No one wants to be persuaded otherwise, just to be listened to and understood.
		
		
	 
Understood about what?  That you have insecurities?  When insecurities are voiced, people seek the means to overcome them.  If they don't, then it means that they just enjoy voicing their insecurities, which is to what gains?  Nothing but self pity.  It seems to me that people would rather be inconsolable, which is different from being persuade otherwise.
But if someone is voicing their insecurities because they'd rather find a way to overcome them, then that goes beyond being listened to and understood.  They in turn have to listen and understand.
If your penis is small, do you want to spend the rest of your life just sighing away that you can't do the same things that some others can?  I have a hard time penetrating a partner, but I'm not going to sit around and always wish that I could.  I'm happy with how I am.  If my dick was a few inches longer, I wouldn't mind, but I'm not about to wallow in self pity or let my self-esteem be haunted by this wherever I go or no matter what I do.
What point is there to saying "My penis is small....Nothing anyone can say will make me feel okay with it.  You all don't understand,"?  All it is is self-pity, and I've been there and I'm over it.
Three-legged dogs can't run as fast as other dogs, but they're still happy to get around.  They don't miss their fourth, so don't miss those inches you don't have or the topping you can't do.  Be thankful for the two you do have and the lover who wants to be with you no matter what.
The fact that people will never understand that small-dicked guys can't do all the things that 6 inch guys can do is absurd.  It's like one fish in the sea turning to another and saying, "My you have pretty scales and a lovely tail," and the other one sighing and responding, "Yes...but I'll never play the piano..."
Even if all average-sized guys suddenly had the epiphany that smaller guys can't always penetrate and top their partners, what then?  Now everyone acknowledges and understands that smaller guys can't top their partners.  Does that change anything?  What is the issue with the fact that others may or may not understand that?  What would anyone get out of that?  If we're talking about insensitivity and callousness, then we've got a point.  But the fact is that this thread has been basically filled with the complete opposite: reassurance and understanding.  Therefore, the only thing I can draw is that it's not that people don't want to be persuaded, it's that they don't want to be consoled.
Spleesh.