# Question on Vagina Size **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vagina-size/557928 "2010-10-21T20:22:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vagina-size/557928/21 "2010-10-22T16:06:52Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Sure, there’s always outliers. > > There is also a condition, not exclusive to rape/trauma victims but common among them, wherein the vagina sort of locks down due to stress/trauma triggering and will allow nothing to penetrate. FYI, it’s called vaginismus, it affects 6-12% of the population depending on who you ask, and the “lock down” is completely a reflex, like blinking, and some women have to desenitize with a series of dilators and even botox in order to sucessfully have sex! Seriously, it just sounds like a nightmare, and I’m sure its very upsetting. I don’t think according to your links, that a woman whose vaginal length is 3" and expands 150% to 4.5 inches, is an outlier. Neither is one which begins at 4" and expands to 8". Both are perfectly normal, even “average.” ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vagina-size/557928/22 "2010-10-22T16:10:22Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I don’t think according to your links, that a woman whose vaginal length is 3" and expands 150% to 4.5 inches, is an outlier. Neither is one which begins at 4" and expands to 8". Both are perfectly normal, even “average.” I was responding to this > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **lindsaybluth** > > True, but 200% of 4" is still just 8". Trojan Magnums are, IIRC, 8.25. Some men are quite large, and some women don’t expand the full 200% either. Not all women will expand to 8." Not all men would need that much room anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vagina-size/557928/23 "2010-10-22T16:11:47Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I was responding to this > > Not all women will expand to 8." Not all men would need that much room anyway. Ah, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vagina-size/557928/24 "2010-10-22T16:20:12Z")
Amusing hijack: I’m on a road trip with a male friend and he has asked me to be the navigator and read the map for him. I’m pretty good with maps and geography, but have depth perception issues, and therefore, a terrible sense of distance. Ask me to sight a mile and I couldn’t tell you how far a mile is (I would start walking and stop when I counted off 5,280 steps!) He said, “Gah! Look at the scale in the legend! How many miles is it?” I said, "Lookit. I have no idea. I’ve spent my entire adult life hearing men try to convince me that this :: holds up thumb and forefinger, spaced about 4" apart :: is ten inches. I’m sorry I have _no_ sense of distance. From this map, it’s about an inch and a half to the next exit." 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vagina-size/557928/25 "2010-10-22T16:42:00Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Amusing hijack: I’m on a road trip with a male friend and he has asked me to be the navigator and read the map for him. I’m pretty good with maps and geography, but have depth perception issues, and therefore, a terrible sense of distance. Ask me to sight a mile and I couldn’t tell you how far a mile is (I would start walking and stop when I counted off 5,280 steps!) and you would have gone far too far unless you really do have a 1’ stride. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vagina-size/557928/26 "2010-10-22T17:47:42Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > and you would have gone far too far unless you really do have a 1’ stride. 😃 Oh right, like I could stay on track and count all the way past 5,000 without being distracted by a shiny ball or something. I’d probably walk halfway to Cleveland before I’d stop and go :smack: crap, what number was I on? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-vagina-size/557928.md?page=1)