# Porn Stamina **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 24, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-stamina/150612 "2003-01-24T16:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-stamina/150612/61 "2003-02-27T05:47:11Z")
**Zwingle** said: > [@](#): > > I always wondered why some of the men porn stars seem to have large penis’s (penisii?), but small testicles, I thought that this was the reason they lasted so long, that they had some sort of surgery to make them last. Or maybe because they shoot so much that their testicles have shrunk? Anyone know the answer on why they have smaller testicles? Porn stars have small testicles, or small scrotum? Why do you think that? All the testicles I notice (and not that I’m looking, but in some views you can’t miss them) seem normal sized. Maybe your comparison is off, i.e. the larger penis makes the scrotum appear smaller? ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-stamina/150612/62 "2003-02-27T15:03:41Z")
> [@](#): > > **_from Asia Carrera’s FAQ:_ > There’s a reason why you always see the same guys over and over in every movie. It’s because there are very, very few guys who can perform on command under the demanding, grueling circumstances of shooting a movie. Imagine: it’s 5am, you’re exhausted, 15 crew guys are grouchy and waiting on you to perform so they can go home. They’re giving you nasty looks while you’re trying to get hard in the freezing cold, buck naked, on your aching knees on the cold metal hood of a car. _snip_ You’re wanking in the cold with an audience of 15 impatient guys, knowing that if you don’t get hard, word will spread instantly that you are not reliable. And if you don’t come on cue, forcing them to reshoot the scene, you will never be hired again.** and: > [@](#): > > \*\* _originally posted by Irishman_ > Porn stars have small testicles, or small scrotum? Why do you think that? All the testicles I notice (and not that I’m looking, but in some views you can’t miss them) seem normal sized. Maybe your comparison is off, i.e. the larger penis makes the scrotum appear smaller?\*\* > [@](#): > > **_also from Asia Carrera’s FAQ:_ > Some of the guys do have monster weenies, but most of them are around 6-7 inches. It’s more important to have a reliable dick than a big one** As for the small testicles point - I have noticed this as well - there are some men in porn who have extremely small testicles, and one or two that I thought had no testicles at all! I’m sure it was all camera angles, or ambient temperatures, or something, but I have seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Angilion2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@Angilion2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angilion2)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-stamina/150612/63 "2003-02-27T23:27:47Z")
I’ve seen a few references to male porn stars having small testicles. I think that’s mostly an optical illusion - they have very large penises and so their testicles look smaller. It could also be that they have ejaculated recently, so they have little stored semen. If you watch porn films, you will no doubt have seen the same few seconds repeated several times in the same scene (listen to the “dialogue”), the same period of time shown from a different camera, etc. There’s no doubt that some scenes are made to appear longer than they actually were. They’re usually not that long, though. It’s not inhuman lengths of time. There’s also no doubt that professional male porn stars are chosen to a large extent on their ability to get an erection almost on demand and fuck for extended periods of time without ejaculating. It’s part of the job. There is a great deal of pressure on male porn stars. As for Linda Lovelace…she wrote two autobiographies that contradicted each other dramatically, so how can she be taken seriously as an expert? I know a man who used to work in porn films, maybe I’ll ask him about his professional opinion on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![MissBungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MissBungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBungle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-stamina/150612/64 "2003-02-28T11:05:49Z")
Porn stars don’t seem to be any different sack-wise than I have seen in my _ahem_ travels. Although I have heard that scrotums droop when men age, and most porn stars seem to be young. Maybe because most of them seem to be shaved, it draws less attention to that region… and they seem to look smaller to ya. ---
**Author:** ![Fujerica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@Fujerica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fujerica)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-stamina/150612/65 "2003-02-28T17:27:40Z")
Regarding scene length: I imagine having sex as often as they do would dramatically increase the time needed, especially with all the people walking around and such. They’re hardly in a closed room/romantic situation. Though I have known people to say that cocaine helps a LOT for desensitization (sic?). On another note: I’ve heard interviews with many porn stars who make a clear distinction between “Having sex” (or maybe “making love”) and “working”. I think it would be difficult to perform just cause you “have to”, not necessaarily cause you “want to”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-stamina/150612.md?page=3)