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Good news, men! Most men who think they have small penises don’t.

via Pandagon

UPDATE: For a visual representation, here is a penis size bell curve. I have no idea if this chart is accurate or not, but it ain’t the size so much as how you groove it.

20 thoughts on Hard Science

  1. Having a small penis in a flaccid state seems like a good thing to me. It shrivels up and gets out of the way. Most stuff I’ve read says that flaccid size doesn’t have too much of an impact on erect size.

  2. That’s a LOT shorter than average (about half). Where did they come up with this magic number to determine what is “small”? Because it’s low enough to make sure pretty much any penis would be rendered ‘not small’. Sounds like the equivalent of an A cup to me. In which case, time to strip the word “petite” off the bra boxes and start telling A-cup women that their breasts aren’t small at all, they’re normal.

  4. Most stuff I’ve read says that flaccid size doesn’t have too much of an impact on erect size.

    Especially considering that penis length in flaccid state can vary widely in the same penis, depending on variables such as room temperature and emotional condition and the like. Probably barometric pressure as well, for all I know.

  7. I’m not sure if the paper actually says that most men are mistaken about relative penis sizes. Under “Methods,” it says: “Every patient was informed that if his flaccid and stretched penis size was 4 cm and 7 cm or more, respectively, it was considered normal.” But the fact that the researchers told subjects that 7 cm was normal (7 cm, for those of you playing at home, is roughly2.75 inches) doesn’t mean that 7 cm is, in fact, normal. It seems more plausible to me that the researchers learned that men are eager to believe that their penises are normal. This is consistent, I think, with the stated conclusions.

  9. It’s not everyday that I think of GG Allin. I don’t recall the actual quote, but he said something along the lines of “you’re born with one size, and you only live once”.

    (Not that anyone should model his or her life after Allin’s.)

    Now, what I want to know is why I never learned what the actual average penis is in my comprehensive sex ed. course back in the 8th grade.

  11. I’m not so sure about that bell curve. If the statistics are correct, my cat’s probably about as well hung as ~25% of all men.

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  15. I won’t pretend to be an expert on this, but the reasons why people are so self-conscious about penis length or breast size leaves me pretty dumbfounded. Newsflash: everybody’s bodies are different – including the size, shape and girth of said appendages.

    However, I think size does matter to a certain extent. Just like penises come in all sizes and shapes, the size of a woman’s vagina also varies across the board; it’s just not physically obvious. If a man with a 9 inch penis has sex with a girl who has a vagina 4 inches deep, they are probably going to have a hard pleasing each other that way – and vise versa. If there is a close match in size, sex will, no doubt, be great. There are certainly many wonderful ways that couples can satisfy each other sexually without actually having sex……but I digress.

  16. I figure one twice as big would have gotten me in twice the trouble……..I don’t think I would have survived. Who said be grateful for the little things in life?

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