| Men are obsessed with their penises. They're always | | | | they've stopped growing in height before they will |
| asking themselves questions such as: "Am I too | | | | know their final penis size. The trouble is that every |
| small?" or "Can you be too big?". The answer is very | | | | man is a victim of the foreshortening effect. The |
| simple: your current size is probably just fine. Only a | | | | angle at which you look down inevitably makes your |
| tiny percentage of all men fall outside the average | | | | penis seem shorter than it is. But when you glance at |
| male genital size. Some are indeed too small for their | | | | another man's organ, there's no such foreshortening |
| own comfort and some are too big for their partners' | | | | effect, so more often than not it'll look as though the |
| comfort. There are only a couple of professional | | | | other guy is slightly better endowed. A lifetime of |
| studies that can actually give an accurate idea of | | | | comparison of this sort (and virtually every male |
| what the average size of a male penis is. No matter | | | | does a quick mental check on each naked man he |
| how often it's written that penile size doesn't matter, | | | | comes across) can easily make you feel a bit |
| and that women aren't attracted to a man because | | | | inadequate. But it's important to realize the true |
| of the length of his penis, the average male | | | | dimensions of penis length. Of course, it's true that |
| continues to think the same way. Although a big | | | | some men have big penises and some have smaller |
| penis is currently thought to be aesthetically pleasing, | | | | ones, just as some men have small feet and some |
| it is, like other bodily parts, open to shifting trends. In | | | | have big feet, but size is not really a mark of virility. |
| ancient Rome or Greece for example a large penis | | | | The average erect size of a penis seems to be in |
| was thought laughable but it is also true that many | | | | the range of 4 to 8 inches long, with the vast |
| cultures still consider a large penis as a symbol of | | | | majority falling between 5 to 6.5 inches long. Most |
| both potency and strength. Penis size is determined | | | | people think that a tall man has to have a large penis, |
| by genetics. Penis growth starts between the ages | | | | but this is not true. The distinguished American |
| of about 10 to 14 years of age, although some in | | | | researchers Masters and Johnson measured the |
| some boys the process starts sooner, while in others | | | | penile lengths of more than 300 men. The largest |
| it starts later. The testicles begin to enlarge first and | | | | organ was 14 cm (5.5 inches) in the flaccid state. It |
| hair grows in the pubic region. The penis then grows | | | | belonged to a slim man who was 5' 7" tall (170 cm). |
| in length and later in girth. Average penis size for the | | | | The smallest penis measured 6cm (2.25 inches). It |
| mature non-erect adult is between 3 to 4 inches. | | | | belonged to a fairly heavily built man of 5' 11" |
| Teenagers have to wait one or two years after | | | | (180cm). How about that? |