# what is the average...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 6, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311 "2001-02-06T04:11:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@qwerty78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qwerty78)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/1 "2001-02-06T04:11:01Z")
whats the average size for a white males penis? black male? philipeano male? native american male?
thanx
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### Author:  [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/2 "2001-02-06T04:14:41Z")
They are all 5.5" erect, plus or minus a tenth of an inch or so, on average.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/3 "2001-02-06T05:28:41Z")
[Does average human penis length vary among ethnic groups?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_193.html)
Believe it or not, this is the second time Iโve dug up that Answer in the past two days.
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### Author:  [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/4 "2001-02-06T05:47:03Z")
According to my exes, 9.25 inches.
Do you think they could be lying?
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### Author:  [@Clairmont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clairmont)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/5 "2001-02-06T11:09:20Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by qwerty78 \*
> \*\*whats the average size for a white males penis? black male? philipeano male? native american male?
> thanx \*\*
Touโre welcome.
I can hardly wait for your next question.
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### Author:  [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/6 "2001-02-06T13:26:52Z")
9.5 inches, provided iโm average ๐
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/7 "2001-02-06T14:15:37Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \*
> \*\*According to my exes, 9.25 inches.
>
> Do you think they could be lying? \*\*
You tell us. ๐
Reminds me of the old joke:
Q: How do you get a 10-inch penis?
A: Fold mine in half.
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/8 "2001-02-06T16:03:16Z")
Reminds me of that thing in Slaugterhouse Five where they take over a planet by lying about their averages to make the conquerees feel inadequate.
Nothing personal here, though. My penis is two inches. From the ground. And with a diameter of twenty-seven centimetres. ๐
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average/53311/9 "2001-02-06T16:20:47Z")
And, of course, here we see the reason that women are so poor at estimating distance. They keep getting told that this line
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is nine inches long.