You’ll never look at a man’s trousers the same again. You’re welcome.
“If you could see a man’s dick size like you could see a girl’s boobs, a whole lot of men would stfu.”
@piperbailey2 said it. Anwar White heard it. And instead of arguing, which, let’s be honest, would have been a losing battle, he looked directly into his camera and said: Actually, you can. You just need to know how.
Let’s be real. You’ve been at a party, a work meeting, a queue, or simply existing in public, and someone in grey sweatpants walked by. And for approximately two seconds, your eyes went exactly where they weren’t supposed to go.
Don’t panic. Don’t apologise. Because TikTok has officially made it a skill set.
Welcome to catching print, the internet’s favourite new talent, the phrase that broke TikTok, and the reason thousands of women are now studying men’s trousers with considerably more enthusiasm.
Okay, But What Does “Catching Print” Actually Mean?
“Catching print” means reading the outline, silhouette, or, let’s be blunt, print of a man’s genitals through the fabric of his trousers without touching, just from a dedicated, trained glance.
Think of it like reading a menu before you decide to eat at the restaurant.
The phrase was coined by TikTok dating coach Anwar White (@datingcoachanwar), who has over a million followers on the app and absolutely knew what he was doing when he posted his now-legendary video “How to Catch Print.” It went viral immediately. Obviously. And it hit 13.5 million views on TikTok
Now, let’s be honest. This is not new behaviour. Anyone who has ever existed in the proximity of sweatpants or tight gym shorts knows that the outline has always been there, making its presence known. The difference is that before Anwar, there was no vocabulary for it, no system, no TikTok creator with a million followers handing you a rubric and saying: here, this is what you’re looking at.
Now there is. His opening line set the tone immediately: “I was young in these streets, and I wasn’t catching print. And then I ended up with a Samoan that had a three-incher. An AirPod. I ended up with a Nigerian who had an 11. Girl, it was the size of a continent. I didn’t know what to do with it. So I want to help you so that you’re not in that situation.“
The internet proceeded to absolutely lose its mind.
How to Catch Print: The Official Anwar White System (Yes, It Has Types)
Before you can catch anything, you need to know what you’re looking for. Anwar categorised print into three types, using bra cup sizing as his reference point.
Type A: The Starter Pack (4 to 6 Inches)
The A bulge is like an A cup. This is when the penis stops halfway at the sack. When you’re viewing this through a man’s trousers, it’s when the bulge peaks at the middle or above the inseam. The silhouette is visible but modest.
Anwar’s estimate: 4 to 6 inches.
Type B: Most average Men (6 to 8 Inches)
The B bulge is a B cup, which is where the penis ends right at the sack. Type B is when the peak falls in the middle to the lower inseam. The print is more pronounced, more present, definitely harder to miss.
Anwar’s estimate: 6 to 8 inches.
Type D: The Main D (8 Inches or More)
Type D is the main D, as Anwar calls it, where the penis goes past the sack. Anwar describes it as either flat, like a Ken doll, or rounded, like a little banana. This is the one that makes you tilt your head slightly and think, hm. He also described this as the “G-bulge” in some videos, meaning the print extends past the sack.
Anwar’s estimate: 8 inches or more.
If you’re having doubts about catching print, Anwar says it best, “ At the end of the day, I don’t want you to be stuck with a USB key or a big ass vitamin bottle. Unless you can handle it, girl. No shade. my work is about empowering women. Power to the matriarchy.“
Is There Any Science Behind This?
Honestly? No. There is no peer-reviewed study confirming that trouser imprints can reliably predict size. The fabric, the cut of the trousers, the way a man is standing, his underwear choice, his posture, the lighting, whether Mercury is in retrograde, all of this affects what you see.
For accuracy, though, we had to put on our research hats, and here are the facts.
Temperature could affect sizing: Cold weather causes vasoconstriction, the narrowing of blood vessels, which reduces blood flow to the extremities, including the genitals, and causes significant retraction. Hence, a man you assessed on a cold morning may look considerably different when it is 30 degrees. And yes, stress levels could affect the size as well.
Some men are growers, others are showers: A grower is a man whose penis increases significantly in length when going from flaccid to erect. A shower’s penis stays closer to the same size regardless of state. And this distinction matters enormously for catching print, because what you are reading through the fabric is always and only the flaccid state. The International Journal of Impotence Research found that while showers grow an average of about 3.1 cm when erect, Growers could grow higher than 5.3 cm. And more importantly, approximately 74% of men in the study were showers and only 26% were growers, meaning roughly one in four men you encounter could be a grower.
Fabric Matters: The reason grey sweatpants became famous long before catching print had a name is pure textile science. Sweatpants are thick and warm but have minimal structure, so the fabric drapes closely against the body, making the imprint more visible. However, Denim or wool trousers are more rigid, obscuring the outline beneath. This means the best results from catching print are through thin, lightweight fabrics.
That said, Anwar’s system is based on observation and, presumably, a great deal of field research. And look. People have been side-eyeing grey sweatpants long before TikTok existed.
But here’s the thing: horoscopes also have no scientific backing, and you still read yours on a bad Tuesday. So treat it like horoscopes: don’t make any major life decisions based on it, but also don’t pretend you’re not going to look.
Who Is Here for Catching Print? Everyone, Mostly.
Women? Absolutely obsessed. The comment sections on Anwar’s videos are a masterclass in women being delighted by the idea that they have agency in this information.
Gay men: they have been doing this for years. They are simply glad it has a name now and that the straights have caught up.
Straight men who are confident in themselves? Genuinely unbothered. Good for them.
But Some Men Are… Mad About It. Very Mad.
Here is where it gets interesting.
A significant portion of men online have responded to the catching print trend with genuine outrage. They’ve called it degrading. Disrespectful. An invasion of privacy. They’ve said women shouldn’t be doing this and that it’s inappropriate and makes them uncomfortable.
Which brings us back to @piperbailey2’s original point. Women have spent entire lifetimes having their bodies discussed, assessed, commented on, ranked, and reduced to their physical features, often without their consent or input, in offices, in classrooms, and in group chats. In public, where strangers feel entitled to shout opinions at their bodies.
The idea that a woman might simply glance at a man’s trousers and form a silent private opinion has produced more outrage than most of those situations ever did.
We’re not saying catching print is activism. It is not. It is a funny TikTok trend about trouser observation, but one that allows women to ultimately decide ahead of intimacy if a man may be more in line with her size preference.
The Bottom Line
So the next time you’re walking beside someone and your eyes drift south for a second, you’re not being inappropriate. You’re catching print. You’ve been trained. You have a rubric.
Use it wisely.
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