# Whoa! Women I understand your take on penis size now. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843 "2005-11-13T12:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/41 "2005-11-15T05:37:45Z")
I remember the time I stood one guy up for…a “date at the IMAX”. I knew which movie we were going to see, and I’d seen it before, several times. Instead, I went out with another guy and he…took me to the “discount dollar theater”. On fifty cent night. And I could have sworn it was the same movie playing, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/42 "2005-11-15T07:38:53Z")
> [@bluethree](#): > > It’s been said a million times before: men are a lot more interested in penis size than women are. And in penises in general. Too bloody right. And women in bum size. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/43 "2005-11-15T14:37:58Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > It’s just like a guy who has a preference for breast size. Some guys like big ones, some like the small ones, and some don’t care. In my (somewhat limited) experience, guys don’t usually care much about the size of the boobs if they are actually in his face and he gets to play with them. Penis size? Eh…too big would be bad. Otherwise, they’re great. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/44 "2005-11-15T15:31:45Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Watching movies on an iPod isn’t my idea of fun either though. huh huh… ’ iP_u_d ’ And **bouv** , I’m choking on coffee now. You’ve added a whole new dimension to the term “inside joke.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/45 "2005-11-15T15:49:28Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Imax gives me migranes. > > Big penises give me a bruised cervix. > > Watching movies on an iPod isn’t my idea of fun either though. I agree. Some screens are just too big, and some are just too small. The trick is a screen that’s big enough provide an enjoyable viewing experience, but not so big that it hurts your, em, eyes. Mm. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/46 "2005-11-15T17:56:58Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I know I’m going to be the only one: but, yeah, penis size does matter. The bigger the better (to a point). Granted, how they work it plays a part, but size makes a huge, huge, huge difference (no pun intended). > > Go ahead, tell me I’m wrong and how small penises rule. 😛 Yeah ok “up to a point” and that point, for me, is about 7 inches. More than that and it GODDAMN HURTS so please GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!!! Seriously. I would not have sex with a guy with a big penis. I don’t want smaller than average either, but average is average for a reason–it’s the ideal size. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/47 "2005-11-15T18:32:18Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > If they’re pointy, they hurt. You could poke somebody’s eye out with that thing. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/48 "2005-11-15T18:51:23Z")
I’ll try to translate what my wife told me into the current analogy. IMAX films are usually boring; after you get past the “wow that’s big” part, you notice that the film isn’t really all that exciting, and that the makers seem to be relying on screen size without much thought to the content. iPods are just not what you need to watch movies; you can’t really get a feel for the plot, and the action is too imperceptible to be entertaining. What’s really entertaining is a regulation-size movie screen playing an epic, yet fast-paced thriller with a lot of plot twists and turns and an intense climax. This is the kind of movie you don’t wait till it comes out as a rental to see. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/49 "2005-11-15T19:18:57Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > I’ll try to translate what my wife told me into the current analogy. > \ > That’s the kind of movie you don’t wait till it comes out as a rental to see. Personally, I think few films are worth seeing in the theater, when I can have Netflix deliver them to my door. 😉 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/50 "2005-11-15T19:23:35Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > I’ll try to translate what my wife told me into the current analogy. > > IMAX films are usually boring; after you get past the “wow that’s big” part, you notice that the film isn’t really all that exciting, and that the makers seem to be relying on screen size without much thought to the content. > > iPods are just not what you need to watch movies; you can’t really get a feel for > the plot, and the action is too imperceptible to be entertaining. > > What’s really entertaining is a regulation-size movie screen playing an epic, yet fast-paced thriller with a lot of plot twists and turns and an intense climax. This is the kind of movie you don’t wait till it comes out as a rental to see. Your wife gives good analogy! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843/51 "2005-11-15T19:42:16Z")
:o Heheheh, the analogy part was mine, what she told me was… Eh, you get the “picture”… 😃 And **The Weird One** , you’re right about that. I guess that’s where the analogy breaks down a bit. Renting the video allows you to watch the movie as many times as you like, as well. 😃 Actually, the whole “rental” thing doesn’t quite work, either. :dubious: I guess now might not be the time to bring up the eternal “She _says_ she wants to snuggle and watch the smart romantic comedy on TV, but when it’s time for the late feature, she prefers the big budget, action-packed adventure” thing. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-women-i-understand-your-take-on-penis-size-now/330843.md?page=2)