How To Measure Your Penis

How you can get to know your medically-accurate penis size:

Measuring Your Penis Length

The length can be measured with the subject standing and the penis held parallel to the floor. The penis is measured along the top, from the base to the tip. Results are inaccurate if the measurement is taken along the underside of the penis, or if the subject is seated or lying down.

Measuring Your Penis Circumference

Penis length is not the only factor in determining penis size. Penis circumference is defined as the linear distance around the widest (thickest) part of the erect penis. Most people have a penis that is either longer and thinner, or shorter and fatter. If you do not have a ruler to measure around the penis, you can use a string and wrap it around, and then mark the spot where the string meets.

To get the most accurate measurements for an individual's penis size, it has been recommended that several measurements be taken at different times, preferably with different erections on different days. The measurements are then to be averaged together. This is to account for what may be natural variability in size due to factors such as arousal level, time of day, room temperature, frequency of sexual activity, and unreliability of the measurement methods.

This is really great knowledge if you just want to know your exact size out of curiosity, but also if you are doing regular penis exercises, so you can keep status of how much you have gained over time. So if you are a bit sensitive about your penis size, it is probably a good time to get your computer password protected ;)

Erectile Dysfunction

“My penis doesn’t get hard, why?” well keep reading:

Erectile dysfunction (ED or "male impotence") is a sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance. An erection occurs as a hydraulic effect due to blood entering and being retained in sponge-like bodies within the penis. The process is most often initiated as a result of sexual arousal, when signals are transmitted from the brain to nerves in the pelvis. Erectile dysfunction is indicated when an erection is consistently difficult or impossible to produce, despite arousal.

There are various and often multiple underlying causes, some of which are treatable medical conditions. The most important organic causes are cardiovascular disease and diabetes, neurological problems (for example, trauma from prostatectomy surgery), hormonal insufficiencies (hypogonadism) and drug side effects. It is important to realize that erectile dysfunction can signal underlying risk for cardiovascular disease. I guess in some cases it also could signal the looks of the partner ;)

There is often a contributing and complicating and sometimes a primary psychological or relational problem. Psychological impotence is where erection or penetration fails due to thoughts or feelings (psychological reasons) rather than physical impossibility, this can often be helped by doing regular exercises. Erectile dysfunction, tied closely as it is to cultural notions of potency, success and masculinity, can have severe psychological consequences. There is a strong culture of silence and inability to discuss the matter. In reality, it has been estimated that around 1 in 10 men will experience recurring impotence problems at some point in their lives. Well it seems to be pretty common then, I better be prepared :o

Surgical intervention for a number of different conditions may remove anatomical structures necessary to erection, damage nerves, or impair blood supply. Complete removal of the prostate gland or external beam radiotherapy of the gland is common causes of impotence; both are treatments for prostate cancer. Some studies have shown that male circumcision may result in an increased risk of impotence (Palmer J (1979), Chen Z (2004)), while others have found no such effect (Albertsen P (2002), Erden D (2004), Sheriff M (2005)), and another found the opposite (Zuckerman E (1997)).

Excessive alcohol use has long been recognised as one cause of impotence, leading to the euphemism "brewer's droop," or "whiskey dick", Shakespeare made light of this phenomenon in Macbeth.

A study in 2002 found that ED can also be associated with bicycling. The number of hours on a bike and/or the pressure on the penis from the saddle of an upright bicycle is directly related to erectile dysfunction (Turner T (2002)).

Some evidence suggests that smaller penis size is associated with erectile dysfunction (Abu-Hijleh M (2005)).

So I guess to conclude this, you shouldn’t think that you’re safe, since 1/10 get this someday, even if you’re up there in age and never have had it. So to lower the risk of this, be sure to do some regular penis exercises, and just keep in shape if you know what I mean ;)

Puberty, Erection and Ejaculation Facts

Some useful facts that might teach you a thing or two about the penis:

On entering puberty, the testicles will begin to develop and the genitalia will grow. The penis begins to grow between the ages of as early as 10 or as late as age 15. Growth is usually complete by age 18–21. During the process, pubic hair grows above and around the penis.

