Relationships

Golden Penis Syndrome: What Is It And How Is It Affecting Your Dating Prospects?

​Today’s women are being faced with far fewer attractive dating prospects on college campuses, and seemingly everywhere else. They’re frustrated with ghosting, cheating and other forms of bad dating etiquette on the part of men who are reaping all the benefits of detached sex among today’s abundance of single women.

By Jenny White4 min read

A term has been coined to describe the phenomenon: "Golden penis syndrome." The term refers to the phenomenon where a small number of men get an overinflated sense of their own prowess and good looks, because they’re far outnumbered by women and therefore are in high demand. Their sexual (and emotional) needs are being catered to by dozens of women at any given moment — women to whom these men will never commit.