Well, Australian-born artist Illma Gore, until recently living in the U.S., did a drawing of Donald Trump that has him and his supporters really riled up. The 11″ X 14″ image, done in pastel pencil, depicts The Donald in the nude, and with a Very Small Organ. You’ll remember the back-and-forth between Rubio and Trump about the size of Trump’s penis (see below), with the former asserting that the member was small, and Trump asserting that his genitals were just fine, thank you.
I’ve put a picture of Gore and her drawing (called “Make American Great Again”) below, and in deference to those who don’t want to see a nude Trump—or a small wiener—I’ve put the full drawing below the fold.
According to the Guardian, the reaction was strong, forcing Gore to leave the U.S.:
The LA-based artist has received thousands of death threats and travelled to the UK to escape the frenzy, agreeing to allow Mayfair to manage the sale of the controversial painting, now priced at £1m.
Cordelia de Freitas, Maddox gallery director, said: “It only really got out of hand when Donald Trump referenced it in a debate, which sums up Trump and his ego. From there, everyone wanted to see this image.”
Gore believes her work inspired Marco Rubio’s comments about the size of Trump’s hands at a Virginia rally in late February, where he said: “And you know what they say about men with small hands? You can’t trust them.”
On 3 March, Trump responded: “[Rubio] referred to my hands, if they are small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there is no problem. I guarantee.”
The drawing was originally offered for sale on eBay, but was removed after an anonymous person filed suit for violation of the “Digital Millennium Copyright Act.” I’m not sure what that is, or why the painting violates copyright. The Guardian continues:
. . . The Maddox Gallery in London offered to exhibit the painting after galleries in the US refused to host the piece due to security concerns following threats of violence from Trump’s supporters. Hundreds of visitors have queued to see the work.
Gore has been offered $100,000 for her drawing, and the asking price is now ten times that (this is going to make her career, I tell you),
So Trump’s supporters have converged with the Muslims they so hate: both of them become violent when their Prophet is depicted in an unflattering way.
This got me wondering, though. Almost the worst insult you can hurl at a man is to accuse him of having a small penis. But equivalent accusations that women have small breasts aren’t seen as nearly as damning. Why the difference? (I’m looking forward to the readers’ comments!)
Click below the fold to see “Make America Great Again.”
“But equivalent accusations that women have small breasts aren’t seen as nearly as damning. Why the difference?”
The approximate size of woman’s breast is visible even when fully clothed. When a man is fully clothed, no information about the size of his member is in plain sight (with most regular clothes, at least). That is why a small penis is likely to be felt by its owner as an unflattering secret, which should not be publicly revealed.
Also, I think it’s quite credible when guys say that breast size isn’t important for their sexual satisfaction, while women’s claims that “size doesn’t matter” tend to be disbelieved… Of course, you could say that’s a symptom of the phenomenon and not a cause. Maybe so.
I can’t un-see that. I should have heeded the warning.
Me too. I forgot the image would be there and saw it accidentally. And I was eating lunch!!
Gross at any size (Trump, that is)
Wasn’t much to see.
🙂
cr
Not that I’m any sort of expert on the matter. I would guess that the equivalent insult for a woman would be that they have a loose vag – the implication for both sexes being that they can’t satisfy the opposite sex. Some people quite like smaller breasts; I doubt there is much of a demographic favouring small penises.
I think the equivalent insult to women would be that they are either “sluts” or “cold fish”. It’s more about sexual behaviour than body parts with women.
I think the small penis slam is meant to be about lack of masculinity so the female equivalent would probably be something showing lack of femininity.
“It’s not the size, it’s how you use it.”
Can’t churn butter with a toothpick.
Remind me never to eat your home made butter.
Maria Muldaur had a popular tune that made that argument.
Earlier and better version, by The Swallows, no less! (Pun not intended, but hey…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpPeQyT36Tg
Yeah, I’ve always liked that version, too. But Ms. Muldaur’s was released during my college years, and I heard it first, so I feel the loyalty there. Plus, I think of it as the companion piece to her recording of Don’t You Feel My Leg.
That was a great album! Midnight at the oaaaaaaasis….think I still have it on tape somewhere, having finally sold the vinyl.
Appreciate the memory lane reminder there with Ms. Muldaur. She’s still performing, by the way.
