Why do some men, like Kavanaugh, think everybody wants to look at their penises?

[MoonRiver]

[abqtommy]

1. It's definitely a mental illness.

[MoonRiver]

3. It may be a form, or pattern, of narcissism.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. in some cases there could be an element of intimidation.

Not the photos so much (some misguided nitwits apparently think those are a turn-on), but exhibiting it directly to people who didn't express an interest in seeing it. How is a drunken frat boy who shows a woman his junk at a party that much different from a street-corner exhibitionist? Maybe the purpose isn't to make the woman think he's sexy but to scare her and gross her out.

[MoonRiver]

11. Those men are actually scary. How far is it from flashing to rape?

Probably not very far. That's why I totally believe Dr. Ford.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Sometimes exhibitionists and peeping Toms do progress to rape.

Not all of them turn into rapists, but a guy who waves his junk around at a party has a weird attitude, at least. I've been to some pretty drunken parties in my youth, and never, ever saw anything like that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I've never understood the dick-pic phenomenon.

Don't send me photos of that and don't show it to me in person. It doesn't make me think you're sexy; it makes me think you're weird and pervy.

[tblue37]

5. It's electronic flashing. Displaying it is a form of dominance. They don't think you

want to see it--quite the opposite, in fact.

(This doesn't include such pics sent by mutual agreement with the recipient.)

[leftstreet]

4. Patriarchy tells men it's THE most important thing in the world

It's evidence of their superiority

Why then shouldn't they proudly display it?

[MoonRiver]

6. Um, because they come across as idiots?

Or, at least to me they do.

[leftstreet]

10. LOL

no kidding

[Ohiogal]

7. Do they think

we are all going to ooh and ahh over it? Do they think it turns a woman on?

If only they knew, it elicits the exact opposite reaction.

[MoonRiver]

9. Exactly, ugh.

[not_the_one]

20. It shows they have nothing but contempt for women.

Maybe we should feel sorry for the women in their lives...

I have mixed feelings about that, since they CHOSE to be, or continue to be in their lives.

They may have deserved a fuck to be given, but I am fresh out.

[Polybius]

12. It's always men that do this

Women don't drop their pants, grab someone's hand, and put it on their vaginas.

[Takket]

14. They are perverts.

[Cousin Dupree]

15. Because in their minds all they are is a penis

[csziggy]

16. Because they have nothing else to offer women

They are without any socially redeemable qualities.

[NotASurfer]

17. Post in DU yesterday might have been onto something

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181261183

Maybe he overindulged in that particular wine and started to think, of course they do, it's magic

[Funtatlaguy]

18. Maybe it is pretty and 🍄 shaped

[MineralMan]

19. That's an excellent question, but one I cannot answer.

It would never enter my mind to do such a thing. As a human male, I have one of those, but I can't imagine anyone I'm not intimate with being interested in seeing it.