[click here for diagram in cm]
So the average penis length is 6.16 inches.
The average girth is 4.84 inches. 1.54” thick (diameter)
Here the data in cm:
So the average penis length is 15.64 cm.
The average girth is 12.28 cm.
CENTIMETERS: More recent studies have produced the following results:
A sample of 60 men studied by researchers at the University of California at San
Francisco determined that the average size of their erect penises was 13 cm long and 12.5 cm in girth. A Brazilian urologist who measured 150 men reported that the average size of their erections was 14.5 cm long and 11.9 cm in girth.
INCHES: More recent studies have produced the following results:
A sample of 60 men studied by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco determined that the average size of their erect penises was 5.1 inches long and 4.9 inches in girth. A Brazilian urologist who measured 150 men reported that the average size of their erections was 5.7 inches long and 4.7 inches in girth.
You can see if you were to plot this on a bell curve less than 1% are longer than 1.25” – a very small group. Some are old, some are settled and not taking other lovers. The point is, your lover probably never has and never will meet a man that big unless she works as a whore in the Pornographic Movie studios. If she does, find someone else.
Erect Circumference - (this is actually much more relevant.)
The Cancún LifeStyle study, (LifeStyle is a swinger’s organization) in which the circumference of the shaft was measured at three points (base, mid-shaft, and just below the head) and then averaged, found an average of 12.63 cm (4.972 inches) with a standard deviation of 1.3 cm (0.5 in).
[4.97/ 3.14 = diameter 1.58”]
If you wonder where I came up with 3.14 that is pi π, the number used to calculate circular diameter, area, and circumference.
I’m as guilty of the same mistakes as the next guy. For 40-years I’ve been wandering around thinking I was just average – and I’m not. I’m a little thicker, but it doesn’t matter. The women did or did not like me for various reasons and I did or did not like them for mostly psychological/personality reasons. (I’ve met some really neurotic women in my time.)
Similar results exist regarding studies of the circumference of the adult fully erect penis, with the measurement taken mid-shaft. As with length, studies that relied on self-measurement consistently reported a significantly higher average than those with staff measuring.
I’ve seen photos of 5’6” tall, “big beautiful blonde girls” preferring a
“slim Jim” dildo/vibrator that was like ¾ of an inch thick. So, bigger is only better to the mind and the eyes. In a lot of cases it makes no difference. It’s about as important as the color and model of your car. I drive an old car to get me someplace. You might drive a Mazaratti because you want to show off your wealth and style. But they both get us from here to there. And your penis will get you and her somewhere, no matter its size assuming it fits within 80% of the normal range which you see is between 5 and 7 inches long and 1.5” thick. The entire range of penis sizes will get a healthy woman to orgasm if you know how to be a good lover.
That’s not to say that I want to deter you from being bigger. If you do, then have fun with it. Do the exercises, take the herbs or the herbal patch and stick with the program. I do. The other guys around here do. They like it, their wives and lovers like it. So have fun. Just understand it’s not the end of the world for you if you’re not like one of these unusual photos I’ve shown.
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Is there a gene for penis size?
Not exactly, though genes do play some role. As Charles Panati writes in Sexy Origins & Intimate Things: "Penile size, as with many male characteristics, is largely a matter of heredity. If Dad is hung, there's a good probability his sons will be too." Researchers have found that the same genes, known as Hox genes, apparently control the initial growth of the limbs and the genitalia of male and female fetuses. They documented the connection after disabling the Hox genes in mouse fetuses. In humans, a mutation in one of the Hox genes has been linked to a disorder called "hand-foot-genital syndrome." But Jeffrey Innis, one of the geneticists who conducted the research, points out that many genes ultimately determine the size and shape of hands, feet and genitals.
Does penis size matter?
J. Scott Verinis, writing in "Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality,"
suggests that the size of a man's penis initially matters both to the male and the female. "However," he says, "as the relationship progresses, the
size of the penis becomes less important to most women, and factors such as the quality of sexual performance and the nature of the interpersonal relationship receive higher priority." Men, however, continue to value the size of the penis at all stages of the relationship.
Bottom line: Size matters to some of the people all of the time and to all of the people some of the time, but not to all of the people all of the time.
Editor: Well, OK, I guess I must be such a “girlie-man” I feel the way the girls do. She’s got something special about her clit, or pussy lips or nipples or bigggg boobs and then that all washes away and how well get along is what matters. To say that “most men” feel any particular way can never be accurate unless you tie it to the emotional tone level of most men, which truthfully is someplace around chronic antagonism.
Get a man’s emotional state in better condition – get him to be chronically conservative or even chronically cheerful and perhaps he won’t see his girl as a body with “tits and a hole” and instead will see her as an intelligent human being for whom he has love, respect, admiration, and appreciation.
If YOU don’t think the woman in your life should be loved, respected, admired and appreciated, I submit that YOU need some of the lessons I’m offering (soon in booklet form) to help YOU get your own emotional turmoil cleaned up so you can be a happier and more able man.
PENIS SIZE: DOES IT REALLY MATTER?
