Hi to you all, this post is published by a specific account, mine, but it was collectively revised and edited by the whole team of the currently active moderators: u/kostis12345, u/Large_Veterinarian42, u/NakedAndLaid, and u/testes123testes123 (in alphabetical and not hierarchical order). For this reason it is a post that we all in essence cosign, because it expresses all of us, and also because of this I will be using for most of the post the plural we, unless I am talking specifically about me, or a personal statement by a specific moderator is cited "inside quotes". In other words, if Reddit was allowing joint posts, this would be such, posted by all for of us in the mod team, but Reddit does not allow that. And now that we got that out of the way, here are the mod PSAs.

1 ) After the renewal of the mod team we have read various descriptions of the currently active mod team and of its members. We believe that some of the inaccurate variants stem from genuine misinformation, but some other stem from deliberate malice and prejudice. So let us set the record straight (and also a little queer). The members of the currently active mod team, with some of their relevant personal attributes, in alphabetical and non hierarchical order, are:

u/kostis12345: penis owner, identifies as non binary and bisexual/queer, had been already moderating two relevant with ADP subreddits before joining the mod team,

u/Large_Veterinarian42: penis owner, identifies as cisgender male and straight, had been already moderating one relevant with ADP subreddit before joining the mod team,

u/NakedAndLaid: vagina owner, identifies as cisgender female and pansexual, had been in the past moderating two relevant with ADP subreddits before joining the mod team,

u/testes123testes123: penis owner, identifies as cisgender male and straight, had no experience in moderating a subreddit before joining the mod team.

But regardless of our biographical similarities and differences, what we all have in common, and this is a very important similarity among us, is that we are all advocates of body acceptance, body positivity and sex positivity (if you are unfamiliar with these terms, we suggest reading their pages in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_positivity, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-positive_movement)

And since you have now read our short bios, let's summarize, in order to shatter some misinformation about the mod team: No, we are not an all female mod team, and no, we are not all inexperienced mods. Also we are not all straight, white, U.S.Americans, ethnically Anglo-Saxons, parents, living in a big city, believing in a religion etc. but we don't intend to give our full bios here. In a nutshell, there is great variation among the members of the currently active mod team, and we like it being such.

2) And that we have made clear that we are not an all female mod team, what the hell is the problem with having ONE woman in the mod team? This is r/averagedickproblems, period, not r/averagedickproblemsonlyfromtheperspectiveofmenandonlywithmensharingtheirknowledge. And just for the sake of stretching that objection to an absurd limit, if we had a transgender woman among the mod team, who would have a penis but would also identify as female, would she be equally unsuitable as some claim that NakedAndLaid is, or her penis ownership would increase her "dick wisdom" above female level? Are penises antennas that gather enlightment waves floating around the cosmos?

Seriously now, the criticism to the new ADP mod team for having a woman among its members would be absurd, if it was not actually misogynistic. Claiming that only a penis owner is wise enough to discuss about average dick problems is a misogynistic oversimplification, because it claims that sexual anatomy and physiology, sexual psychological issues, sociology of the body and gender etc. can be discussed in an informed and constructive manner for each gender, only by the gender that the discussion is about. Well, no. These issues can be discussed in an informed and constructive manner by people who are well informed about them and are willing to discuss them constructively. These can be male/female/intersex/non binary/cisgender/transgender/whatever, as long as they know their shit. If you think that we don't know this subreddit's shit, tell us where specifically we are wrong, but don't tell me that I don't know anything about straight men's struggles, because I am bisexual/queer, or to NakedAndLaid that she doesn't know anything about penises, because she doesn't own one. This is a very, very old rhetorical trick, the Ad Hominem fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem, which you can try it elsewhere if you like deceptiveness so much, but which does not work here.

But to move from the planes of philosophy to plain Reddit, let this also be boldly stated: comments that question NakedAndLaid's ability to mod in the comment section of a post will result in the post being locked and an immediate and permanent ban of the commentator, and posts questioning the ability of NakedLaid or generally any woman to moderate this sub just because they are women will be getting removed and the OP of the post will face also the aforementioned consequences. This is r/averagedickproblems, not r/problemsmenhavewithNakedAndLaid, and we want the discussion to remain on the sub's topic. We have a woman in the mod team, and this is not going to change. Get. Over. It.