It’s actually nice that hair doesn’t grow directly on the penis, I wouldn’t want to shave that ;)

An erection is the stiffening and rising of the penis, which occurs during sexual arousal, though it can also happen in non-sexual situations. The primary physiological mechanism that brings about erection is the autonomic dilation of arteries supplying blood to the penis, which allows more blood to fill the three spongy erectile tissue chambers in the penis, causing it to lengthen and stiffen. The now-engorged erectile tissue presses against and constricts the veins that carry blood away from the penis. More blood enters than leaves the penis until an equilibrium is reached where an equal volume of blood flows into the dilated arteries and out of the constricted veins; a constant erectile size is achieved at this equilibrium.

Erection facilitates sexual intercourse though it is not essential for various other sexual activities.

Well I wonder what other kinds of sexual activities there is referred to :o

Ejaculation is the ejecting of semen from the penis, and is usually accompanied by orgasm. A series of muscular contractions delivers semen, containing male gametes known as sperm cells or spermatozoa, from the penis (and into the vagina, if for reproductive intention via sexual intercourse). It is usually the result of sexual stimulation, which may include prostate stimulation. Rarely, it is due to prostatic disease. Ejaculation may occur spontaneously during sleep (a nocturnal emission or “wet dream”). Anejaculation is the condition of being unable to ejaculate. Well I guess you save a lot of money on toilet paper then :D

Ejaculation has two phases: emission and ejaculation proper. The emission phase of the ejaculatory reflex is under control of the sympathetic nervous system, while the ejaculatory phase is under control of a spinal reflex at the level of the spinal nerves via the pudendal nerve (somatic nerve in the pelvic region). A refractory period succeeds the ejaculation, and sexual stimulation precedes it.

So this was basically some pure facts about how the penis works for those of you interested, and of course a little remember to those of you 15 year olds who’s penis hasn’t started growing yet, you probably should begin to take some action ;)

Premature Ejaculation

PE is a wide idea which differs from person to person, so here are a couple of facts:

Premature ejaculation (initialized as PE, also known as rapid ejaculation, rapid climax, premature climax, or early ejaculation) affects 25%-40% of men. Masters and Johnson (human sexual response research team from 1957-1990) stated that a man suffers from premature ejaculation if he ejaculates before his sex partner achieves orgasm in more than 50% of their sexual encounters. Damn, you need to keep count now? :o

Other sex researchers have defined premature ejaculation as occurring if the man ejaculates within two minutes of penetration, however a survey by Alfred Kinsey (founder of the Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction) in the 1950s demonstrated that 75% of men ejaculate within two minutes of penetration in over half of their sexual encounters. Self reported surveys report up to 75% of men ejaculate within 10 minutes of penetration. Today, most sex therapists understand premature ejaculation as occurring when a lack of ejaculatory control interferes with sexual or emotional well-being in one or both partners. So this would actually mean that someone could go on for 30 minutes and the woman could still claim that he suffers from PE, because it interfered with her sexual well-being :P

Most men experience premature ejaculation at least once in their lives. Because there is great variability in both how long it takes men to ejaculate and how long both partners want sex to last, researchers have begun to form a quantitative definition of premature ejaculation. Current evidence supports an average of the time between the start of vaginal intromission and the start of intravaginal ejaculation (IELT) to be 6.5 minutes in 18-30 year olds. Nevertheless, it is well accepted that men with IELTs below 1.5 minutes could be "happy" with their performance and do not report a lack of control and therefore do not suffer from PE. On the other hand, a man with 2 minutes IELT may have the perception of poor control over his ejaculation, distressed about his condition, has interpersonal difficulties and therefore be diagnosed with PE.

I guess there are a lot of men satisfied with those 1.5 minutes before they ejaculate and that’s fine if it works for them. But on the other hand I think the women might be a little displeased, if they also on top of that need to wait 10 minutes before the man is ready again :S

Natural Penis Exercises

Here are some useful techniques that can be used to improve the sexlife:

Ancient records tell us that exercises were used as a means of penis enlargement thousands of years ago. However, only recently serious medical studies and clinical trials proved that penis exercises can indeed increase penis length and girth. Moreover, the same studies found out that the increase in penis size is not the only benefit of penis exercises. Wonder what those ancient records looked like ;)

Some of the benefits of these exercises (also called male enhancement exercises) are increasing your ability to maintain harder and longer erections (making you able to last longer in bed), increasing the amount of semen you produce when ejaculate, improving your overall sexual control and performance, and, of course, making your penis larger. Sounds like it’s worth a try, even though it might take some time to get used to exercise every :)

