How Big is the Average Penis?
Sept 17, 2015 20:09:38 GMT -6
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Post by Mystic Wanderer on Sept 17, 2015 20:09:38 GMT -6
Well, here's one that made me do a double take as I was scrolling over Face Book.
Just thought I'd share this with the guys here who have ever lost sleep pondering over this all-important question.
Since most men tend to overestimate themselves, David Veale, a psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, set out with his team to gather data from clinicians who followed a standardized measuring procedure, and finally settle the score on penile proportions.
Humm... I wonder how this test was put into practice?
They even compiled the average size based on what country you are from:
Read more about this article here: Source
Happy Measuring!
Just thought I'd share this with the guys here who have ever lost sleep pondering over this all-important question.
Published today in the British Journal of Urology International, their new study synthesizes data from 17 previous academic papers that included measurements from a total of 15,521 men from around the world. The data enabled the researchers to calculate averages and model the estimated distribution of penile dimensions across humanity. “It still just strikes me how many men have questions and insecurities and concerns about their own penis size. We actually do need good data on it,” says Debra Herbenick, a behavioral scientist at Indiana University, Bloomington, who was not involved in the study.
Humm... I wonder how this test was put into practice?
According to the team’s analysis, the average flaccid, pendulous penis is 9.16 cm (3.61 inches) in length; the average erect penis is 13.12 cm (5.16 inches) long. The corresponding girth measurements are 9.31 cm (3.66 inches) for a flaccid penis and 11.66 cm (4.59 inches) for an erect one. A graph of the size distribution shows that outliers are rare. A 16-cm (6.3-inch) erect penis falls into the 95th percentile: Out of 100 men, only five would have a penis larger than 16 cm. Conversely, an erect penis measuring 10 cm (3.94 inches) falls into the 5th percentile: Only five out of 100 men would have a penis smaller than 10 cm.
Gentlemen, if you’re eager to see how you measure up, you’ll need to follow the same measurement procedure used in the study. All length measurements were made from the pubic bone to the tip of the glans on the top side of the penis. Any fat covering the pubic bone was compressed before measurement, and any additional length provided by foreskin was not counted. Circumference was measured at the base of the penis or around the middle of the shaft, as the two sites were deemed equivalent.
They even compiled the average size based on what country you are from:
Read more about this article here: Source
Happy Measuring!