Size queens the world over are feeling the shaft of reality this week, as sexuality researchers at Indiana University released a chilling report that claims the average erect p*nis size (of a small control group, thank god) is actually much smaller than previously inflated national averages—5.57 inches, to be exact.
Researchers say they believe this to be the most accurate collection of data because they have also unearthed another shocking truth about the flaws of previous studies suggesting the average p*nis size is much larger: Men often lie about their p*nis size.
Blasphemy!
Dr. Debby Herbenick, co-Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University, says that men are often required to report their own measurements in most studies related to p*nis size because getting a boner in front of a room full of doctors measuring your p*nis is easier said than done. Though she didn’t personally measure all 1,661 men included in her study (sucks to be her), she came up with a crafty way to avoid the tragic over-reporting:
“Unlike most previous studies of self-reported p*nis size, they had good reason to report accurate data to us because we were using their size data to match them to a condom that was sized to fit their erect p*nis. If they reported a bigger-than-reality size to us, they would get a baggier condom. If they reported a smaller-than-reality size to us, the condom would be too tight.”
