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Can a woman have a penis? How to understand disagreements about gender recognition

Published: August 28, 2018 11.52am BST

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Katharine Jenkins has previously received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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Members of a small women’s rights group, Liverpool ReSisters , have declared that “women don’t have penises”. They seem to be very confident of this point, having gone as far as to paste stickers claiming as much onto the genital areas of some of the statues that make up Anthony Gormley’s artwork Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool. It’s an attention-grabbing stunt. But are they right? Well, it depends on what they mean by “women”.
That claim might sound strange. We might think that it’s obvious what “woman” means. And that’s partly because there’s a myth about men and women that has a had a firm grip on our society for a long time. It goes like this:
There are exactly two kinds of people. One kind, men, have a penis, testes, and XY chromosomes, and the other kind, women, have a vulva, uterus, breasts, and XX chromosomes. Everyone is one or the other. Men and women have different character traits that follow naturally from their different bodies, and therefore are suited to different social roles.
Over the last half-century or so, we have learned that hardly anything about this myth is true.
People’s bodies come in all sorts of configurations that don’t match up neatly with this division between male and female , and there’s no straightforward link between a person’s sexed body and their character traits. The system of social organisation based on sex limits people’s choices with no good reason. It ensures that men on the whole have greater power, opportunity and status compared to women.
On top of this, many people have a subjective sense of themselves as men, women, some other gender, or none at all, known as gender identity. Gender identity is not determined by a person’s body type, personality, or social role. Rather, it’s a matter of how someone feels most comfortable navigating our gendered society. Trans people are people whose gender identity is different from the way they were categorised as male or female at birth based on their body.
The myth that men and women have different characters and are suited to different social roles makes it seem like there is one thing going on here – biological sex – which has all sorts of natural implications. Some feminists have suggested that it’s better to think instead that there are two things going on: biological sex, and also gender, which can be thought of as the social upshots of having a biological sex in a society that’s in the grip of the myth I just described.
But whether we think in terms of one thing (sex) or two things (sex and gender), this is far too simple. Gender/sex is actually a complex, multifaceted cluster of things that interrelate and interact in myriad ways.
To see why this is so, think about all the different ways that we could divide people up based on gender/sex. Even if we just limited our focus to people’s bodies, we’d have lots of options: should we focus on chromosomes, or genitals, or secondary sex characteristics such as breasts and beards? Each of these would give us different results about who goes in which category. And when we move to look at the social world, it gets even more messy. If we focus on people who are perceived and treated as women or men, we’ll get different results in different contexts. Looking at gender identity will get us still more results, as will looking at how people fit in with stereotypes of gendered character traits (being caring, for instance) and at how people are legally classified.
Now, if gender/sex was one single thing, then there would be a single, definitive answer to the question, “Can women have penises?” As we’ve seen, though, it makes much more sense to think that gender/sex is not one single thing, but rather many different but related things. And that means that we can’t answer the question until we know what aspect of sex/gender we are trying to pick up on with the word “woman”.
More importantly, we also need to ask what aspect of sex/gender we should be trying to pick up on, given what we want to accomplish and the circumstances we are in. For example, for certain medical purposes – tests for different kinds of cancer, say – it would be most useful to divide people up based on their internal reproductive organs. For the purposes of tracking certain kinds of discrimination – job candidates not being hired because those doing the hiring think they might soon become pregnant and take maternity leave, for instance – it makes sense to focus on how people’s bodies are perceived by those around them. And if we wanted to divide people into those who can perform care work well and those who cannot, then no aspect of gender/sex would help us do this, because the skills necessary for care work don’t have anything to do with gender/sex.
At the moment, the UK government is consulting on whether it should make changes to the 2004 Gender Recognition Act, the piece of legislation that currently provides for trans people to be able to change their legal gender, including the gender on their birth certificate. Given the timing of their protest, it’s reasonable to assume that when the Liverpool ReSisters say that “women don’t have penises”, they are referring to how people’s legal gender should be decided.