From the February 16, 1995 Daily Bruin SexTalk Column
Many men, at one time or another, have wondered about their penis size. Is it big enough, wide enough, adequate enough to please a partner?
One student told me that you can always tell how worried people are about something by looking at how they tease other people. "When I was in high school, guys used to say things like, 'Your penis is so small...," says Michael, 22, a music major. "People like that are worried that they won't measure up, that they're not good enough."
And it's no wonder. Men are influenced by the cultural images of what a man should look like or be like just as women are. These cultural images come from books, jokes, advertisements and pornographic movies. The problem with these subtle and not-so-subtle messages is that they are often grossly unrealistic. Most actors in porno movies are selected precisely because their penises are huge compared to most men (and you
thought it was based on acting talent!). And the images of sex scenes created in books are based more on fantasy than reality. As psychologist Bernie Zilbergeld states, "Penises in fantasyland come in only three sizes:
large, gigantic and so big you can barely get them through the doorway."
Is it any wonder that men are concerned about "measuring up"?
But what about women? Surely they must be concerned about penis size, right? Not really. According to studies, most women generally do not have a preference in penis size. They list penis size low on their list of sexual priorities, if at all. And when I asked college women to describe the physical features of their dream man, not one mentioned penis size!
Kathleen, 20 an English major says, "I've never had a conversation about penis size with other women. We might talk about technique, but not penis size...other than making fun of guys who get so upset about it. I don't think they get upset because of what women are saying. I think it has more to do with what happened in the locker room in 7th grade."
And what did happen in the locker room? If young men were unsure about their changing bodies or dealing with the pressures to be a man, the locker room was a place to see how you compared with others. A quick peek to the left or right might help alleviate fears or heighten them, depending on how you felt you fit in. The problem with the "Locker Room Litmus Test" is that comparisons were made between flaccid penises. When penises are not erect they vary in size, but the erection is the great equalizer. That means a large penis will grow very little with an erection, but a small penis will enlarge much more. On average, most penises, regardless of their non-erect size, will measure between 5 and 7 inches when erect.
Then what about sexual pleasure? Will a partner's sexual satisfaction be diminished if a man has a smaller penis? For men who have sex with women, it's important to know that most of a woman's sexual pleasure during sex comes from the clitoris (which is on the outside of her body) and the first 2 inches of the vagina. Therefore, unless a man's erect penis is less than 2 inches long, it should not cause a sexual problem. Tania, 20, a biochem major, comments on what she perceives as the anatomical irrelevance of penis size. "Penis size isn't important to me because orgasms don't come from the vagina, they come from the clitoris.
Actually, the smaller a man is, the happier I am because we have more possibilities to move in different ways."
Others are more focused on the way a man expresses his sexuality and sensuality with his partner, than the number of inches his penis
measures. Melissa, 21, a dance major says, "I can enjoy being with a man regardless of his penis size. What you do with what you have is much more important than the size of what you have. I really do believe this, although my ex-boyfriend didn't. He even went to the point of measuring his penis with a ruler."
David, 20, (Gay) an economics major, adds, "Gay men talk about penis size a lot, but I don't. To me, penis size has nothing to do with sex. It's not something I look for. If a man is good in bed--not with his penis, but with everything else--that's important."
But what do you do if a partner prefers a larger penis? It is possible. Just as some people prefer women with larger breasts, some partners do prefer men with larger penises. From my conversations with students, I found that most individuals, regardless of whether they had a penis size preference, were ultimately more concerned with the quality of the man attached to the penis than the penis itself.
Still, the reality is that there are those who may reject a man for his smaller penis size, just as there are those who might reject a woman who has a smaller breast size or too many freckles. Unfortunately, many men may respond to that kind of rejection by feeling bad about themselves or that there's something wrong with them rather than feeling that they're just not what the other person was looking for.
Michael, 22, a music major says, "I think some men do get rejected because of penis size, but if that's the only thing someone is interested in, and they would reject me for that one thing, then what can I say. They are lots of guys out there with big penises. I'm just not the one for you."
In a sexual relationship, the way we relate to our bodies is intimately linked to our feelings about giving and receiving pleasure. If a man is unsatisfied with the way his penis looks, he should ask himself a few questions: What standards am I using to compare myself? If I have standards, are they realistic (and does anybody care about my standards besides me?)? Is the size of my penis all there is to my sexuality?
Ultimately, if a man can accept himself just as it is, he won't have to worry if his penis isn't large, gigantic or too big to fit through the doorway.
Darlene Mininni, MPH is the Coordinator of the Sexual Health Education Program in the UCLA The Ashe Center.
LET’S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT HEALTH
PCBS DIMINISH PENIS SIZE
Boys in Taiwan exposed to PCBs while in their mothers' womb develop smaller penises as they mature, compared to normal boys in Taiwan, according to a brief article this month in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.[1]
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) are a group of industrial chemicals manufactured and released into the environment in megaton quantities by Monsanto and its licensees between 1929 and 1976.[2]
The finding of small penises among PCB-exposed human males tends to confirm that humans and wildlife are affected similarly by exposure to "endocrine-disrupting chemicals" such as PCBs, dioxin, DDT, and dozens of others. (See RHWN #249, #263, #264, #323,
#327, #334, #337, #364, #365.)
