# Penis measurement **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 1, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714 "2011-04-01T03:01:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/1 "2011-04-01T03:01:34Z")
Having seen many charts online that lay out average length worldwide I ask… What is the proper (and widely) accepted way to measure? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/2 "2011-04-01T03:04:08Z")
With two yardsticks. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/3 "2011-04-01T03:10:54Z")
I use my car’s odometer. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/4 "2011-04-01T03:11:55Z")
Along the top, according to [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/461/does-average-human-penis-length-vary-among-ethnic-groups). ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/5 "2011-04-01T03:16:53Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > I use my car’s odometer. Odometers are pretty small. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/6 "2011-04-01T03:24:02Z")
plenty of answers on how to measure > **[Guys: Y'all Ever Measure Your Penis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598000)** > > If so, what did you use, a wooden yardstick, a carpenter’s measuring tape or a tailor’s measuring tape? I myself have used a measuring tape, because it does stretch a bit. When you thought you’d gotten it all the way rigid, did you grunt a bit and... ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/7 "2011-04-01T03:43:53Z")
Well at least nobody has chimed in to say that I am the worlds biggest dick. 😃 In order to beat y’all to the punch I wonder if the powers that be would allow me a username change? Choices: 1. Wide Earp. 2. Girth Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/8 "2011-04-01T03:44:34Z")
I’ll show you! Or you can ask your tailor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/9 "2011-04-01T08:30:08Z")
In all seriousness, I’ve read once before that you measure it erect from where it comes out of your pelvis region. IOW, you count the part that is surrounded by the ball sac. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/10 "2011-04-01T08:46:00Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > What is the proper (and widely) accepted way to measure? You ask this question of her: “On a scale of 1-10, how good was it for you?” ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/11 "2011-04-01T10:47:58Z")
X=A-B, where X is penis length and A and B are the two points which yield the highest value of X. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/12 "2011-04-01T11:17:05Z")
From the base of the shaft of your penis, lay it in the palm of your left hand and close your grip around it. While leaving your left hand in place, do the same with your right hand. Measure the length of your penis that’s still exposed, and then add that to the width of both of your hands. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/13 "2011-04-01T16:35:35Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > In order to beat y’all to the punch I wonder if the powers that be would allow me a username change? > > Choices: > > 1. Wide Earp. > 2. Girth Brooks. Actually, I was considering “Richleigh N. Dowd”. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/14 "2011-04-01T16:49:13Z")
[Everything ya wanted to know about penis size and measurements](http://www.sizesurvey.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/15 "2011-04-01T17:56:01Z")
According to Adam Carolla - from the back of the ballsack to 1" past the end of the penis. Also, “Dixie Normous”. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/16 "2011-04-01T18:02:28Z")
Hold up your left hand palm facing right, and your right hand palm facing left. Then say “it’s _this_ big.” ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/17 "2011-04-01T19:59:33Z")
Couple of guys were looking at a cat, and Guy 1 declared, “My penis is as long as that cat’s tail.” Te other scoffed, so they made a bet First they measured the cat’s tale. Then, Guy 2 measured his friend’s shaft from on top. “Oh no,” Guy 1 said. “You have to measure from the tip of mine down to my asshole, as you did with the cat.” ---
**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/18 "2011-04-01T20:15:28Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > From the base of the shaft of your penis, lay it in the palm of your left hand and close your grip around it. While leaving your left hand in place, do the same with your right hand. Measure the length of your penis that’s still exposed, and then add that to the width of both of your hands. This killed me.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rotlla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Rotlla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rotlla)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/19 "2011-04-01T20:29:23Z")
> [@Iggins](#): > > According to Adam Carolla - from the back of the ballsack to 1" past the end of the penis. Correction: one measures “from the center of the anus to just past the tip.” I believe he mentioned once that he reaches nearly six inches when measured according to this methodology. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/20 "2011-04-01T20:33:30Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > You ask this question of her: > > “On a scale of 1-10, how good was it for you?” Mine goes to 11. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714.md?page=2)