# To the ladies: does size matter? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473 "2002-12-09T07:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/21 "2002-12-09T23:58:12Z")
gerkin or shampoo bottle? A gerkin is not satisfying - but a shampoo bottle leads to bruising of the cervix. I’ll take “need to be satisfied in one of the myriad other ways” over “that ain’t fitting in here” any day. So yes, size matters. Too big is worse than too small. (There is a just right). ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/22 "2002-12-10T02:14:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racosun \* > \*\*Damn, I just read some of the links. Please don’t think I’m some kind of troll or anything. I couldn’t figure out how to use ‘search’ properly (believe me, I tried) and was curious as to what the knowledgable “Teaming Millions” would say about a well-discussed topic. \*\* Now I feel bad. We were all newbies to the board at some point, **racosun** - and so far your netiquette has been very good. People here don’t mind newcomers making mistakes like posting in the wrong forum or not searching properly - it’s only people who are either trolling, “sock-puppeting” or just being jerks that aren’t well received. You did none of those things. Welcome to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![deborak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@deborak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deborak)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/23 "2002-12-10T02:26:35Z")
Size only matters in the extremes, IMO. Anything average to moderately-above or moderately-below and I can’t tell much of a difference (my experience). But if it’s exceptionally small, then, yeah, sorry - it likely ain’t gonna get the job done. And exceptionally large is just downright painful. So, most guys are going to fit into that range where an inch either way just won’t be a big deal. (But, as the cliche goes, at that point it really _is_ what you do with it!) ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/24 "2002-12-10T02:37:13Z")
I think that one of the reasons that the topic keeps coming up is that it is a turn on for men to have women talk explicitly about sex. The size question is one of the few “not too creepy” ways to broach the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/25 "2002-12-10T02:46:03Z")
Can I modify the question slightly? Do gay men care at all? ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/26 "2002-12-10T03:12:44Z")
> [@](#): > > a good sized penis is one that can be held by two hands and still have a little room on top. Um, by whose hands? By that definition, a “good sized dick” must be over 8" long, as my hand is roughly 4" wide. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/27 "2002-12-10T05:59:01Z")
I agree that proportion is important…unfortunately. I personally am smack-dab in the middle of the ‘average’ range, and I’d have no complaints except for the fact that I am 6’6" and proportioned so I look like a person of normal height until you see me standing next to someone. This makes my penis appear small on my body. Another inch and I’d look average, though I’d be bigger than most men. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/28 "2002-12-10T15:37:59Z")
I always thought it was the size of the tongue, not the penis, that counts the most. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/29 "2002-12-10T15:46:35Z")
Not so big where I feel compelled to put it over my shoulder and burp it. :o ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/30 "2002-12-10T17:06:00Z")
Do you know what made my Lola fall in love with me? Six words. “I have a twelve inch penis”. Up until then she didn’t think I had a sense of humour. I think my equipment is just fine the way it is even though it’s not really 12 inches in length. It’s probably closer to 17. Most women would consider this a normal size as long as they lived in a country where metric is the standard of measurement. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473/31 "2002-12-10T20:34:06Z")
> [@](#): > > But not in the ways you think. **SC\_Wolf** is right. It’s more useful if you can pull it out and slap the forehead of would-be attackers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-does-size-matter/141473.md?page=1)