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Jayhawk dirty talk
Dear Dirty Talk,
On average, by race, who has the largest penis on average? Black men, white men, latin men?
Sincerely,
Member Monitor
I knew this question was going to come up (pun intended?) and I am prepared. Like most men, I am interested to know how I stack up to my competition, so I did a little research. No, I'm not going to tell you anything about my personal equipment, but I will tell you about the studies I poked around in.
A 2006 Spanish study measured men from fifteen different countries to try and find out which country's men had the longest peni. The results were rather surprising. France came out ahead of the United States in terms of average erect length (6.2 inches compared to 5.07 inches). America's five strong inches represented the middle of the pack and were larger than 6 of the 15 countries surveyed. While the French had the longest fries, U.S. Dicks were almost 1.3 inches longer than Korean Peens.
This information was nice to know, but represented nationalities rather than races. Which isn't what we are after!
The research team of Masters and Johnson came up with different data. M&J tested penis length by race. They said that Caucasian men had the longest average peni at 6.4 inches, African men came in second at 6.2 inches, Hispanic men in third place with 6 inches even and Asian men in last with 5.6 inches.
A 2006 study conducted for the British Journal of Urology found that a man's penis, no matter his race, averages out to be 5.07 inches long. This same study found that homosexual men have slightly longer and wider members than heterosexual men. Don't worry my fellow straight males. The differences
were only about .2 inches of length and .2 inches of girth. A negligible amount unless you are some sort of size queen.
I could go on citing studies by condom companies, medical societies and independent researchers, but from what I have seen there is not a lot of agreement. Depending on who you ask and what their motives are,you get different answers.
J. Philippe Rushton, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, says that men of African decent have the longest peni on average (between 6.25 inches and 8 inches.) Masters and Johnson say that Caucasian men are the biggest. Rushton has been linked to racist organizations while Masters and Johnson have not. I am more inclined to believe M&J. If there is some sort of corrlation between race and penis size, I don't think it is significant.
Either way, it's more important to find someone who has great qualities that aren't penile. I conducted a random survey and asked 15 women whether it was more important if a guy has a large penis or if he can use what he has. Fourteen of the fifteen women surveyed said that being able to use what they had was more important. One even went so far as to say that, in certain situations, too much size was undesirable. So if you're not the a foot long, nine inch wide tree stump of a man don't worry, few men are and few women want that.
Send your questions to dirtytalk@kansan.com.
Max Rinkel
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