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The Size Of Your Penis - Are YOU Man Enough?

By: Robert Thomson

So, assuming that you wish to know how big your penis is - just for comparison's sake, of course! - how do you measure it?

First, you will wish to be at your maximum size when you measure the length and girth of your penis. In formal research studies, there are several ways of ensuring this - artificially induced erections, for example. One approach that is sometimes used is to look at the stretched flaccid length of the penis. 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 measuring tape along the upper surface of the erect penis. Unfortunately, asking a man to measure his own dick is notoriously unreliable, and few studies based on self-reporting really tell us much about what size the average penis actually is.

If you want to have a try and you're going to be honest with yourself here's how to do it. Penile length 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 widest part of the shaft.

Unfortunately, any studies which rely on men to measure their own organs tend to be somewhat unreliable - and in any case, those men with smaller penises may well be less likely to measure them accurately.

We know that studies which rely on self-measurement almost always show the average penis size to be longer and thicker than those where measurement is conducted by independent experts - i.e. not the man attached to the dick being measured! A study in the September 1996 Journal of Urology reported that average erect penile length was just over five inches - 5.1 to be exact. And a study in the December 2000 International Journal of Impotence Research reported that average erect penile length was slightly longer, at 13.6 cm (5.35 in).

A well-known study by LifeStyles Condoms during 2001 found that the average length of the 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 reports of the circumference of the erect penis. Once again, studies based on self-measurement data report thicker dimensions than those where staff have measured the penis. The LifeStyles Condoms survey revealed that the average circumference was a fraction under 12.6 cm (5.0 in).

As we all know, the flaccid length of a man's dick is not indicative of the erect length. The more diminutive organs will grow proportionately more when they become erect, and the increase in volume between men varies very much. A smaller-than-average flaccid penis can grow by as much as five times its resting volume, while a large soft penis may only become stiff on erection, with no increase in size whatsoever.

The September 1996 Journal of Urology showed that average soft 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 larger penis. Even men who know think their cock is average in size would like a bigger one! Clearly the idea of having a large penis makes men feel good. There is a major self-esteem issue here, for most men think a bigger penis is more masculine or desirable to women.

Another fascinating fact: homosexual men seem to 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 penises in the Kinsey Report. The straight erect penis girth is 4.80 inches, compared to 4.95 inches for gay men. Now - why? Do gay men pack a bigger dick in their pants?

All these measurements were self-reported so they may not be reliable. And it seems gay men's self-esteem depends on their perception of their penis 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 from above: foreshortens it.

Of course, there are other studies which have tried to connect between penis size and race. There is interesting research 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 it seems 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. One suspects that while there may be 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. Indeed,, 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 women seem to prefer a wider penis than a long one.

Nonetheless, if you are a man with a small penis, you won't suffer a life without sex. All the men we emailed in our research on penis size with 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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The author is publisher for Male sexuality and the penis. You can find more articles about the penis and male sexuality at The Penis Website. Both are excellent penis related websites.

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