# Is your penis length longer or shorter than average? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883 "2005-12-16T07:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Elmer\_MuD\_PhuD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elmer\_MuD\_PhuD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_MuD_PhuD)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/101 "2005-12-19T10:05:55Z")
Well, my length is average, but my longevity is absurd. ---
**Author:** ![lalaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@lalaith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalaith)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/102 "2005-12-19T10:21:29Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Well according to this Rotten article: [http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/historical/rasputin/](http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/historical/rasputin/) > > The supposed member is actually a sea cucumber > Of course I know Rotten isn’t renowned for being accurate. I thought I’d try to find an address for the museum then I could email them or write them and ask. So far I haven’t found one. And, I have to wonder, if they paid for the exhibit and are making money off it, how likely is it to get an answer other than “It is Rasputin’s penis”? That’s quite an interesting picture in that article you linked. I pulled up a bunch of images of fresh and dried sea cucumbers. I have to say that what’s in the jar doesn’t look like any of the sea cucumbers I saw. Maybe this is a question for Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/103 "2005-12-19T11:07:56Z")
It ain’t the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/104 "2005-12-19T12:40:21Z")
> [@Broken Wind](#): > > A solid 7" under normal arousal. Tends to get bigger with prolonged usage. My girlfriend says I’m “big, but not porn star big.” Which is fine by me. 🙂 So how many porn stars has she been with? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/105 "2005-12-19T13:22:39Z")
> [@the raindog](#): > > So how many porn stars has she been with? 😃 Based upon her prowess in the bedroom, I’d say several. ☹ Wait a minute, who am I kidding? 🙂🙂🙂🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/106 "2005-12-19T13:52:10Z")
THe SDMB may certainly help fight ignorance, but not in the arena of mathematics. After all, everybody here have a larger-than-average penis size. Average erect penis size for the male population as a whole - 5.5" Average erect penis size for male Dopers - 8" We’re also all fantastic drivers that never piss off anyone else on the road, wonderful parents with delightful kids that are much better behaved than the rugrats that normally create hell at restaurants, courteous cell phone users that never irritate others and loudly gab away in public, and considerate pet owners that always clean up the poop left by our affectionate, silent and perfectly trained pound and rescue dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/107 "2005-12-19T13:59:44Z")
It can vary between 6" and 8". Though it also gets rather small in cold weather. _shrug_ I’m 6’6" so I guess it’s sort of proportional. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/108 "2005-12-19T14:18:21Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > I can’t find a ruler that curves to the left. Try a protractor. ---
**Author:** ![albertmdh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@albertmdh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albertmdh)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/109 "2006-02-08T02:15:11Z")
im anywhere from 6.75 to 7.5, it varies sometimes, girthwise, i have to use the extra large condoms, can’t even come close to getting an normal one on, anymore. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/110 "2006-02-08T02:29:39Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > We’re also all fantastic drivers that never piss off anyone else on the road, wonderful parents with delightful kids that are much better behaved than the rugrats that normally create hell at restaurants, courteous cell phone users that never irritate others and loudly gab away in public, and considerate pet owners that always clean up the poop left by our affectionate, silent and perfectly trained pound and rescue dogs. How astute of you. Your forgot tolerant, open minded, honorable and truthful. Oh, and hot. Don’t forget hot. Sadly, I have no penis, but have never felt the lack… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![fretsonfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/779978/32.png) [@fretsonfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fretsonfire)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/111 "2006-02-08T02:51:47Z")
when you say average do you mean when erect or flacid? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/112 "2006-02-08T03:36:31Z")
If I just touch the ruler to the base of my crank, I’m 5.5". If I press it into my flab, I can get another inch out of it, and reach 6.5". My girth is somewhat on the large side at 5.5" as well. (99th percentile, woo hoo!) So I suppose it’s slightly bigger than average on the whole, which jibes with what my girlfriend told me, even though I didn’t believe it at the time. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/113 "2006-02-08T04:11:18Z")
I can’t believe I’m responding to this thread. No, wait, I can, too…(and **norinew** , I know you’re peeking…😉 ) I’m just a shade over 6" long, and about 5.5-5.75" in girth. I found the best way to measure was with a tailor’s tape…and I had help measuring, which was very nice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jotun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@Jotun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jotun)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/114 "2006-02-08T08:47:58Z")
I clock in at a cervix pokin’ 6.5" long, girth is 5.5". This however, I believe to be proportionate, not at all big. (I am 6’3", 200lbs) ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/115 "2006-02-08T14:44:14Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Sadly, I have no penis, but have never felt the lack… 😉 Well, there’s no shame in it, you know. Most women enjoy feeling their lack from time to time. Live a little! The dimensions of my penis cannot be calculated with Earthling math. If ya wanna know, ya gonna have to climb in my spaceship, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/116 "2006-02-08T14:58:18Z")
8.5 do i get a trophy? …and no, i don’t want rasputin’s pickled yogurt chucker, either. what can i say? i’m a magnum kind of guy. and i’ll stop the TMI right now… …that is, unless i’m prodded to continue by the way, i’m from michigan. go midwesterners! …hey, stop prodding me with that thing! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/117 "2006-02-08T14:59:38Z")
> [@Jotun](#): > > I clock in at a cervix pokin’ 6.5" long, girth is 5.5". > > This however, I believe to be proportionate, not at all big. > > (I am 6’3", 200lbs) cervix-pokin…hehehehe this might be the most female-lurked thread in history. it would be a post (haha) about schwangage that’d do it, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/118 "2006-02-08T15:02:37Z")
sorry sorry sorry…triple post…and it’s gotta be my 5389675698763636th triple post… …but i think we should rename this thread the “john holmes award”, “mandingo memorial tribute”, or the “rasputin roudup” …orr the “lexington steele brouhaha” the “ron jeremy cloister”? i shoulda gone to class today. ---
**Author:** ![Analogue\_Skywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Analogue\_Skywalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Analogue_Skywalker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/119 "2006-02-08T19:29:54Z")
> [@Jotun](#): > > I clock in at a cervix pokin’ 6.5" long, girth is 5.5". > > This however, I believe to be proportionate, not at all big. > > (I am 6’3", 200lbs) I am 6’6" , 170lbs. It is 8.5inchs when reallllly erect , about 7.5 when im just mildly aroused. girth about 5inchs. I think my penis looks small on my frame. Its really unnerving. maybe I just have a complex. everyone else is convinced my penis is HUGE. I have two 5/16inch diameter titinum beads implanted on the top of my shaft. so that adds some illusion of extra girth. but my balls are HUGE! maybe I should make “Are your testes average sized or not?” thread ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883/120 "2006-02-08T19:36:28Z")
i’m about 5’7 or 5’8 and about 160 pounds…if you gals need to fill in the picture… …and yeah, i work out…_points the way to the beach_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883.md?page=7)