However, there are good reasons to think that what matters for legal gender is actually gender identity. This is because the function of legal gender markers is to allow people to move through gendered society in certain ways – and gender identity is a matter of how someone feels most comfortable navigating gendered society. Trans people who are forced to move through society in a way that is fundamentally at odds with their gender identity report that this is a deeply distressing and harmful experience, and there is every reason to believe that these reports are truthful. Taking these harms seriously, in my view, means that the state’s recognition of people’s gender should pick up on gender identity.
If this is right, what does it mean for the Liverpool ReSisters’s claim that “women don’t have penises”? Well, since gender identity is not determined by what kind of genitals someone has, a person with a female gender identity might well have a penis. In other words, yes, some women do have penises.
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Bent, curved, thick, slim, big head, small head, circumcised or not circumcised — when it comes to penises, there’s plenty of variety to be enjoyed.
And that’s without even touching on balls, shades and veins.
The saying goes, it’s not the size that matters, but what you do with it.
Now, while I appreciate phalluses of all kinds, let’s be honest, some are more favourable than others.
You’ll struggle to find a woman declaring her love for the micro-penis .
In a recent study by Body Logic MD , it was revealed that 40% of the women surveyed preferred the ‘bender’, which tilts upwards and hits the sweet spot.
Runner-up was the ‘curve’, which is similar but with a less dramatic curvature, and it can go right, left, up or down.
The ‘chode’ — an overtly plump but short cock — wasn’t mentioned, but deserves a shout-out, too. It might not always reach the deep dark depths, but it’s a filler.
What makes an exceptionally good dick? To find out, I asked 20 women to share their preferences for the perfect penis.
It seems one size does not fit all.
Nothing too veiny or threatening. Some penises just sort of angrily stare at you.
A medium size is always good, pink and plush.
Dicks without a foreskin are nice, because they look much neater.
Some foreskin appears a bit saggy and sad. Girth is more important than length — about the thickness of a deodorant can.
And yes, I was in Boots checking out sizes as I thought about this.
I love an angry cock too, you know, all twitchy and veiny.
I had a bender once and it could touch corners that no-one had reached before.
It also went down my throat at the perfect angle.
I really dislike circumcised men, because I can’t cope with the actual penis.
With a foreskin, I know what I’m doing.
Otherwise, I’m not too picky, but no-one likes a really bendy one, do they?
Recently, I experienced a very girthy straight cock.
When I say girthy, I mean girthy; the same sort of circumference as a standard-sized coke can.
It was most delicious. Girth is where it’s at.
Doesn’t matter what it’s like, as long as it does the job right.
Although, I’m personally not into the chode and a bender can help hit the right spot.
I don’t really have a type, but I like ones that get really big and hard, although aren’t necessarily big when not erect.
Not a fan of circumcised penises though.
I feel like I’ve been able to work around all the dicks I’ve had.
Taking a really big cock can make things a little slower, so I tend to prefer ones that are slightly shorter and more versatile.
If I had to pick between girth and length, it’d be girth.
Although, my ex had a thick cock and it meant we weren’t able to have spontaneous sex, unless there was lube about.
I prefer a penis that still has its foreskin, but for functional reasons, rather than aesthetic.
And I love a thick vein down the shaft, so you can see it’s really hard. Not sure why else I’d enjoy a veiny presence.
Hair is OK on the balls and pubic area, but never on the actual cock.
The style of penis I prefer is any size or shape, wielded by a confident, enthusiastic partner who is interested in my pleasure, as well as their own.
I like a thick cock, veiny and firm.
And, I hate baggy foreskins, they make cocks look smaller. I don’t mind a curve and it doesn’t have to be long, but thick and proud is perfect.
A smooth solid penis is preferable, especially as I enjoy giving head and it’s nicer to do with a pretty penis.
As for intercourse, a slight bend is good but large isn’t necessarily better.
Too much length or girth is more hassle than it’s worth.
If my fingers touch when wrapped around his member, he’d better have a few tricks up his sleeve.
I like below-average in length and don’t care about the rest at all.
In my opinion, it’s more about technique than size and shape, but long ones are incredibly painful and not pleasurable in the slightest.
I’ve dumped guys for big penises, I’m not about that life.
Non-circumcised with a slight bend and proportionate length.
Think of my penis choice as the Beast from the East: a bit rough around the edges.
I never thought that I would have a preference, but recently I hooked up with someone who still had his skin and it was just odd.
Everything from how it looked when semi-hard to ‘oh my, what am I meant to be doing with this’ during the blowjob.
Generally though, you just work with what’s in front of you, right?
Just because you prefer one thing, it doesn’t mean that another will be bad.
Certain positions become uncomfortable with larger penises and things need to go more gently, which isn’t my preference.
As long as it does the job, I’m happy.
Genitals are pretty ugly anyway, but I’d rather have one that was evenly sized.
Not too aggressive or bright purple.
I prefer average or less, I find longer ones to be painful.
And, I also really like a big head.
However, there are many exceptions. It’s more about the person, their technique and openness to try new things.
Bigger and thicker than average, and not circumcised.
As long as it stays hard and tastes clean.

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