# Penis size - whats too much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261 "2012-07-14T23:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/21 "2012-07-15T20:32:55Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > How about “Gay folks” or “Gay posters”? You know, add a noun in there. > > Using the construction “The [charcteristics]” is frown upon pretty widely, be it talking about people who are gay or black or intelectually disabled. ??? This is the first time I’ve ever heard this rule, and I’ve been a member of this and other BBS discussion boards for a long time. re the real issue…are larger flagpoles correlated with less sensitivity? Do bigger guys get any less pleasure out of their joysticks? It’s said that the guys with real monsters can’t even get the fully erect, but are there lesser drawbacks at more commonplace dimensions? ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/22 "2012-07-15T22:51:20Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Things started getting uncomfortable for me after puberty. Now whenever I finish urinating I have to sling my penis over my shoulder and burp it. Definitely too big for it’s own good. I wish I didn’t have to suppress my laughter. I work at a library and I’m on desk. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/23 "2012-07-16T01:19:03Z")
Girth is a bigger issue than length, as even the longest penis can be used in a way where full insertion is not necessary. I’ve had one experience where the partner’s penis was too big, and that was an issue of girth rather than length; on the other hand, I’ve met a few folks who were big enough to make my cervix hurt if they weren’t careful. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/24 "2012-07-16T01:26:39Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > 5 inches is not ‘tiny’, FYI. No but if that is the max you are willing to handle then it certainly implies you like a smaller than average penis. Not applicable to me, just reading out of sheer curiosity. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/25 "2012-07-16T01:36:18Z")
Too small’s never been a problem, but too big causes problems with my favorite position; not sure what it’s hitting inside there, probably cervix, but there’s nothing worse than pain you DONT want while you’re doing the sexy thing you love best. HATE THAT!! On the other hand, had one rather long-lengthed lover who had a curve to his peep, and it missed whatever pain spot everyone else that length seems to find. So anybody curvin’ to the left can be any size they want and I’ll hop right on! (Or would…married now, not an issue) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/26 "2012-07-16T01:57:16Z")
Sorry Chefguy. I often include a witty remark on the upper or lower limit of my polls. This time it wasn’t as witty as planned. I didn’t mean to offend anyone. :smack: Consider me thoroughly chastised. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Hey! Who the hell are you calling “tiny”? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/27 "2012-07-16T02:19:22Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > . . . So anybody curvin’ to the left can be any size they want and I’ll hop right on! (Or would…married now, not an issue) I’m like the Republican Party in 1968; I have a crooked Dick. I’m like the Democratic Party in 1968; I veer to the left. Bipartisanship at its finest! ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/28 "2012-07-16T02:30:03Z")
Still waiting for the Man from Kent to buzz in with an answer. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/29 "2012-07-16T14:17:36Z")
In my experience, the vagina can accommodate a wider/girthier penis than the anus (generally), but the anus can accommodate a longer one. Fortunately, I have one of each so I can keep everyone happy. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/30 "2012-07-16T14:24:29Z")
How is length related to girth? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/31 "2012-07-16T14:48:49Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > In my experience, the vagina can accommodate a wider/girthier penis than the anus (generally), but the anus can accommodate a longer one. > > Fortunately, I have one of each so I can keep everyone happy. Best post/poster name combo of the week. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/32 "2012-07-16T16:14:30Z")
It’s not about the length, it’s about how he uses it. If a guy is more than 6 inches and insists on bottoming out to the cervix with every thrust, I won’t be calling him back. But a 10-inch guy who is considerate and thrusts shallowly to accommodate the mismatch in lengths would be just fine. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/33 "2012-07-16T16:33:24Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > How is length related to girth? Orthogonally? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/34 "2012-07-16T16:51:52Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Sorry Chefguy. I often include a witty remark on the upper or lower limit of my polls. This time it wasn’t as witty as planned. I didn’t mean to offend anyone. :smack: Consider me thoroughly chastised. My post was also a joke. I’m sure that I’m a smokin’ 5.25", but who actually measures? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/35 "2012-07-16T18:32:21Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > If that figure is about average then someone like J Holmes ( **at over 12 inches** ) was more than double the average male. No. Just…no. According to Ron Jeremy, speaking before the Chicago showing on the documentary _[Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282856/)_, John C. Holmes’ penis was 9.75". Jeremy’s penis is 9.5". Holmes’ nickname for Jeremy was “Little Dick” and Jeremy called Holmes “Pap Smear”. Screw magazine did the measurements in the only honest, accurate manner - along the top, from the base where it joins the abdomen to the tip. The truth is that neither Holmes or Jeremy got particularly hard, and in virtually all the porn they did, both would hold their fist around the base of their dicks, both to provide rigidity and to prevent going too deep during vaginal sex. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/36 "2012-07-16T18:45:00Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The anus is a much smaller orifice than a vagina. Ripping and tearing are obviously a concern for anyone engaged in anal sex. That’s the only reason I brought it up in the OP. The only times Holmes was able to go all the way in was either anal or oral. “Little Oral Annie” was able to take him all the way orally, and Connie Peterson did a DP with Holmes in her butt and Paul Thomas in her pussy in _[The Little French Maid](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151359/)_. > [@](#): > > All the lube in the world wouldn’t help if J Holmes knocked on your back door. Then I would suggest you not Google either “fisting” or “Long Jeanne Silver”. If you do, you will be astonished at the flexibility of the human anus. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/37 "2012-07-16T18:51:59Z")
My partner thought he wanted to be with a 10 incher until he tried it. I think it was a combo of th size and lack of any finesse on the guys part that has made him say 9 is the biggest he wants to deal with. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/38 "2012-07-16T20:22:47Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > My partner thought he wanted to be with a 10 incher until he tried it. I think it was a combo of th size and lack of any finesse on the guys part that has made him say 9 is the biggest he wants to deal with. My initial read of this was: “my partner thought 10” would be too much until I showed him it can be quite fine." Thought I caught you stealth-bragging. Still, if the implication is that you’re a niner… ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/39 "2012-07-16T20:25:57Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > My initial read of this was: “my partner thought 10” would be too much until I showed him it can be quite fine." Thought I caught you stealth-bragging. Still, if the implication is that you’re a niner… Heh. No, I’m not packing 9. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/40 "2012-07-16T20:37:10Z")
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