# Where did this rumor start that all Black men have Big Dicks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809 "2004-05-30T17:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/21 "2004-05-31T23:26:17Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > While I sometimes say things like “gee, I envy you your job” to people, I think I’m gonna pass this time. 😃 Even if I add that I’ve inspected as many if not more female parts too? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/22 "2004-05-31T23:27:10Z")
The most obvious examples of larger white males I can think of would be Ron Jeremy (although admittedly, I’ve never actually seen his endowments), and that Jonah Falcon guy. Both whiter than crisco. Who knows? ---
**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/23 "2004-05-31T23:30:44Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > However, on those very uncommon (Less than 1:1,000) cases where someone is extra-extra large, they’ve almost always been a member of the ethnic group commonly referred to as black. I cannot recall a single specific incident where they were not. QtM, MD I guess _John Holmes_ wasn’t one of your patients? 12.58" … ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/24 "2004-05-31T23:49:50Z")
It’s because of what \*\* Polycarp\*\* said. Don’t ask me how I know this. :o ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/25 "2004-06-01T00:13:26Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > I guess _John Holmes_ wasn’t one of your patients? 12.58" … [Not quite that big.](http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/actors/john-holmes/) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/26 "2004-06-01T00:23:00Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > I guess _John Holmes_ wasn’t one of your patients? 12.58" … I said “extra extra large”. I hardly think 12 and a half qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/27 "2004-06-01T00:27:38Z")
> [@](#): > > I said “extra extra large”. I hardly think 12 and a half qualifies. What would big be then? 2 feet? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/28 "2004-06-01T00:31:19Z")
> [@](#): > > However, on those very uncommon (Less than 1:1,000) cases where someone is extra-extra large, they’ve almost always been a member of the ethnic group commonly referred to as black. I cannot recall a single specific incident where they were not. > > QtM, MD I have. (blush) In the line of duty, of course. > [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Even if I add that I’ve inspected as many if not more female parts too? 😃 euwwwwwe. In your venue, I wouldn’t brag about that! I hope you washed your hands before typing here! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/29 "2004-06-01T00:33:00Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I said “extra extra large”. I hardly think 12 and a half qualifies. You’ve done some work with elephantitis patients, then?😉 ---
**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/30 "2004-06-01T00:35:45Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I said “extra extra large”. I hardly think 12 and a half qualifies. I don’t know QtM, I think you must be a fisherman too … _"Largest Penis Recorded! (yes, on a human, not a horse): 13.5 inches long and 6.25 inches around (documented in the early 1900’s by Dr. Robert L. Dickinson). That’s some serious meat. In case that makes you feel inadequate, there have been cases reported of Micropenises (less than 1 cm in length). "_ The whole story … [http://www.blurofinsanity.com/penislength.html](http://www.blurofinsanity.com/penislength.html) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/31 "2004-06-01T00:47:15Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > I don’t know QtM, I think you must be a fisherman too … > > \*"Largest Penis Recorded! > (yes, on a human, not a horse): > 13.5 inches long and 6.25 inches around (documented in the early 1900’s by Dr. Robert L. Dickinson). That’s some serious meat. In case that makes you feel inadequate, there have been cases reported of \*\*Micropenises \*_(less than 1 cm in length). "_ > > The whole story … > > [Human Penis Lengths](http://www.blurofinsanity.com/penislength.html) (my bold) We called those “rosebuds” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/32 "2004-06-01T01:44:00Z")
::a frightened Mango pulls her asbestos covering more tightly around her:: Why, oh, why did I open this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/33 "2004-06-01T02:01:59Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I have. (blush) In the line of duty, of course. In the _ **PICU** _? :eek: > [@](#): > > euwwwwwe. In your venue, I wouldn’t brag about that! I hope you washed your hands before typing here! Hey, it’s a co-ed prison. That’s what gloves are for, too. Besides, in my previous 17 years of practice outside of prisons, females complained of things necessitating such exams at least 5 times as often as males did. And those earlier statistics of record length were all noted _before_ the internet arrived to the _hoi polloi_, so they lacked the benefit of modern genital enlargement spam. It’s a whole new era now! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/34 "2004-06-02T20:39:31Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > 13.5 inches long and 6.25 inches around (documented in the early 1900’s by Dr. Robert L. **Dickinson** ) Dickinson. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/35 "2004-06-02T22:32:14Z")
> [@](#): > > "Does anyone know how and where this rumor began " Because we do have bigger dicks. Wait a minute, I’m not black or am I. 😃 For real, what Polycarp said mostly and also that uncircumcised penii appear larger than clipped ones. _penii_ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/36 "2004-06-03T02:48:59Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > _penii_ :dubious: **penes** ; and their fem counterparts are **clitorides** But that’s only if you’re pedantic about your classical-language derivations. **Polycarp** and **tomndebb** seem to have the best angles so far. BTW, IRT the latter reference to description of “animalistic” sex drives, the ironic part about it is that for human vs. other apes, the _human_ is proportionately far better-hung vs. body size an dweight. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/37 "2004-06-03T12:39:19Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > However, men might regularly see other men nude with flaccid penises, as in skinny dipping, locker rooms, urination, etc. Now, according to these reports, the typical flaccid white male penis drains the _corpora cavernosa_ nearly completely of the blood that engorges it to produce an erection, this being the most physiologically efficient way to “store” a penis in temperate climates. But the pureblooded black male derives from groups adapted to a tropical climate, where partial engorgement even when flaccid is the rule, again with some physiological benefits – in both case having nothing to do with sex, but with heat loss through blood in near-surface areas. Hmmmm…reverse shrinkage. (Note to self: Never use the word “flaccid.”) Damn…I almost couldn’t type it. I HATE that word. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/38 "2004-06-03T13:13:16Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > I don’t know QtM, I think you must be a fisherman too … > The whole story … > [Human Penis Lengths](http://www.blurofinsanity.com/penislength.html) Hmmm. Where are the asian guys on that chart? Do 100% of them measure in at less than 3 1/2"? _Come_ now…are we also to assume 100% of the hispanic guys measure in over 10?? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809/39 "2004-06-03T14:23:12Z")
So what about the Asians? Are their penes, on average, smaller than those of their caucasian and black brethren, or are they just about the same? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-rumor-start-that-all-black-men-have-big-dicks/247809.md?page=1)