# Why don't I have a bone in my penis?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-have-a-bone-in-my-penis/271325>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 26, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-have-a-bone-in-my-penis/271325 "2004-10-26T22:43:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![hyjyljyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hyjyljyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyjyljyj)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-have-a-bone-in-my-penis/271325/21 "2004-10-27T03:08:49Z")

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The OP: “Why don’t I have a bone in my penis?”

You mean you don’t?

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-have-a-bone-in-my-penis/271325/22 "2004-10-27T03:41:15Z")

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Well MY husband has a bone in HIS penis. A big one, too.

At least, that’s what he tells me, and I haven’t seen anything to make me think it’s not true. 😃

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-have-a-bone-in-my-penis/271325/23 "2004-10-27T03:55:29Z")

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> [@ultrafilter](#):
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> Could it have anything to do with the difference in size between our pensises and theirs?

Humans have the largest penises among the primates; larger than chimpanzees, orangutans and even gorillas.

[http://www.evoyage.com/BillsEssays/HumanPenis.html](http://www.evoyage.com/BillsEssays/HumanPenis.html)

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-have-a-bone-in-my-penis/271325/24 "2004-10-27T03:58:10Z")

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> [@Fear Itself](#):
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> Humans have the largest penises among the primates; larger than chimpanzees, orangutans and even gorillas.
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> [http://www.evoyage.com/BillsEssays/HumanPenis.html](http://www.evoyage.com/BillsEssays/HumanPenis.html)

…and nothing will impress people more than just casually mentioning you’re ten times as large as a gorilla…

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-have-a-bone-in-my-penis/271325/25 "2004-10-27T03:59:06Z")

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> [@tim314](#):
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> This bone aids in copulation when mates have only a short encounter and need to perform quickly

If true, I think it’s obvious why they went away…the poor bastards couldn’t get any.

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