Mark
08-03-2009, 01:49 PM
All,
For several years now, essays on the topic of the so called "small penis syndrome" have been accumulating comments such that these essays have become defacto forums in themselves. Recently, we've had some issues with the tone of the discussion happening there with increasing anger and hostility and threats occurring. As a result, I have shut down the ability to leave new comments for these essays.
I am attempting to move the discussion to the community proper where a perceived sense of less anonymity and a better capability to moderate may help regulate the discussion tone. I don't know how successful this transition will be, however, as some of the participants are extremely sensitive and ashamed and defensively proud and may not wish to be part of anything not exclusively devoted to their needs. Because this is a general mental health community, in which a variety of people discuss a variety of issues, some stigmatized quite a bit, they may not want to come here, but I wish to give it a try. I've tried to compensate for the need to be somewhat separated from the rest of the community by creating a "special topics" area, but who knows how that will go over.
I have come to understand Small Penis Syndrome as a very real mental health issue which is perhaps a form of social phobia, in some cases accompanied by extremely strong fixed hopelessness beliefs, and with an intense element of shame and thus anger and anger mangement issues. Needless to say, we won't be tolerating any jokes on the subject, not that this crowd needs to be sensitized as to why that should be the case.
Please do what you can to politely welcome any people who wish to talk about this stuff and otherwise stay out of their way if they seem grumpy.
Mark
For several years now, essays on the topic of the so called "small penis syndrome" have been accumulating comments such that these essays have become defacto forums in themselves. Recently, we've had some issues with the tone of the discussion happening there with increasing anger and hostility and threats occurring. As a result, I have shut down the ability to leave new comments for these essays.
I am attempting to move the discussion to the community proper where a perceived sense of less anonymity and a better capability to moderate may help regulate the discussion tone. I don't know how successful this transition will be, however, as some of the participants are extremely sensitive and ashamed and defensively proud and may not wish to be part of anything not exclusively devoted to their needs. Because this is a general mental health community, in which a variety of people discuss a variety of issues, some stigmatized quite a bit, they may not want to come here, but I wish to give it a try. I've tried to compensate for the need to be somewhat separated from the rest of the community by creating a "special topics" area, but who knows how that will go over.
I have come to understand Small Penis Syndrome as a very real mental health issue which is perhaps a form of social phobia, in some cases accompanied by extremely strong fixed hopelessness beliefs, and with an intense element of shame and thus anger and anger mangement issues. Needless to say, we won't be tolerating any jokes on the subject, not that this crowd needs to be sensitized as to why that should be the case.
Please do what you can to politely welcome any people who wish to talk about this stuff and otherwise stay out of their way if they seem grumpy.
Mark