Penis Activists Protest On LA Streets To End ‘Small Dong Shame’

Hundreds of protesters hit the streets in downtown Los Angeles last weekend to call for an end to the stigma surrounding small penises.

Men and women marched through the city's Pershing Square Saturday as part of the "Small Dong March," Sky News Australia reported.

The protest was organized by YouTubers Chad Kroeger and JT Parr in an effort to end the "shame" associated with below-average sized penises, according to the outlet.

"This is real, we need you there. I know some people are embarrassed to show up, but if you have a small dong, the truth will come out. So own that truth," Kroeger and Parr, whose real names are Tom Allen and John Thomas Parr, pleaded online ahead of the march.

The pair announced the protest on Oct. 5 in a video uploaded to their YouTube channel and sought help from allies who "don't even have a small dong or don't even have a dong."

"No more shame for people with small penises. Let's live freely and let's live happily," Allen was quoted as saying in the video.

Hundreds of activists reportedly joined the march in response to the YouTubers' plea. Several of those who marched were women or allies, according to the New York Post.

The demonstrators held placards and wore penis-shaped costumes while chanting "end small dong shame," which was the statement written on the banner leading the march.

"There’s nothing wrong with a small dong," one person's sign read.

"All dongs are created equal!" another one said.

Similar protests occurred in South Korea in May over symbols that men's rights groups claimed were insulting men.

One of the allegedly offensive images portrayed hands with the thumbs and the index fingers pinching toward each other, which is used to indicate something small in South Korea. The image was also reportedly associated with a now-defunct feminist group that used the image in its logo.

Three South Korean companies, including the country's largest convenience store chain GS25, were forced to pull ads and other content over the symbols.

The average length of an erect penis is between 5.1 and 5.5 inches, according to a study published in 2020.

Another study classified a penis less than 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) in length as a “micropenis.”