how big are you?

[cyba]

A lot of y'all are full of shit.

Really? How would you know that?
Oh, of course. Wikipedia, where - incidentally - info can be added to any item by anyone who is registered.
Let's have a look. Three major 'scientific' studies measuring erections. Sample group sizes - 80, 50 and (the Lifestyle Condoms survey - we do want them to fit comfortably), 400 uni students at Cancun, Mexico. 300 got hard. All up :D, 430 guys. Wow, that's got to be definitive. Ignore the graphs..dressing.
Note, Wikipedia also says,

A penis must be completely erect in order to obtain an accurate measurement ..(and, importantly) this may be difficult to achieve in a clinical setting.

I suggest you look at the references in detail. Barely any are about scientific measurement and virtually none that seem to be carry scientific weight. Here's an example,

Human Sexuality Forum "The average erect penis size of American men is 5 inches"

There are only 2 scientifically based studies regarding average penis size in existence. One is a study involving all American men, mostly Caucasian, which was published in the American Journal of Urology in 1996. In this study, the penises were actually measured by urologists, and the avg. erect penis size among American men was determined to be 12.9 cm or 5.0 inches.

The 2nd study is the only scientifically based international comparative penis size study in existence. It's described as the most widespread study of its kind. The Andromedical Study was headed by renown European urologist, Dr. Gomez de Diego of Spain. In this study, Dr. de Diego collected scientific data from an international team of reputable physicians to determine the avg. penis size for the 15 nations involved.

In existence! What a vague, pretentious, unknowledgeable load of nonsense. Gomez Deigo, for instance, simply gathered stats from where-ever he could find them, mainly Urologists (who seem to have more to do with guys' cocks than most other doctors - dont forget the 'clinical setting' statement - except, possibly, venereologists.) His 'data' places Koreans at 6.1", just behind the top-rated Frenchmen at 6.2". Japanese guys come in at 5.1" - ahead of Americans at 5.0", Brazilian males at 4.8", and Saudis at 4.9". Bollocks!
Deigo admitted that the results were not exhaustive (well, knock me down with a feather duster and call me 'a ladyboy's fudge puppy') and stated

"We couldn't find references for many countries and in some cases we couldn't even find the appropriate people to talk to about it."

As for your own statement

93% of guys were under 7".

- it's meaningless. Were they 6.8", 5", 3.4" or 2", or somewhere/anywhere in between?

Get yourself a tape measure, a notebook, and a pen, get in your car, take your credit card (food, petrol, etc.) and go calling on glory holes, saunas, and wherever else guys willingly flop their dicks across the breadth and width of the States. You'll be away for months. See what figures you come up with.*

Then you can measure mine

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* Some wit might say, 'The survey will be biased. A disproportionate number of guys with big cocks ('show-offs') go to saunas and use glory holes, etc.'
Maybe.

[racquel]

cyba:

Of course Wikipedia isn't perfect, but it is overall more factually accurate than any encyclopedia, newspaper, or magazine I've heard of. There have been studies (and several people have written their masters theses on it) arguing that Wikipedia is more accurate than Britannica. This is because it can be observed that Wikipedia gets corrected more often than it gets sabotaged. Besides, when some incompetent person fucks with Wikipedia, eventually someone else just reverts the changes and it's all better.

As far as the penis length article, obviously studies with those sample sizes aren't fool proof, but several studies are referenced, and in every single one of them at least 93% of people are below 7". I'm not sure why you said that was meaningless. It's just a statement about the numbers they came up with, and it's true. Your own study you reference does not dispute this:

Originally Posted by cyba

Gomez Deigo, for instance, simply gathered stats from where-ever he could find them, mainly Urologists (who seem to have more to do with guys' cocks than most other doctors - dont forget the 'clinical setting' statement - except, possibly, venereologists.) His 'data' places Koreans at 6.1", just behind the top-rated Frenchmen at 6.2". Japanese guys come in at 5.1" - ahead of Americans at 5.0", Brazilian males at 4.8", and Saudis at 4.9". Bollocks!

He asked urologists? Obviously that's stupid. Who gets hard for the doctor? And since when is it standard practice for the doctor to then measure your erection and log the results? :D

Anyway, just look at people's responses here. 93 people responded before me, putting the average at 6.7". If you've seen many dicks at all, or talked to people who have, it should be common sense that the average is between 5.0" and 6.0". Every one of those studies shows that less than 10% are over 7.0" and less than 10% are under 4.0". Now look at this thread:

15 people said they were over 8.0"
27 people said they were over 7.0"
31 people were equal to or greater than 7.0"
3 people were equal to or less than 4.0"
1 person said he was under 4.0"

Do you really think 33.3% of people here are over 7"? I stand by my statement that a lot of them are full of shit. But maybe I'm wrong. If I am, you 8.0"+ studs should be making porn, not wasting your time talking about shemales.

Go ahead and measure your cock from the bottom starting half way to your asshole if it makes you feel better. It just seems kinda silly to me.

[cyba]

Go ahead and measure your cock from the bottom starting half way to your asshole if it makes you feel better. It just seems kinda silly to me.

Now, now, now..
You know we measure along the top from the pubes to tip of the glans.
8-8.5" isn't that big. It's certainly not huge.

[tonywaits]

A urologist can give you an injection that will make your penis instantaneously erect to it's maximum length.

Originally Posted by racquel

cyba:

Of course Wikipedia isn't perfect, but it is overall more factually accurate than any encyclopedia, newspaper, or magazine I've heard of. There have been studies (and several people have written their masters theses on it) arguing that Wikipedia is more accurate than Britannica. This is because it can be observed that Wikipedia gets corrected more often than it gets sabotaged. Besides, when some incompetent person fucks with Wikipedia, eventually someone else just reverts the changes and it's all better.

As far as the penis length article, obviously studies with those sample sizes aren't fool proof, but several studies are referenced, and in every single one of them at least 93% of people are below 7". I'm not sure why you said that was meaningless. It's just a statement about the numbers they came up with, and it's true. Your own study you reference does not dispute this:



He asked urologists? Obviously that's stupid. Who gets hard for the doctor? And since when is it standard practice for the doctor to then measure your erection and log the results? :D

Anyway, just look at people's responses here. 93 people responded before me, putting the average at 6.7". If you've seen many dicks at all, or talked to people who have, it should be common sense that the average is between 5.0" and 6.0". Every one of those studies shows that less than 10% are over 7.0" and less than 10% are under 4.0". Now look at this thread:

15 people said they were over 8.0"
27 people said they were over 7.0"
31 people were equal to or greater than 7.0"
3 people were equal to or less than 4.0"
1 person said he was under 4.0"

Do you really think 33.3% of people here are over 7"? I stand by my statement that a lot of them are full of shit. But maybe I'm wrong. If I am, you 8.0"+ studs should be making porn, not wasting your time talking about shemales.

Go ahead and measure your cock from the bottom starting half way to your asshole if it makes you feel better. It just seems kinda silly to me.

[new believer]

Ok I finally got out my folding wood style measuring rule the other night. I placed it at my pubic bone along and atop my erection and it measures a hair(no pun intended) over 7". I have a very modest 'arc/bend' so I sort of leveled it. Now you experts tell me. Was that the proper way? Is it the average length? Did I cheat by my method?
I have had a few past girlfriends tell me I had a beautiful cock, but I never inquired of precisley what they meant. I never really looked at the guys in gym so my skills at comparisons are a little lacking.

[nhboy]

i'm less than 3"