The endocrine system, in wildlife and humans, is a complex set of bodily organs and tissues whose activities are coordinated by chemical messengers, called hormones, that control growth, development and behavior. In recent years, evidence has accumulated that several dozen pesticides and other industrial chemicals mimic, or interfere with, hormones and thus disrupt the endocrine system.
In both wildlife and humans, it is the reproductive system that seems most prone to disruption by hormone-like industrial pollutants.
SCIENCE NEWS reported this month that male alligators exposed to pesticides in Florida are having difficulty reproducing, partly because their penises are not developing to normal size.[3] SCIENCE NEWS presented evidence from several sources that males of many wildlife species (birds, fish, amphibians, and mammals) are being
"feminized" by exposure to low levels of pesticides and other industrial chemicals that have been released into the environment in huge quantities since World War II.
The boys in Taiwan were born to mothers who unwittingly consumed PCB-contaminated rice oil during a 10-month period in 1979.
As many as 2000 people consumed the contaminated oil. The children consumed no contaminated oil themselves; they were exposed before
birth to PCBs that were carried by their mothers' blood and crossed the placenta; they may have also been exposed shortly after birth by drinking their mothers' milk. The rice oil contained 100 parts per million (ppm) PCBs and 0.1 ppm PCDFs [polychlorinated dibenzofurans, a potent dioxin-like poison].[4]
A new mother in the U.S. today has an average of one ppm PCBs in her breast milk. The children in Taiwan have been observed medically for many years. They are known as the "yucheng" (or "oil disease") children. A similar PCB contamination event ("yusho") occurred in Japan in 1968. When 115 yucheng children were examined in 1985 they were less developed than a control group of children on 32 of 33 different measures. They were delayed, compared to controls, in the age at which they performed tasks such as saying phrases and sentences, turning pages, carrying out requests, pointing to body parts, holding pencils, and catching a ball.
The yucheng children also had a variety of physical defects at birth, including dark colored heads, faces and genitals, and abnormal nails that were often dark and ridged, split, or folded.[5] These children provided the first direct evidence that PCBs are teratogenic [birth-defect-producing] in humans.
Since then, other studies have shown that American children with
"normal" levels of PCBs in their blood show slight physical, mental and emotional retardation. poorer performance on tests requiring fine motor coordination.
Researchers reviewing the history of these children conclude,
"There is thus consistent evidence that prenatal exposure to levels of PCBs commonly encountered in the U.S. produces detectable effects on motor maturation and some evidence of impaired infant learning."[6]
In North Carolina, about 5% of the children have so far shown measurable effects related to PCB exposure, and in a Michigan study of children whose mothers ate fish from Lake Michigan (almost all of
which are contaminated with PCBs), somewhat more than 5% of the children are showing effects. At age 4, children in the Michigan group with higher PCBs levels weighed 10% (4 pounds) less than children with lower PCB levels.
The effect was particularly significant in girls. In addition, the Michigan children were ranked according to an "activity" index, and higher PCB levels were correlated with children who were unusually
"quiet and inactive." These effects on growth and behavior were specifically correlated with exposure to PCBs before birth and not with exposure after birth.
This leads researchers to conclude that PCBs attack the central nervous system more successfully during its earlier developmental stages.[7] The information from Taiwan about male genital development tends to confirm that PCB exposure in the womb has effects different from, and more powerful than, those caused by PCB exposure in later life.
The same seems to be true in wildlife as well. Alligator eggs exposed to DDT or a related pesticide, dicofol, produce male alligators with abnormal sex hormones (estrogen and testosterone) in their blood, leading to growth of penises one-third to one- half normal size, and subsequent reproductive failure.
The Florida panther, an endangered species, is also failing to reproduce itself. There are only 30 to 50 panthers remaining, and the reason for the decline has been a mystery. Now researchers have reported that between 1985 and 1990, 67 percent of male panthers were born with one or more undescended testicles, a condition known as cryptorchidism.
In England and the U.S., cryptorchidism has more than doubled in men during the last four decades.[8] Furthermore, some Florida panthers are sterile and others produce abnormal or deformed sperm.
It was reported last year that sperm count in men in industrialized countries has dropped 50% during the past 50 years.[9]
Two years ago, researchers at University of Wisconsin reported that low prenatal [before birth] exposures to dioxin feminized the behavior of male rats during adulthood, and sharply reduced their production of sperm.[10] "Indeed," says Janet Raloff in SCIENCE NEWS, "the researchers concluded, the developing male reproductive
system appears to be more sensitive to the effects of this hormone-like toxicant [dioxin] than any other organ or organ-system studied."[3]
The ability of industrial chemicals to damage the reproductive systems of wildlife has been observed since the 1950s when DDT was linked to eggshell thinning in many bird species,[11] but humans have been slow to get the message.
Petrochemical corporations and agricultural giants continually dump billions of pounds of endocrine-disrupting toxins into the environment each year. Government goes along. Scientists continue to
Petrochemical corporations and agricultural giants continually dump billions of pounds of endocrine-disrupting toxins into the environment each year. Government goes along. Scientists continue to