The following are research facts about penis size and the society beliefs:
1. About 90 % of men have what can be referred to as normal penis while 5 % have what can be referred to as small penis and 5 % have what can be referred to as big penis.
2. The normal penis size measurements range in an adult is as below: when the penis is fully erect the length is between 12cm-16cm and circumference is average of 12cm. When the penis is not erect ,the average length is between 7-10cm and the circumference is between 9-10cm.
3. Penis is said to be small if it is below the above đŸ‘† measurement.
4. Penis is said to be big if it is above the above đŸ‘†measurement
5. Average length of penis at birth is 2.4 -5.5 cm in 90 % of babies
6. Average length of penis at puberty is 6cm in 90% of adolescents.
7. Penis grows faster in two periods in life ( from birth to 5 years old,penis grows faster and another rapid growth will occur from puberty at 14 years to 19 years old.
8. As from the age of 60 years old penis size decreases by 1-1.5 cm.
9. About 85 % of women are satisfied with normal size penis
10. About 45 % of men believe they have small penis without measuring their penis
11. Among most men,big penis size is linked to high self esteem. Many men view their penis as a weapon so they believe the bigger it is the more powerful they are.
12. Many factors affect penis erection and they are level of arousal,time of the day, it is common early as men wake up,temperature, the colder an environment is ,the more the penis will shrink, frequency of sex makes penis bigger,sex is the exercise of the penis, the more you have sex,the bigger your penis becomes, the more peaceful your relationship is with your wife,the more you will have erection,the loving husbands have more erections than mean husbands, peace- loving wives give men erections more than a wife that fights and stresses the husbands all the time.
13. The eventual size of penis in life is determined by inheritance from your parents and the hormonal development as you grow up.
14. The longer your wedding ring finger is than your index finger,the longer the penis of the man.
15. Most women (85 %) hate big penises
16. Most women are more concerned about the circumference of penis than the length of the penis. Women prefer penis that fill their vagina than a long penis. Women are more interested in diameter and circumference of penis than how long the penis is.
17. Women prefer taller men with a penis with bigger diameter as occasional sexual partners
18. Women prefer to marry a man with normal size penis for a lifetime as husbands
19. Condom breakage have been associated with bigger penises more than average or small size penis
20. There is a syndrome that men believe is due to using traditional charm on them to remove or reduce their penises,the syndrome is called penis retraction syndrome,but research has shown that this may not be true,that the penis retraction syndrome can just be a penis panic caused by peyronie's disease.
Note: see the picture below to see how to measure your penis size. Do it when it is fully erect and categorise yourself as small,normal or big.
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The writer is Dr Adesida Adewumi,he works in the department of Family Medicine,Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital,AKTH,Kano,Nigeria