mostly gay, who keep bringing this to the forefront: No other race or group of people. I guess it bothers some that a very desirable sexual feature is on a group of men that is often times deemed the most undesirable.
Tackle
@zuluguy: To somewhat answer your question. Julian Bond was a Black. This site/ and the LGBTQ community often times does not acknowledge the contributions that people of color have played in the advancement of LGBTQ civil rights.
Blackceo
@zuluguy:
I sounded the horn no this right after Julian Bond died. One of the responses I got was “he’s not gay” yet this site has no problem reporting on a straight Black athlete that says “no homo” or “fa**ot” to reinforce this narrative that the Black communities homophobia is somehow more destructive and rampant than other communities. Julian Bond was one of the most prominent Black Civil Rights leaders to strongly advocate for gay marriage and gay equality and said that gay rights were civil rights, something that put him at odds with many in the Black community. But you know what, Julian Bond got his well deserved recognition from other gay websites, HRC, and other media for his great contributions in making this world a better place. Its just not a good look that this site will be quick to post something negative, but totally overlook this man’s positive contribution to gay equality. And then people wonder why some of us bring up what seems like shadiness toward people of color on this site. Well, this is proof that those concerns and suspicions are not unwarranted.
McShane
@Blackceo:
No, you’re right it isn’t a good look. I used to send stories into the, Tip to share? Tell us! They would post the fluff pieces pretty quickly and then drag ass on anything that had substance. I don’t remember what story it was but, I read about it right when it was breaking and sent it to Queerty. Nothing… a day later I sent a story about some random hot guy, BOOM, that was up in hours. Then the story I was hoping they would post, had really gained traction and was all over the internet and people were talking about it. Queerty posted it a week after it blew up and everyone had already seen it. It got maybe like, three comments and they were all r@cist as f*ck. So… I do remember you sounding off about Mr. Bond, right when he passed. I went and read all about him and learned quite a bit that I didn’t know about. So, thanks.
LibraOracle
Well not all black men have big dicks and all black girls have big butts,breeding between races and exchange of genes could change their inheritance,1 out of 10 black men would be under average due to these factors.