True penis average size?

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In reply to: According to sexualremedies.net/biggest_penis.html,the average size for a caucasian is 6.2 inches. It appears that this site's main purpose is to peddle penis enlargement techniques. As such, they have a vested interested in making you think the average is larger than it is. As for me...I prefer the smaller numbers cause the smaller the average is, the better I stack up!

ANYTIME anyone gives you information and they are selling you something QUESTION IT.

By the way, the information I cited did not come from the site that Bigguy66 mentioned.

LOL, I realized that Steve, I was just stating a general rule, be it dick growth supplements or car insurance or vitamins.

Funny thing...I just went to EBSCO host (an academic research database) and tpyed in "average penis size" and the only thing that came up was an article from Men's Health on penis enlargement. Not exactly the peer reviewed article I was hoping to find! Maybe when I get time I'll poke around on some of the other databases and see what I can find...Probably nothing though.

Good luck finding a really well-done survey. I'd be surprised if one has ever been done.

I would think that kind of research would have a tough passing through the IRB. To be valid, it would have to not be self-report, which means the researcher does the measuring...which might be tough to get approved...or maybe not.

It wouldn't just be tough to get approved. It would be tough to do. I don't see how someone else can do the measurement without affecting the results.It's kind of like Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, but without the speed and momentum issues. A guy with a ruler would have even more effect than impinging photons.Edit: Hey, how about a glory hole arrangement, where behind the hole would be an ultrasonic device to measure size? The person under test sees nothing, and no other human is involved.

Are you talking about the possibility of the physical act of measuring another man's penis causing a slight change in the size of said penis?

That's a nice idea, Steve. The biggest difficulty is getting an unbiased sample, because guys who are less endowed are likely to feel less comfortable with being measured by another human, so your idea would help with that, too.Many studies try to deal with problems of getting a full erection by either stretching the penis mechanically or inducing erection chemically, but these introduce their own uncertainties.

It just ocurred to me that one of the main reasons such research would probably not be approved is because there is no point. Research is approved and conducted because of its potential application. Research on penis size has no real application beyond making guys feel better or worse.

It's useful for condom manufacturers. Personally I also believe that increasing human knowledge and understanding is valuable for its own sake. Research without a commercial purpose has a hard time getting funded nowadays, though.

Most basic research has no immediate application. What's the gain in astronomy?

The fact that penis size is related to sex would be more of an obstacle. But some rich person who didn't mind being associated with penis size measurement could fund it. On the other hand, there may be better things he or she could fund.

Actually, Ineligible, going after condom manufacturers for research grants in an interesting idea.

In reply to: Most basic research has no immediate application. That might be true for some areas of research, but not all.

It is like about 5.5-6.5depends from race and other obstacles;also check local pool:http://www.afraidtoask.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=184714&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=13000+ man had said the word!

Supposedly 80% of guys are between 5 and 7 inches. So yeah, you're perfectly average :wink:

When I'm hard I have just about 5 inches.However, when I'm soft, my penis is barely the size of my thumb. Obviously, I'm a 'Grower' and not a 'Show-er', but is it normal for a 24 y/o's penis to be that small when flaccid?

why thank you for that answer. i am most happy with my size and so is my girlfriend, so i need not people comin up to me sayin bad things bout me or anythin (not that its happened on here, but just incase )

my flaccid dick has good days and bad days. when i think NOTHIN bout it and should go to the shower, he can be boutn the size of my thumb. sometimes, he make me proud and is a bit bigger than my thumb. it doesn't really matter tho. if u were to be a "show-er" chances are u'd be hard, or if ur with a girl, it'll also be hard, so its not like they're gonna see ur flaccid penis. AND, if they do, so what, u go up to 5 inches. i don't see why size should be an issue. its natural to be as you are, else u wouldn't have been made that way (oh yea, gettin all philosophical on youse now)

Mine's just like yours, Scumbag.