Studies Show Men’s Penises Are Getting Larger

Here’s why researchers are not celebrating.

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This article originally appeared in Sexography in 2023. The research has since been trending in the media so let’s revisit this conversation - why are penises getting larger? And what exactly is large?

I apologize for the repost, but I am working on an illustrated anatomical guide for penis owners that is taking longer than I thought. Next week…

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If we lived in classical Greece, the news that penises are getting bigger wouldn’t be a brag. According to Aristotle, small penises were better for making babies because the tight space kept semen hot and ready for action. In a big penis, semen cooled off like soup left out too long—useless and sad.

Today, Aristotle’s small dick energy theory has been debunked. Yet, although countless studies have found penis size doesn’t affect conception, sexual pleasure, or make the world spin, researchers are still fixated on penis sizes.

Or at least fixated on average penis sizes.

In what has to be the most academic study on penis size every to grace the journals of science, a meta-analysis of 75 studies settles this debate.¹