I recently published an article about men with penis dysmorphia and it got me thinking about dick sizes. I know, I probably think way too much about that subject, but hey … I work in porn so let’s go with it. 🙂
For years science has been trying to answer the magical question — what is the average size of a male penis? With that in mind, here are a few quick facts based on the more recent research.
- While 85 percent of women may be satisfied with the size and proportion of their partner’s penis, men are less sure of themselves.
- As much as 45 percent of men believe they have a small penis.
- Across studies, flaccid length average from 7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches).
- Flaccid circumference or girth average ranges from 9 to 10 centimeters (3.5 to 3.9 inches).
- Erect lengths average from 12 to 16 centimeters (4.7 to 6.3 inches).
- Erect circumference is around 12 centimeters (4.7 inches).
To measure penis length, press a ruler into the groin and measure from the base of the penis to the tip. To measure penis girth, wrap a measuring tape around the widest part of the penis.
Science also tells us that flaccid length had little importance in determining the erect penile length. This means that men whose penises are different lengths when flaccid may have similarly sized erect penises.
So do women really want a big cock? Turns out no they really don’t and there are many studies to prove this.
A study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE in November 2015 took the novel approach of asking women to show their penis size preferences with the use of 3D printed models of 33 different dimensions.
The women were asked to choose between 33 differently sized 3D-printed ‘penises’ – including the examples shown. The largest in the set was A, while D was the smallest; they were blue for racial neutrality.
The sizes had been printed across a range from 4 inches to 8.5 inches in length, and from 2.5 inches to 7.0 inches in circumference, based on previous studies giving an average American penis size when erect of 6 inches (15.2 cm) long with a girth of 5 inches (12.7 cm).
The 3D-printed shafts were in blue plastic so as not to suggest any particular race that might prejudice the women’s ideas of average size.
The 75 women indicating size preferences from the 33 blue models chose slightly differently depending on the kind of relationship they were thinking about (and in any case showed they desired a size that turned out to be only slightly above the averages found across studies):
- For long-term sexual partners, they went for a penis of slightly shorter circumference and length compared with their choices for one-night stands, choosing an average length of 6.3 inches and a girth of 4.8 inches.
- This compared with their preference for one-time sex partners being for a length of 6.4 inches and a circumference of 5.0 inches.
