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The Size Of Your Penis - Are YOU Man Enough?

Author: robert | Posted: 25.08.2008 | Views: 47

So, if you wish to know how large your penis is - just for the sake of comparison, of course! - how will you go about measuring it?

First, you will wish to be at your maximum size when you measure your dick. In formal research studies, there are various ways of ensuring this - drug induced erections, for example. One approach that is often used is to measure the stretched flaccid length. However, stretched flaccid penile length is a very poor predictor of erect length, and the best way to measure an erection is to lay a piece of string along the top surface of the erect penis. Unfortunately, asking a man to measure his own dick is notoriously prone to exaggeration, and few studies based on men's own measurements really tell us much about how big the average cock actually is.

If you would like to measure your penis and you're not going to exaggerate to impress your girlfriend here's how to do it. The length of your penis is simply from the tip to the base, along the top side of the organ, pressing slightly into your pubic area. Measuring along the underside is less reliable and gives more scope for error. Penile circumference - which is the same as girth - is measured around the thickest part of the penile shaft.

Sad to say, any studies which rely on men to measure their own penises tend to be somewhat unreliable - and in any event, men with smaller penises may well be disposed to exaggerate their size.

We know that research on penis size that relies on self-measurement always show penis size to be longer and thicker than those where measurement is conducted by independent person - i.e. not the man attached to the penis being measured! A study in the September 1996 Journal of Urology reported that average erect penile length was 12.9 cm (5.08 inches). And a study in the December 2000 International Journal of Impotence Research discovered that average erect penis length was a little more, at 13.6 cm (5.35 in).

A well-known study by LifeStyles Condoms during 2001 reported that the average length of the white male penis was 5.9 inches. These figures are more honest than self-measurement surveys where men always seem to have a penis over six inches!. Similar data are revealed in information about the circumference of the erect penis. Once again, studies from self-measurement data usually report thicker sized penises than those where staff have done the measuring. The LifeStyles Condoms survey revealed that the average circumference was a fraction under 12.6 cm (5.0 in).

As all men know, the flaccid length of a man's penis is not indicative of the erect length. Smaller penises grow proportionately more when they become erect, and the increase in size between men varies widely. A smaller-than-average flaccid penis can grow by as much as six times its flaccid volume, while a large flaccid penis may only become harder on erection, with no increase in size whatsoever.

The September 1996 Journal of Urology showed that the usual average flaccid length was 8.8 cm (3.5 inches). But of course penis size depends on the temperature at which the measurement takes place. It's no surprise to hear that nearly half of all men wish they had a bigger penis. Even men who think think their cock is average in size want a bigger one! Clearly the idea of having a large penis makes men feel good. There is a major self-esteem issue around penis size, for most men think a bigger penis is more masculine or desirable.

Another fascinating fact: gay men apparently have bigger penises than heterosexual men. Gay men measure in at 6.32 inches erect while non-gay men are 5.99 inches in length, according to over 5000 measurements of men's dicks in the Kinsey Report. The straight erect penis circumference is 4.80 inches, compared to 4.95 inches for gay men. Now - why? Do gay men really have bigger cocks?

All these measurements were taken by the men themselves so they may not be reliable. And it seems gay men's self-esteem depends on their perception of their cock size. For many gay men, their penis size represents their sense of self as a man. Of course, we all tend to imagine we are less well off than is the case as far as penis size is concerned, because we don't get a true view of our penis when we look at it from above: foreshortens it.

Needless to say, there are other studies which have tried to establish connections between penis size and race. There is limited evidence on this subject which suggest black men have an erection which is on average about half an inch longer than white men, while Oriental men seem to be cheated in the penis size department - their erections are half an inch shorter on average than whites (though there is also evidence that this fits with the Oriental women's smaller pussy).

More important is what women think of penis size. Do women select their partners on the basis of cock size? It seems unlikely. There are a few women who are aroused by large dicks, but most women are happy to settle for a sexual partner who is kind, has a sense of humor, and will make a reliable father. In fact, research shows penis size is only important for a minority of women, and many actively dislike large penises. Having said that, Women's Health magazine found that seem to prefer erect width rather than girth.

Nonetheless, if you are a man with a small penis, you won't suffer a life without sex. All the men we spoke to in our research on penis size who had a small penis - and that means men with an erect penis less than four inches long - had a partner and enjoyed sex with her, or him if they were gay.


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