If the average penis size is 5.9 inches, why is it that so many guys exagerate their penis sizes?

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Men of the world, rejoice! The average length of an erect penis is shorter than you probably think.

A study by Lifestyles Condom Co. shows that the average length of a male sex organ is 5.877 inches 鈥?which might comfort men who previously thought they were less than average.

"The Kinsey Sex Report and other penis size surveys have indicated that the length of the penis is 6.2 to 6.4 inches," says Simon Joseph, a spokesman for Lifestyles. "Our results show that about three-quarters of men fall under the average quoted by Kinsey."

"A half-inch or less might not have anything to do with how you perform sexually, but it might make a difference in how you feel about yourself."

According to the survey, about two-thirds of the 300 college-aged men ranged from between 5.1 and 6.2 inches.

For those of you who don't like to deal in raw numbers, at 5.877 inches, the average penis is about the size of a Nestle Butterfinger candy bar (unwrapped) or a grande (medium) cup of coffee at Starbucks (with the sip lid). Most men vary in size between a Twix bar and a Peter Paul Mounds (with the wrapper extended).

When Alfred Kinsey did his groundbreaking research in the mid-1940s, researchers simply gave men stamped postcards. Each one simply held a postcard against his erect penis, marked how long it was, and slipped the results in the mail.

"They never had to hold a ruler against themselves," says Kinsey spokesman Jennifer Bass.

Measuring an erect penis is no easy matter. Kinsey, Masters and Johnson, and various urology groups have been satisfied with either letting the men do it themselves or with surveys of a few dozen volunteers.

But condom companies need more accurate measurements for the best-fitting products 鈥?even if sex experts assure us that size doesn't matter. Lifestyles says it did the largest and most accurate measure of penis size ever just three weeks ago. Company representatives went to Cancun, Mexico, at the heart of spring break, hoping to get 1,000 guys to drop their trousers, get aroused, and let a team of nurses measure them individually.

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If the average penis size is 5.9 inches, why is it that so many guys exagerate their penis sizes?ballet opera theatermore info on size: http://www.squidoo.com/average... Report It


people lie about there penis sizes becuase, they feel ashamed about there small penis. Or maybe because they think u have a small penis so saying they have a big one makes them feel more confident. Report It


Thanks for the info, made me feel huge. Mine is 7 1/4 inches, so I'm bigger than like 95% of other guys. Report It


lol you just made my day just call me mr well above average.
For the first time in my life, I'm above average!
Macho Macho Man...they want to be....a macho man!
well the problem is in the porno movies or in some magazines they show that Hughes things.......and that's the idea of the normal size of penis who likes tinny Winnie's???
i dont know why would you(how do you know about this how did you find out) lol
they are measuring from the bottom, not the top
Most men are very insecure and the only way they can offset this is to make themselves more masculine than they really are. BUT...when their wives or GF's know better, they make up for it but buying 'penis extensions' such as fast cars or motorcycles.
mine is only an avarage size but its how u use it what counts to big and u have a ******** u could choke her
I worked in an office with well over 100 men, we were all mates. And when blokes gestured about their penis'es they would hold their hands apart like the fabled fish that got away. You'd think I worked in an office with a bunch of blokes that made Jonny Holmes look like Pappa Smurf.

then "Puppetry of the Penis" came out.

And honest surfaced. Men were saying they could do the wrist watch, I could do it local time, but not international time (you need more length for that). Others couldn't do the sea gull (Not enough scrotum flesh) and by god we were proud of what we could and couldn't do.

Suddenly it was obvious that we were all mortal.

Men lie because they think it makes them seem more manly.

I have a lot of female friends that have told me their husbands penis'es are tiny peckers, and they wear g-strings to make their bulge bigger. (I mean who is looking?).

At some point we all need to accept our bodies the good and the bad. I am average........hear me roar!
Is that 5.9 inches long or in circumference?
Same reason women "underestimate" their age: Vanity. Plus, many women say "I won't sleep with any guy under 7" long" Interestingly, those who say this are not particularly spectacularly endowed themselves.

I got tired of this attitude. One smartass girl came up to me and said: I don't **** anything under 8". May I take a ruler and measure you? I replied, sure, as long as you let ME take a ruler and measure you to make sure it will fit in FIRST! (I know I'm gonna get reported for this one, but for gosh sakes, have a sense of humor - geez!)