My guess is he would know - he’s probably been face-to-face with mOre than a few of them...
There’s a relevant Freud quote here:
The representation of the penis as a weapon, cutting knife, dagger etc., is familiar to us from the anxiety dreams of abstinent women in particular and also lies at the root of numerous phobias in neurotic people.
Dreams in Folklore (1958), p. 33
I’m not sure if we should categorize the columnist as an abstinent woman, or as simply neurotic. I think either fits.