the OFFICIAL how to measure thread

[taolanes]

OK, there are about 1000 threads on how big the average guy is. So I figured I'd try to get the jist of them all on one thread.

1. How do you measure? Is the standard measure from the bottom end(where your balls meet the base of your penis) or from the top end?

2. What is the real average? Most people lie on the internet, but no one has ever said what the real average is

3. Are there any ways to improve your size?

4. Anything else I forgot to mention?

 

[bytor2112]

yeah use what you have and pleasure the woman....if it's not big enough for her then tell her to "fuck off" and find a nice woman...

 

[MagicFingers]

Here's how

I read in Penthouse or Playboy many years ago, when I used to read them, that you start with a tape measure, place it at your asshole, bring it up and once around your balls, then up to the tip of your penis. Some even add their circumference to the length to get a total fit.
This figure closely approximates the figures that people post as their cock size online or in magazine letters.

 

[Limbhugger]

Everything you'd ever want to know on the subject from the "Bruce Lee" of natural penis enlargement.

http://www.mattersofsize.com/

 

[born2bwild81]

I've always heard people asking the same questions you are, and being curious about it myself, a couple years ago I did some researching of medical books and the net, and I wrote down some of the more important information that I found. I guess I couldn't find a better way to spend my time, but here's what I found.

1. The most common way to measure erect penis length is to stand up and place a ruler along the top of the penis and measure to the tip. Some say the length should be measured with the ruler just touching the skin at the base of the penis. Others say that to account for the differences in mens' bodies (thickness of skin and fat around the base) the measurement should be taken with the ruler pushed back against the pubic bone. Also, some people say you should be allowed to straighten the curve (if present), while others say you can't straighten the curve.

The erect penis girth is most commonly measured by using a flexible cloth tape measure and wrapping it around the penis. Again there's variances in how it can be done. Some say the measurement should be taken at the middle of the shaft. Others say that due to shape variances among penises the measurement should simply be taken at the thickest portion.


2. It's hard (pun intended ) to get an accurate assessment of what "average" truly is. Some studies have relied on self measurement and self reporting. Obviously these studies are believed to have "inflated" numbers. Even among studies where the measurements were taken by researchers, there's differences in measuring technique. Also, some studies included men of only one race and of only a certain age group. Others included men of various races and from various geographic origins.

Anyway, what I found in the studies was that the averages varied quite a bit from one study to the next.

One study came up with an average erect length of 5.1" while another study came up with an average erect length of 6.4". Those are the two extremes, with most studies finding an average erect length somewhere between 5.7" and 6.2".

The girth varied from an average erect girth of 4.7" in one study to an average erect girth of 5.2" in another study. Most studies reported an average erect girth of 4.8" to 5.0".

In the medical books I've read, anything from 5" to 7" is considered a "normal" erect penis length for an adult male in the US.

FWIW, after reading a lot, I feel the "average" erect length is most likely in the 5.75" to 6" range, and that the monster penises everyone claims to have on the internet are quite rare in the real world.


3. There's a lot of things that are supposed to work, but someone else will have to tell you if they really work or not.


4. I can't think of anything else.

 

[Mogwai7]

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[TXappeal]

my 2 cents

1 - top end
2 - average 6.16 inches lenght (Kinsey institute study) they did not ask people, they measured. most common range 5.50 to 7 inches. girth range 4.50 to 5.50
3 - you can improve your size risking damaging the peneal tissues. leave it as it is and work on what turns you on to get good satisfying erections.
4 - learn to use your tongue, hands, the rest of your body, and your voice during lovemaking.

 

[assister49]

Re: Here's how

I read in Penthouse or Playboy many years ago, when I used to read them, that you start with a tape measure, place it at your asshole, bring it up and once around your balls, then up to the tip of your penis. Some even add their circumference to the length to get a total fit.
This figure closely approximates the figures that people post as their cock size online or in magazine letters.

And so that's why we have so many average men walking around with a confidence problem.