If a woman has a tight vagina, a small penis is fine. If a woman has a loose vagina, a bigger penis is fine. There is no set answer to this question. Surely a too short penis race would not be here today.
Speaking of size, remember when we talked about where the gene was for it?
Size does matter. Up to a point. That goes for both men and women.
Penises (penii?) come large and small, wide and narrow.
Vaginas come deep and shallow, tight and loose.
The only thing I worry about is making sure he’s not so big that he tears me up (it has happened). If there’s any doubt, he gets lots of nice warm lube, and we take it extra slow.
I do my bit by practising Kegel exercises, and I have gotten compliments for it.
So long as he hits the three inch mark but not the eight inch mark, I’m a pretty happy gal.
“I’m surprised that you’ve never been told before, that you’re lovely, that you’re perfect, and that somebody wants you.” - Semisonic, f.n.p
In my opinion, size matters, but probably only psychologically. My husband is big, and it tok a while to get used to it. But the fact of the matter is that the inside of a vagina in relatively insensitive. If this were not so, childbirth would be unbearable. Nerve endings in this area are sparse in comparison to the clitoris and labia.
I do agree, however, that large guys seem to replace real effort with ego, whereas a mediocre-weenied guy will work his heart out.
Maybe this belongs in the Weird Plurals thread but –
The preferred plural is penes.
(So is a single vagina a *vaginum[/]?)
“non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem”
– William of Ockham
Size, eh? Hmmm… I agree with the blow job response. It is MUCH nicer to “perform” on someone with an average-to-small penis. Also, as has been said, it is hard to tell the size once it is inside. The inside of the vagina is even less sensitive than the inside of your cheek.
Overall I think 4 to 6 inches is ideal.
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I was wrong, the average size that Cecil quoted was 6"+
Here’s the link http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_193.html
[[In my experience, size matters most during a blowjob. It’s frustrating and hard to suck a large penis ]] Melanie
Sheesh, woman … practice, practice, practice. 
funneefarmer, that may be so but Masters & Johnson, who also came to that size, said they measure an erect penis by measuring it just before orgasm.
Cecil did not state how he did the measuring part, other than from the top, but when?
Cecil was quoting Kinsey’s data, he did no measuring, or at least that is the way I read it. He only said to measure from the top because, my guess here, that is the way Kinsey did the measuring.
The reason you measure from the top is obvious: it’s longer on the top. Remember, men came up with the guidelines for measuring penises.
I don’t know who first said “everyone’s a critic,” but I think it’s a really stupid saying.
Melanie’s observation about moderate-sized penes (that’s the plural for penis, right?) being best for blow jobs doesn’t jibe with some conversations I had with an ex-carpool mate of mine.
We talked about all sorts of frank things that men and women don’t usually talk about (except in anonymous forums such as this). She was on her second marriage, married to a prude, but her first husband was anything but prudish. I got the feeling that she had a colorful sexual history, and if we hadn’t been faithfully been married to other folks, I get the feeling she would have been happy to teach me a thing or two…
OK, I’m back from my reverie. In one conversation, when I said that I heard that size didn’t really matter, the said “Oh YES IT DOES!!!”. Since I weigh in at 5.5" on a good day, I immediately felt like a pinkie-dick. In another conversation, I expressed frustration that my wife feels that men just want blow jobs to be dominant, and I wondered if ANY woman out there actually likes to give them. Her response: She raised her hand and said “I do”. I told her what a lucky SOB her husband was, and she went on to explain that he wouldn’t let her do that to him. The rest of the ride home was uncomfortable, with me trying to will my erection away…
So anyway, perhaps some women like to suck on Kielbasa, some like Vienna Sausages, and some don’t like it at all. I’m very average in length, yet I’ve managed to bump my wife’s cervix (so she says). The bottom line is that it’s “different strokes for different folks”, and how you use what you’ve got.
It’s not longer on the top Pete, its longer on the bottom at least for most guys, I would hope so… Just follow it down into the start of it, wow, just think, just gained another three inches.
Also, Cecil, as usual, did not say if they used a straight ruler or a cloth one, in which case, the cloth one you gain another half inch, believe it or not, give it a shot.
Wow, now Im over 11 inches and counting. NOw if I could just keep my focus before orgasm, I would surely be around 12". lol.
Mine is about an inch and a half longer on top, because the scrotum gets in the way on the bottom.
Am I a freak? Is the scrotum not supposed to be there? It is in all the health/medical texts I’ve seen.
Maybe you’re the odd one, handy.
I don’t know who first said “everyone’s a critic,” but I think it’s a really stupid saying.
I think handy may be measuring from the buttcheeks.
ROFLMAO!!!
Poor Handy! Being teased about such a sensitive issue!
Well, I’d have to say that handy isn’t the goofy one. Petes got some issues. I always get a kick out of the porn sites where the women brag about their bf’s or preference for 12" and up penes. I’m just thinking of some guys measuring with a couple of inches of that tape measure up his ass.
So, omniscient, you’re saying that men aren’t supposed to have scrotums?
Where do you come from? Are you from the same planet handy is from? Are your genitals put on upside-down there?
Um, a penis when erect is at around a 45 degree angle (give or take). Therefore the top, where the penis makes an acute angle with the body is going to be shorter than the bottom by the thickness of the penis. The testes, while not firmly anchored, are typically located below the penis, not anchored to the shaft like a reel on a fishing rod. You maybe different, but i was just pointing out for handy’s sake that most men (gathered from personal experience and careful study of porn) are longer from the bottom. You can stop being defensive now.
Pete, what is your scrotum made of? Mine is made of skin, and being such, it can be pushed to the side a little to allow measurement.
A penis is not a baseball bat, it’s anchored inside the body at least mine is 
Looks like there is a need for a universal penis measurement system possibly based on ratio of length and girth… kinda like a tire.