# What is the average length of a man's penis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 22, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506 "2001-08-22T06:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/21 "2001-08-22T21:48:07Z")
Somebody has to do it: |\<--------------------- 11 inches -------------------\>| ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/22 "2001-08-22T23:03:41Z")
“It is difficult for this correspondent to believe that a person with a penis who is on the point of orgasm is overly concerned with the geometry of said penis at such a seminal moment.” The scientists are measuring him at the time, not the guy himself. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/23 "2001-08-23T02:35:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*“It is difficult for this correspondent to believe that a person with a penis who is on the point of > orgasm is overly concerned with the geometry of said penis at such a seminal moment.” > The scientists are measuring him at the time, not the guy himself. \*\* It is difficult for _this_ correspondent to believe that a person dealing with the distraction of a scientist with a tape measure can _be_ on the point of orgasm. ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/24 "2001-08-23T02:42:50Z")
Is he yanking on himself or are the scientists? If he’s doing it, I can see the scientists interrupting his rhythm and whatnot with their measurements, but if the scientists are doing the cranking… it would be like a doctor handing candy to the little girl while the nurse, unheeded, gives her the shot. ---
**Author:** ![Oystaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@Oystaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oystaman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/25 "2001-08-23T02:45:10Z")
must be a good looking scientist 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/26 "2001-08-23T03:54:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ss138 \* > \*\*I have heard six inches but who did this research? My penis is above average. Women say nice things about it. Do women only say good things about that like how we tell them they don’t look fat? \*\* What did you do, visit the Consumer Reports labs? Does it have the Good Housekeeping seal? Do women say things like “that’s cute?” This may sound like cliches, but hasn’t anyone ever informed you that it’s not the tools but the skill of the worker? “It ain’t the meat, it’s the motion.” (I would say get a grip but it looks like you already did.) your humble TubaDiva “It’s the movement, it isn’t the stock.” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/27 "2001-08-23T04:49:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\*Somebody has to do it: > > |\<--------------------- 11 inches -------------------\>| \*\* :sticking penis up to monitor: Hmm…if that’s 11 inches then apparently my penis is bigger than Warwick Davis. ---
**Author:** ![ss138](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@ss138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ss138)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/28 "2001-08-23T04:57:03Z")
when I said 6" is average I was going by what women have said to me. And to quote what women have said, “That’s a nice cock!” and “He’s got a big dick, I’ve seen it!”(the waitress to the shooter girl) I always thought that “Its not the size of the boat but the motion of the ocean” was from men who have a small penis. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/29 "2001-08-23T05:25:32Z")
**ss** , would you say that seven inches long is long enough not to be small? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/30 "2001-08-23T10:19:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philosophocles \* > \*\*Stick out your thumb so that it is perpendicular to your index finger. Measure from thumb tip to index finger tip and you’ll be pretty close to your erect size. It’s scientifically proven, really it is. \*\* I can disprove this **right now!**. Because I’ve got small hands. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/31 "2001-08-23T14:24:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by OneChance \* > > \*\*The average girth is 4.972 inches. \*\* > > Please tell me that is for circumference, and not diameter, or, god forbid, radius. Oh my. \*\* Glad to oblige. Girth. (_Ame. Her. Dic._) (gûrth) n. 1. The distance around something; the circumference. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/32 "2001-08-23T22:57:19Z")
It’s not how long it is, it’s how much it weighs. Oh come on guys, even if the average pee pee was 6 inches long, that would mean nothing, since average doesnt refer to anyone in particular. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/33 "2001-08-24T01:29:39Z")
want a nice straight girl’s view? sorry, you’ll have to make do with mine. i’m not nice, just brutally honest. size schmize. too small, can’t feel it…but we’re talking under 3 inches here. too big, painful…we’re talking over 8 inches…and no, it’s not “good” pain, it’s like being punched in the stomach. and yes, girth is more important. and again, there is too big, and there is too small. the thing that matters is the angle. some guys in some positions just DON’T work. either too deep, not deep enough, not hitting the right places (gotta hit the right places)and generally just not doing the job. so i’'d measure the angle rather than the size. the best sex i ever had was with a guy with an average sized penis, but with a slight kink in it. from experience, small guys are better with my legs around his neck, and big guys are good with me on top. doggy style is unwise with either the very big or the very small. but you gotta experiment, every body’s different. but fellas, if you’re still anxious you can, ahem, make the lady fit you better. the vagina is a muscle that expands on arousal, and contracts approaching orgasm… ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dave\_Stewart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Stewart)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/34 "2001-08-24T04:30:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Karellen \* > \*\*If a woman says she likes your penis, either she really does, likes you enough that your penis isn’t important, doesn’t care about penises in general but likes to be nice, hates our penis and your personality but is sleeping with you anyway, or hasn’t had enough penis experience to have formed really strong opinions. None of these sounds like a tragedy to me. \*\* Its just one of those things you shouldn’t let keep you awake at night, especially since the frame of mind in which an opinion is offered is usually clouded by the circumstances. Just accept the compliment and get on with the job. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/35 "2001-08-24T15:12:20Z")
irishgirl, you left out one thing, it’s also the size of the woman’s vagina that counts!..course her mouth too, but hey let’s not get into all those areas. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506/36 "2001-08-24T15:30:19Z")
I’ve got a joke too: Two hookers sitting in a bar on a slow day. In walks a guy and goes up to em. “Want a date?” one of the hookers ask. “Yeah, how much to fuck you?”. “$200” “I don’t have that much. How much for a Blow job?” “$100” “I don’t have that much. How much for a hand job?” “$50” “That’s all I’ve got. I’ll take it.” The hooker takes him upstairs and the other hooker expects she’ll be back soon. Time passes and passes and finally the hooker comes back downstairs looking like she obviously had alot of sex. “What happened, I thought he only had $50?” asks hooker 2. “I got up there and put one hand on his dick, then another hand, and there was room for two more hands. So I loaned the poor guy $150” DaLovin’ Dj [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-mans-penis/77506.md?page=1)