John1986 wrote:
I think it's best if I stay off these forums. I'm clearly very very different to most people on here and don't really fall in line with the whole LH ethos.
Ah, but see that's just it: there is no "most people" here! ^_^ Honestly, that's the beauty of it, you can find someone to represent pretty much any point of view here, and for the most part people will be tolerant, even if they don't agree. All that's asked is that you grant the same courtesy.
I know all you're trying to do is make everyone see where you're coming from with your generalisation, but all everyone else is asking you to accept is that it's your opinion and can't be held as 'fact'. Neither would anyone here claim as fact that all men love small boobs, or even that most men don't give a crap what size they are once they're getting to give 'em a honk! Bit of give and take, and that's all there is to it.
Thing with generalisations is that they are handy for processing, but only when it's necessary. For a context-neutral thing, we say "i before e, except after c". But then we find words like "weird" that go against that. Doesn't mean we stop teaching that rule, we just also teach that there's exceptions to it. In cases like that, 'generalising' is handy, because it means that 99% of the time, you follow it and you get it right, which is better than guessing blindly will get you. However, when you get to much more fluid data, such as personal preferences in breast sizes, it's impossible to generalise, because you cannot get a large enough sample size to derive that claim from, and even if you could, you couldn't rely on the results to be perfectly factual - hell, even lie detectors aren't good enough, as some reports claim as low as ~70% accuracy (it does amuse me that there's not even a single true answer as to how accurate they are, but that's a personal love of irony). And, after all that, you have to account for shifting fashion trends, which could change before you even compile all that hard-earned data! Basically, it's not something that's possible to generalise about without fallacious reasoning. However, you're defeinitely allowed to say that you've found that most men prefer big boobs, or even that you can see the logic behind the notion that men are programmed to like them bigger. Basically, stating it as an opinion, rather than dressing it up as a generalisation.
Bear in mind, too, that you could be insulting people without meaning it. No, it doesn't mean you have to be all crazy-PC and not squeak lest someone be offended, lawdy lawdy. Just remember that body image is a very sensitive subject - as you yourself are aware, being so conscious of your penis size that you're willing to do special exercises to get the tiniest of results! - so saying somethign like "bigger is better, so say all of mankind" does indirectly say "those smaller members of the audience? fuck off, no one wants you except the odd freak." Not your intention, I know, but when it's such a sensitive subject, it's better to try and be a bit mre considerate.