We close this section with a statement from NakedAndLaid about this subject: "I did not seek to be a mod. I did address my concerns regarding misinformation with the mods of ADP on a few occasions. As a result, two mods, both men, expressed interest in having me join the team months ago. They said that as a woman I would have a helpful perspective on problems that involved female anatomy or sexual encounters with women. Since the topic of female anatomy and women partners comes up here a lot they saw a need for it. All of the mods approved of me without objection when I was formally invited. My main goal here is to increase respectful interactions and decrease the spread of misinformation. While I may not have a penis, I am empathetic to the struggles of genital insecurity as women deal with them as well. I am not trying to compete with or diminish sexism men face. I have never claimed to know what it is like to have a penis. Also, during the PE rule discussions, I was not the one who advocated against it being completely eliminated. But I have respected that the mods who are men here do not want it. I have screenshots to prove my stance. The criticism that has come at me simply due to my anatomy has not upset me or changed how I will proceed to go forward. I am grateful to u/Large_Veterinarian42, who was my biggest advocate when I was added, and also to u/kostis12345 and u/testes123testes123, who have treated me as an equal since joining themselves. All of them have stood up for me despite recieving backlash for my presence. Men and non binary folks like them prove that sexism is not a war of the genders and there is no excuse for the ones who have been."

3) Lastly, about the Rule 6 that was recently added by the current mod team and prohibits Penis Enlargement discussions and suggestions (see sidebar on desktop or the About tab on mobile - btw there was a Reddit glitch that was making it appear added only in the OldReddit variant of Reddit, but we have now fixed this). In the recent past there has indeed been a member of the former mod team who was a proponent of penis enlarging methods, but he is no longer a mod here, and also his account has been permanently suspended by Central Reddit, so there is no point in referencing his account name. But as for the original mod team, we don't know that any of them had been a proponent of penis enlarging methods, but even is someone was, the subreddit is run by the current mod team in 2022, not in 2013 or 2018.

But to get to the actual subject, and make ourselves more clear: we are not enemies of any penis enlargement procedure indiscriminately, and especially not enemies of these prescribed and performed by medical professionals. This. Is. Not. The. Point. Though. People who think/feel that a penis enlarging procedure would benefit them, should consult relevant mental and physical health professionals and in this they have our best wishes. That having been said, we don't want discussions and especially suggestions about Penis Enlargement methods to get hosted here, because of the many documented cases of unintentional self-harm that penis owners have caused to themselves due to misinformation or malpractice of Penis Enlargement, and we don't want our sub to add bricks to the misinformation skyscraper. Reddit is not a urology clinic, and random Redditors are not doctors. In a nutshell that's what we believe, and we have added Rule 6, to prohibit random Redditors from "playing urologist" moreso "playing dick witch doctor" and giving possibly harmful diagnoses and possibly harmful penis enlarging method suggestions.

That having been said, there is some variation among us in the mod team about this subject. We all agree with the addition of Rule 6 and its justification in the paragraph above, but u/NakedAndLaid was against its complete elimination as a subject from the sub, in an other subreddit that I (u/kostis12345) comoderate, r/penissize, Penis Enlargement discussion is allowed but with a very specific presupposition, that a licenced health professional is in some way involed with the post's or comment's discussion, and u/testes123testes123 has the strongest objections in the specific context of Reddit. In his own words: "While I won't come out against any particular one of those Penis Enlargement subs explicitly, I believe what they are doing is dangerous and that they are putting ill-informed young men at risk of permanent injury. While I believe anyone is entitled to do as they please with their body, informed consent is a major factor in whether those such decisions are arrived at ethically. With respect to such informed consent, every Penis Enlargement sub that I have come across to date understates those risks, while touting benefits they really can't claim to make based on the available data." But with all that moderate variation existing among us regarding our stance towards Penis Enlargement, let it be repeated, we all agree with the addition of Rule 6 and its justification in the paragraph above.

Well, that's about it. Feel free to share your opinion or even disagreement with us, but have in mind that the rules of the subreddit apply also to this post aka we won't tolerate insults, discriminatory speech, misogyny etc. etc. More simply put: Keep it cute, if you can't do that keep it mute, because otherwise you will get the boot.