• frezik
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    16 hours ago

    Ethics mean we don’t know what the average human male erect penis size is.

    No, really. The ethics of the studies say that a researcher can’t be in the presence of a sexually aroused erect penis. Having the testee measure their own penis is prone to error. There are ways to induce an erection with an injection, so they use that.

    Is the size of an induced erection the same as a sexually aroused erection? Probably in the same ballpark, but we don’t really know.

    Source: Dr Nicole Prause, neurologist specializing in sexuality, on Holly Randall’s podcast.

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      14 hours ago

      A quick trip on Google scholar turns up a lot of studies on the size of male erections.

      https://static1.squarespace.com/static/553598c1e4b0a7f854584291/t/55ee4a5ee4b025d99f73150e/1441679966732/Penis+Size+Study+-+Veale+et+al+2015+BJUI.pdf

      It is acknowledged that some of the volunteers across different studies may have taken part in a study because they were more confident with their penis size than the general male population.

      Ha, poisoned data tho

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        Sure, they exist, but they have the flaws outlined above.

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        Of course it was biased, those numbers are huge on there, it was men confident in their size skewing the data, at least that’s what I will tell myself

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      a researcher can’t be in the presence of a sexually aroused erect penis

      Is this some puritan rule? Plenty don’t care to flap their erect penis in the faces of some researchers if they asked nicely. What got ethics to do with it when there is consent?

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        It’s not a strict rule, sex science is a thing that can be done with ethical review same as other medical research. the commenter im not sure is giving an accurate picture of this topic.

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      So wait

      Who is telling the truth. My ex said it was too big. The bell curves I’ve found have said “uh what lmfao no way are you that big” but every self reported study says I’m small

      How the fuck am I going to ever find a toilet that is comfortable to use in my own home

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        How the fuck am I going to ever find a toilet that is comfortable to use in my own home

        That was an odd segue

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        Switch from a siphonic toilet bowl to a wash down bowl. You’ll get more skid marks, but less dips, splashes and clogging.

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        Yes, and they have the problems outlined above.