The readers' editor on… offence caused by a satirical piece on 'penis management'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A column by Suzanne Moore – listing "10 rules for good penis management" – attracted 37 complaints. The bulk of the complaints followed themes within the column to which individuals objected, rather than any simple matter of taste, which is what I would have expected.

Broadly the complaints fell into three groups: that the column was discriminatory against men (all complaints from men), homophobic and made jokes about rape. Only five of the complaints were from women. One reader wrote: "My first complaint concerns the outrageous rampant misandry in the article. Many of the activities Ms Moore is complaining about in the article could apply equally to women. However, she is deliberately 'trolling' against men in this article. I cannot envisage the Guardian publishing an article '10 Rules for Managing your Vagina' written in a similar vein. Such an article would rightly be seen as contumelious and shameful.'