Basically what makes exercises effective is the ability of our organisms to adapt to environment. For example, when a bodybuilder lifts weights, his or her body tries to adapt to the weights growing stronger muscles. Hopefully the penis muscle won’t expand as much as some of those bodybuilders muscles I’ve seen :o

There are a lot of exercises you can do to improve your penis like:

1. Jelqing.

Jelqing is probably the most ancient male enhancement technique (it was used by nomadic Arabian tribes). It involves movements similar to "milking" your penis to increase the amount of blood, which fills Corpora Covernosa (the part of your penis that is filled with blood and enlarged during erections) thus making your penis visibly larger. The important fact is that jelqing, if performed regularly, can permanently increase the size of Corpora Covernosa and thus your penis size (both length and girth).

2. Penis Stretching.

There are several types of penis stretching exercises but their basic principle is the same: stretching the tissues of your penis. Stretching makes cells composing your penis grow increasing the length and girth (lesser effect) of your penis.

3. Kegel Exercises.

These exercises are not targeted at the penis itself but rather at the pubococcygeus muscle, which is used to delay erections. Thus, if you train this muscle, you will be able to prolong your erections.

Different exercises can over long term benefit the sexlife through various factors like: penis enlargement, maintain erections, increase amount of semen, improve the sexual control and thereby also satisfy your partner even more. It mostly take a long time to reach the point where things are starting to happen, could 6 month before results are beginning to show. This is also the main reason why penis exercises are not more used, because most men doesn’t have the patience and instead wants to see the results right away.

There’s definitely something about men being impatient I can recognize, but on the other hand you get to play with your penis constantly for at least half a year. I really don’t see the problem here :D

Penis Surgery

The hard way to the “top”:

Surgical techniques used for penis enlargement (enhancement phalloplasty), penis lengthening and penile widening (girth enhancement), have been in the urologic literature for many years.

There are two basic ways of enlarging the penis with surgery:

1. Penis lengthening surgery involves the release of the “fundiform ligament” and the “suspensory ligament” that attaches the 2 erectile bodies to the pubic bone. Once these ligaments have been cut, part of the penile shaft (usually held within the body) drops forward and extends out, enlarging the penis in 2-3 cm. This sounds like you either have to be anaesthetized or have some pretty big balls (which you probably don’t since you are getting the operation) ;)

2. Penis widening with PMMA (thermoplastic, transparent plastic) injection. This method involves injection of silicone, PMMA and other materials into the penis and scrotum, to achieve girth enlargement.

Surgery is a risky business when performed on the penis, and is therefore always the last resort. The success rate of performed operations is yet not high enough, to be a healthy solution to the problem.

I for one wouldn’t like to get a surgery done for my penis, if it involved the risk of never having sex again :o I would rather spend months exorcising my penis the natural way with no risk, to achieve the same results as surgery + there’s the bonus of having to play with your penis all the time ;)

Penis Size And Condoms

Some interesting facts about the relation between penis size and condom use:

Various studies have examined condom breakage. 92 heterosexual couples (aged 18 to 40 for women, 18-50 for men) were enrolled in a prospective study of Durex Ramses condoms. At each sexual encounter, a diary was completed which included information on condom use, breaks and slips. - Sounds like fun reading to me ;)

In France a random telephone survey of 20,000 individuals drew on 4,500 sexually active people, of whom 731 had used a condom in the previous year and 707 provided information on difficulties of use.

In Australia 3658 condoms were used by 184 men in a study which looked, among other things, at penis size as a factor for breakage or slippage.

Although the most common type of condoms, those made of latex, have great ability to stretch, they are vulnerable to dry friction (meaning the dry rubbing motion of sexual activity when there is tight pressure or a lack of smooth lubricated movement) as well as other mistakes of usage. For example, in a separate study of people practicing anal sex, condom breakage was linked more to excessive friction (in this case due to low usage of a sexual lubricant) than to penis size. Wonder how that study was performed :)

The rate of condom breakage for correctly used condoms was 1.34% and of slippage 2.05%, with a total failure rate of 3.39%. Penis size did not influence slippage, but penis circumference and broken condoms were strongly correlated, with larger sizes increasing the rate of breakage.

This is actually pretty good news for those of you below average as this means you are more protected, so make sure to use that as your pick up line next time guys ;)