Penis Size

[xoxoxoBruce]

There have been a million articles on penis size, and the old saw that six inches is average.

According to David Veale of Kings College London Medical School and his team, “there have been no formal systematic reviews of penile size measurements” — so they took that burden upon themselves. The researchers gathered data from 20 different studies previously conducted about penis size; in each study, the measurements were taken by medical professionals, with the total sample size from all 20 studies being 15,521 men. The goal was to create charts which doctors can show to male patients, enabling them to see where they stand (har har) in the grand scheme of overall penis size distribution — hence the study's title, “Am I Normal? A Systematic Review and Construction of Nomograms for Flaccid and Erect Penis Length and Circumference in Up to 15,521 Men.”

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The results...
•3.61 inches: The average length of a flaccid penis.
•5.21 inches: The average length of a flaccid penis after it's been stretched out.
•5.17 inches: The average length of an erect penis.
•3.67 inches: The average circumference of a flaccid penis.
•4.59 inches: The average circumference of an erect penis.

It's worth noting that, among all the studies used for this particular literature review, only four of them had any information about erect penis length. As such, the sample size for that number (which, of course, is the one everyone is probably most interested in) is pretty tiny: Only 692 people. But hey, 692 people is still 692 people, so you know what? It's time to let go of the whole “six inches is average” myth — because it turns out it's just that: A myth.