# Is porn driving a kind of penile inflation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458 "2012-03-11T13:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/1 "2012-03-11T13:41:09Z")
There is hetero porn bragging about the guys having 16 inch tubers, which is pretty damn amazing. So you have guys talking about their embarrassingly small 7 inch dicks, or telling a chick they can’t fit in Trojan Magnums :rolleyes: > **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](https://www.yahoo.com/)** > > Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! You might think the OP is a troll, and all the responders are playing along. I’m not so sure after watching real life banter, query a room full of random guys and probably the smallest that will be admitted to is 9 inchs with s sad face ☹ First of all I have never figured out why some hetero porn whose audience is primarily male based on studies makes cocks a selling point, who cares right? Second of all there appear to be some horribly defective rulers and tape measures out on the market, its a real problem! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/2 "2012-03-11T13:47:26Z")
I’m sorry I can’t read your post. My enormous penis keeps getting in the way. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/3 "2012-03-11T13:48:16Z")
[Urban dictionary](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Penis%20inches&defid=4159886) can always offer some insight in these cases, to wit: > [@](#): > > \*\*Penis inches \*\* > > A standard of measurement with no basis in reality. The phrase derives from men who exaggerate the size of their penis. > > Example: > > “_I think I can fit in that parking spot._” > > “_Seriously? What, are you measuring in penis inches?_” ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/4 "2012-03-11T14:40:22Z")
Blame Photoshop. Now anyone can post a picture of their salami-sized penis hanging down to their knees. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/5 "2012-03-11T15:32:34Z")
Dear boys everywhere, That is not an enticement. I have no place for that. Thanks anyway, Girls everywhere ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/6 "2012-03-11T15:37:27Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Second of all there appear to be some horribly defective rulers and tape measures out on the market, its a real problem! 😉 I blame Jimmy Carter and our forced/failed conversion to the metric system. My penis IS two digits long in centimeters (and in millimeters, yeah oh yeah baby, suck on THAT Ron Jeremy!). Thanks Jimmy Carter for a national malaise and penis inflation! ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/7 "2012-03-11T15:47:56Z")
Most guys like to exaggerate about everything, so why would penis size be any different? In our culture, bigger is better(except for body weight). Income, houses, cars, boats, trophies, breasts, and penises are all supposed to be huge. With porn, I’m guessing that it started out that larger penises were simply easier to film. Then huge became the standard and from there it got out of control. This is one reason I prefer lesbian or solo woman porn(see related thread). I’m not interested in watching a freak show. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/8 "2012-03-11T16:38:25Z")
The water’s cold. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/9 "2012-03-11T16:42:21Z")
And deep too ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/10 "2012-03-11T16:43:03Z")
Porn sometimes drives my penile inflation. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/11 "2012-03-11T16:43:49Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Porn sometimes drives my penile inflation. Thank you, on behalf of all of us, for stepping up to the plate on that one. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/12 "2012-03-11T16:46:42Z")
l WAS IN THE POOL!!! I wonder if we’ll get the same level of craziness concerning penis size as a good portion of women do concerning their bodies. For the older among us, has penis size talk had the same prevalence over the decades? How about men who bulk up like Arnold S., has that been around to the same degree for the last few decades? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/13 "2012-03-11T18:18:04Z")
I used to call them AOL inches back when I was young and picking up guys in AOL chat rooms. General rule was to expect two inches less than the person claimed. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/14 "2012-03-11T18:30:00Z")
A fun [little map](http://www.targetmap.com/viewer.aspx?reportId=3073) that might shed some light on why some Americans don’t want Mexicans coming into the country willy-nilly. It may also explain some of the French bashing as well. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/15 "2012-03-11T18:40:57Z")
These people have no respect for the memory of the late John Curtis Holmes. Then again, old Johnny Wadd was himself needlessly hyped as hangin’ further down than he really did. Probably not entirely a matter of his own vanity, but more like: _“Nah, let’s not say he’s got 11, let’s say he’s got 14. Who can tell the difference in this bad lighting and low-quality film, and that way the guys in the audience who can see he’s swinging twice as much pipe as they got won’t feel so bad, and be be even more impressed that the girl can take all that.”_ ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/16 "2012-03-11T19:23:37Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I blame Jimmy Carter and our forced/failed conversion to the metric system. You’re blaming the wrong guy. It was [Gerald Ford](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_Conversion_Act) who signed the act.. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/17 "2012-03-11T19:25:30Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > You’re blaming the wrong guy. > > It was [Gerald Ford](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_Conversion_Act) who signed the act.. You mean the guy who took over for Tricky Dick ? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/18 "2012-03-11T19:33:16Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Thanks Jimmy Carter for a national malaise and penis inflation! Back in the '70s National Lampoon magazine somewhere found a photograph of Jimmy Carter holding an unsliced bologna and featured it in a fake article suggesting that then-President Carter was hugely hung. I wish like heck I could find that online. ---
**Author:** ![Pops1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Pops1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops1963)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/19 "2012-03-12T04:43:51Z")
ok I wondered who was bringing down the national average. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-porn-driving-a-kind-of-penile-inflation/615458/20 "2012-03-12T06:15:21Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > These people have no respect for the memory of the late John Curtis Holmes. > > Then again, old Johnny Wadd was himself needlessly hyped as hangin’ further down than he really did. Probably not entirely a matter of his own vanity, but more like: _“Nah, let’s not say he’s got 11, let’s say he’s got 14. Who can tell the difference in this bad lighting and low-quality film, and that way the guys in the audience who can see he’s swinging twice as much pipe as they got won’t feel so bad, and be be even more impressed that the girl can take all that.”_ The most accurate numbers I’ve ever heard for Holmes was 9.75". His rival Ron Jeremy is 9.5". Holmes name for Jeremy was “Little Dick” and Jeremy called Homes “Pap Smear”. But in the case of both men, neither can get the whole thing in a vagina, which tend to bottom out at around 7.5". Watch their movies, and the poor schmucks tend to have their hands around the base to keep it from going in too far.