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man’s primary concern about penis size has to do with what a sexual partner likes. But how he stacks up among his buds is just as important, if not more. When we asked men if they feel comfortable about being naked in the locker room, the majority answered the question as if we’d asked about penis size, even if the words “penis” and “size” were never part of the question. These are the exact answers men gave when asked:
How do you feel about being naked in the locker room?
“I used to feel uncomfortable back in my freshman year of high school. Then I realized that I was really a little bigger than average.” male age 21
“I used to think that my penis was really small, and so I was shy about it. As it turns out, I’m on the high end of average when erect: I’m just not a hanger.” male age 32
“I have an inferiority complex about the size of my penis. I don’t care how many studies tell me that I am right in the middle of the curve, I will always feel small.” male age 25
“I was raised in a fairly strict and religious environment, so nudity of any kind was a no-no. My equipment is pretty small, and I was a late bloomer. All this adds up to being very shy about my own appearance. In junior high and high school, when ‘naked locker time’ was mandatory, I would arrive as early as possible and change quickly so that others wouldn’t see me. If others were around me without clothes on, I gave myself tunnel vision or imaginary blinders so I wouldn’t see other guys’ equipment. I didn’t want to be perceived as gay, and glancing around was a good way to get yourself taunted at least, beat up at worst.” male age 41 (And this guy was straight!)
    The men who said they were comfortable in the locker room often made reference to their penis size as well, indicating they were well hung. You can almost predict how a man feels about being naked in the locker room by asking how he feels about the size of his penis. Hopefully, the following from a Marine who has been in combat helps provide perspective:
“The tradition of group showers is still strong in the Marine Corps. It makes us more comfortable with each other, and if you are trusting a guy to save your life, do you really think penis size is that big a deal? Before the military though, I worried I didn’t ‘measure up.’” male age 27
    As for guys checking out other guys, you would think this curiosity would decrease as they get to be adults. Not so, according to a study by a group of Ph.D. students. These students hung out in rest rooms at a San Diego Padres game and secretly studied a hundred different men who were peeing. They claim that many of the men made an attempt to check out the equipment of whomever was peeing next to them. Furthermore, men who were well-
endowed went out of their way to show their bigger units to the other men who were peeing. Of course these tendencies might be more true of Padres fans than, say, Houston Astros fans, who are usually too busy weeping in the men’s room to check out the size of the other boys’ bats. So if you are a man who has ever glanced down at another man’s penis when you are peeing, take comfort in knowing that you are probably normal.
    Size, Shape, Plumbing & The Goofy Dick Game
    Ads like those below have flooded the backs of newspapers and magazines since the 1800s. We now have TV infomercials and e-mails promoting products for “natural male enhancement.” The products don’t work—they never have—but the scams still do.

    Penis Shape. From the following drawings of real-life erections, you can see that terms like “6 inches” or “normal” are somewhat meaningless. All of these erect penises are normal, yet very different from each other. One even points down.





Penis Size. The Journal of Sexual Medicine recently published a review of eight studies that have been done on penis size. These are studies that have measured the penises of thousands of men. The results from most of