“Some people quite like smaller breasts; I doubt there is much of a demographic favouring small penises.”
You might be surprised. Some women have relatively small vaginas that an average penis doesn’t fit well into. I’ve had more than one female friend sincerely complain about a boyfriend’s penis being too big – it can be uncomfortable or even painful.
Also, as I’ve learned from reading Dan Savage over the years, there is a kink for EVERYTHING. 😉
Perhaps an equivalent insult for a woman would be to accuse her of being “fat.” This seems to be a real sore spot for women.
Of course women don’t want one that’s painful for them, but I doubt many (or any) women want a guy with an especially small penis.
🙂 Don’t I know it! Would that I had a dime for every time I’ve heard that very plaint about the poor, ill-favored thing that is mine own … 🙂
More power to her! Death threats? Very sad.
The Guardian quote appears to have been truncated, ending with “threats of violence from Trump’s”
Was that the part about “Trump tries to censor a drawing” referred to in the title? I’m asking because I can’t find anything else in your post about that.
Fixed, thanks. I meant Trump SUPPORTERS and I fixed that, too.
File under “political organizations behaving badly.”
By Hillary?
I think one reason for the difference could be that the male organ is a symbol of power and dominance.
Breasts are not genitalia and do not indicate performance (t…y f…..g not that important) as a micro penis would. Performance is important to men.
Maybe Trump was in the pool! In the pool!
It shrinks like a frightened turtle!
so we have mitch mcconnel….oh I can’t go there.
lol
Perfectly true. It (they) do, in cold water.
Well, at least, a representative sample of one does.
cr
It’s normal for male to be virile potent and bull
That means you declare trump as gay for presidential elections…
Hunh. …hands look too big….
It’s not a very impressive example of figure drawing. But you don’t really need quality to make a statement… or to get death threats from Trump supporters!
Or make a million dollars!
Quality. Besides tantrums, Trump has more than I thought in common with eight year olds.
Poor Hillary. Why do I think she is likely to take collateral damage in this one?
Why does Trump need a supporter?
Oh that’s funny.
Funny, if small breasts don’t really mean that much, why so much money in the enlarging business? If they could do the same for the penis, just watch the money roll in.
They try. About 25% of the email spam I get is offers to make ‘it’ bigger.
cr
I have no idea whether Trump has a teeny weenie or not, but he’s clearly been overcompensating for something.
I thought ‘below the fold’ meant one had to click to see what is best not seen. But for me it was just a matter of scrolling down.
I have now gone blind.
One second too late.
If that’s enough to send you blind, I hate to think what a full-size one would have done 😉
cr
I suspect that drawing isn’t anatomically accurate. Say what you will about Trump he seems to have bigger balls than are portrayed.
I’m very glad the artist also drew Trump’s large belly. The way he insults women’s looks, he’d like you to think he’s a fit specimen of the male species. Ugh.
What all this shows is how weak a debater Trump really is. When Rubio went frat-boy with his crack Trump could have asked him to explain what he meant. After Rubio dodged, as he would have, Trump could have insisted. “No, no you mentioned this twice. You must think it’s important. Explain it clearly.” But Trump lacked the skill, and I think also the emotional maturity, to see that. So he harrumphed his boast instead.
Trump wouldn’t have done that because he would’ve expected Rubio to lie — just as Trump lied when confronted with his comment disparaging Carly Fiorina’s looks by claiming he had been talking about her “persona.”
A teeny weenie and no testicles, by the look of it. Perhaps it’s actually a slightly oversized clitoris? You can just see one of his breasts.
I thought the same thing about the lack of testicles/oversized clitoris. There’s also something very odd about the anatomy of the chest and lower neck in the drawing … as if Trump has a turkey wattle.
Hmm…., where else have I heard caricatures of a prophet resulting in death threats?
Seems about right for Trump supporters. Hate to see what things will be like if Trump losses the GOP nomination, could get really ugly.
The more I learn about the Donald the more conservative this panel appears.
http://pictoraltheology.blogspot.com/2016/04/inside-out-gop-edition.html
FYI, that’s not his real hair though it does sort of make him look like those troll dolls. Hmmm, maybe I can sell Trolmp dolls…
When there’s a close-up of his head, you can see that le coif Trump is held in place by a more complex set of cross-currents than what’s found in the North Atlantic Gyre surrounding the Sargasso Sea.
