This study seems to contradict the fact that every male on Chiefs Planet is packing serious length and girth. Poll is private.
Cliff notes:
The average flaccid penis was found to be 9.16 cm (3.61 inches) long, whereas the average erect penis is 13.12 cm (5.16 inches) in length.
Only 5 men out of every 100 have an erect penis longer than 16 cm (6.3 inches).
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Finally, a study which may lay to rest some of the lingering fallacies about penis size and alleviate the woes shared by many men worldwide. According to new research, the average erect penis length is just over 13 centimeters, or around 5 inches. Furthermore, there’s no strong association between foot size and penis length, so women can stop judging men by the size of their shoes. You can read the entire study in BJU International.
Although many compare themselves to the “average” penis size, what this figure actually is has been surprisingly difficult to determine. As pointed out by Science, that’s mainly because most studies have relied on self-reporting, which isn’t very accurate. To get around this problem and obtain a more reliable data set, a team of U.K. researchers decided to compile measurements taken by health professionals who followed a standardized measuring procedure. They included both girth (the circumference at the base or the middle) and length (pubic bone to the tip of the glans) measurements from 20 different studies, which totaled 15,521 men from various countries across the world. And the results will be music to the ears of many.
The average flaccid penis was found to be 9.16 cm (3.61 inches) long, whereas the average erect penis is 13.12 cm (5.16 inches) in length. In terms of girth, the average circumference of a flaccid penis turned out to be 9.31 cm (3.66 inches), and 11.66 cm (4.59 inches) for an erect one. Furthermore, those at extreme ends of the spectrum were found to be much less common. For example, only 5 men out of every 100 have an erect penis longer than 16 cm (6.3 inches).
When they looked for correlations with other body features, such as testicular size, weight or foot size, no strong or consistent associations were found. Although they couldn’t find any significant evidence for a relationship between penis size and race, they note that conclusions can’t be drawn since the vast majority of measurements were from Caucasians.
So what’s the take home message? Men, don’t be so hard on yourself as what you see on the TV or in magazines is not an accurate representation of the average penis. But if you’re concerned, make sure you’re measuring correctly.
Humans are, in general, very conscious of their appearance. If we’re not sucking in our bellies for photographs we’re fixing our hair or hitting the gym for that extra round butt. Guys are also faced with the age old question: does size really matter?
You’ll be pleased to know that humans have the biggest penis of any primate both in terms of absolute size and relative proportion. High five.
But do men need bigger penises? What do women say? Does your package make you more or less attractive, or affect partner satisfaction? Check out this 3 minute video from AsapSCIENCE for some interesting facts and studies on the topic:
Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball:
Damn that's cold hearted to reject his proposal for that. Dude musta been tiny.
The worst was when he was at the urologists office and the doctor (a lady) says he's definitely on the very small side of the spectrum. The tone in her voice was crushing.
But in all seriousness the dude fucked up. Proposing at a sports event unless you're both insanely passionate fans of the same team is a bad move. [Reply]
Has anyone figured out what kind of personality disorder leads an adult to post a picture of his erect penis on a football message board to prove some sort of an unknown point? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0:
Has anyone figured out what kind of personality disorder leads an adult to post a picture of his erect penis on a football message board to prove some sort of an unknown point?
Hope for some of you: First successful penis transplant completed today!
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STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — A South African university says it has performed a successful penis transplant.
The University of Stellenbosch said in a statement Friday that specialists from its medical faculty performed the nine-hour operation in December on a man who had his penis amputated three years ago.
It said the 21-year-old man “has made a full recovery and has regained all function in the newly transplanted organ.”
The university said it was only the second time the procedure had been done. A man in China received a transplant in 2005 but that man asked surgeons to remove the new organ two weeks later.