I’m guessing Trump will avoid having pigs in a blanket served at any of his fundraising events going forward.
Concerning the size of breasts, more than a mouthful is a waste.
BSH — British standard handful.
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Trump has been whining the last few weeks about the unfairness of the GOP candidate selection process. (Despite the fact that he could win 100% of New York delegates with just over 50% of the votes.) Personally I think a party that embraces so many extremist ideologues would be wiser to shut their voters out more.
They originally had 17 candidates who mostly left the selection process in pretty much the reverse order of their reasonableness. Now they’re left with Trump and Cruz as their leading candidates. So much for “trust the voter.”
Trump says, “We’ve created a movement here,” and he’s right. (A bowel movement.) His supporters show many of characteristics of a religious group. They defend their leader no matter what, make excuses for all his errors, and now are making death threats over a joke.
A real man would be secure enough to just laugh this incident off. Trump has always displayed a deep insecurity though – he always responds to any attack or insult by retaliating harder. He thinks that’s a sign of strength; of course it’s actually a sign of weakness.
I have wondered here, off and on, whether Trump has characteristics of a narcissist. I have always been pretty cautious about that (which suggests I am not a narcissist..). But anyway some experts are diagnosing him as a classical example, saying that it is obvious to them. See here
for example.
I’ve known a lot of narcissists and he really fits the bill. Especially his tantrums and thin skin — that’s full on narcissism.
I think a lot of world leaders would test high on the narcissist scale but he’s full on pathological.
Yeah, I’ve seen a couple of things about this, and I think they make a good case. Arianna Huffington also says he shows all the symptoms of someone who simply doesn’t get enough sleep. He prides himself on only needing four hours, but she says no one can operate on that little without the damage showing. She’s just written a book about the need to sleep.
No time to find the links at the moment, but I’ve read several studies that say there is some small percentage of the population (1-2% if I recall correctly) that can get by just fine with five hours of sleep or less. However, most of the population who claims this applies to them actually are just overtired and their bodies have adjusted to staying awake in this tired state. I know for sure I can’t even pretend to be one of those short sleepers. If I get under 6 hours, I usually feel it more 2 days out after running on adrenaline the day following the short sleep. So, all things being equal, if Trump actually is exhibiting these symptoms, he’s probably not in the lucky population of short sleepers.
Yeah. Most of us require proper sleep to be at our best, I think. If you get rest, but not sleep I think you can do ok, but I can certainly notice the difference in myself. Huffington says some of the symptoms are things like irritability, short temper, unable to make good judgments etc. Trump can probably handle it when he’s able to take a break whenever he wants, but a presidential campaign is different. However, even there he doesn’t work as hard as the others. He gives less speeches than any of the others and flies in and out in luxury.
That seems pretty much dead on to me with the exception of Kasich still being around and Carson being long gone.
Guess it all comes down to whose Trump is getting Gored.
I have to wonder what Trump is thinking about in the painting that would put him in such a great state of arousal. Probably himself.
I would strongly advise her to sell FAST. The expected long term value on this is as small as the member. If someone is willing to pay hard cash now in the frenzy of the political season, take it.
Where in the world would one hang such a painting of unhung Trump? The bathroom, maybe. I wouldn’t want it displayed in any other room of the house.
I don’t think he claimed he was adequately endowed, I think he claimed “IT IS HUUUGE”!, and held his hands about three feet apart.
He could have named his building ‘my penis’ as opposed to TT, it must have been with some constraint that he did not and I can see why, it (the building) would have been the penis and he would have been the arsehole.
I think if he named his building cock-a-doodle-foo it would be funnier, but I doubt he has a sense of humour.
IANAL but I can’t see how this would remotely come close to the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). The DMCA covers things like reverse engineering copy protection and copying digital media.
I suspect DMCA only came up because eBay has a link to report DMCA violations (selling personal copies of software e.g.) or something.
Agreed. There is no way that painting could breach copyright (unless there was already in existence a painting or a photo of the nude Trump that was almost exactly identical with that one).
As innumerable celebs know perfectly well, you can’t copyright your own appearance.
cr
I’m surprised that, with his busy schedule of demagoguery and compulsive tweeting, the Donald had time to sit for the portrait.