A matter of size

Many of the readers’ queries are about the penis size. Their fears are compounded by websites that promise to help increase the size of the member for a fee. I have to disappoint them, because once a penis has grown to its adult size, nothing can make it bigger.

Every man thinks that the other man is better endowed. Thus his sexual anxiety begins. This anxiety has roots in the myth that men with larger penises are capable of greater sexual performance. The facts are to the contrary. Pioneering sexologists Masters and Johnson’s study on human sexual response found no relationship whatsoever between penis size and sexual prowess. When a penis is not erect, it averages about three-and-half to four-and-half inches in length and one inch in diameter, though there may be individual variations. The size of the penis can vary from time to time in the same man too, due to factors like weather and anxiety. An erect penis is usually between five and seven inches long with a diameter of one-and-quarter to one-and-half inches.

A “small” flaccid penis can show remarkable change in size as it erects and a “long” flaccid penis changes very little as it gets excited. A man’s weight, build and height bear no relation to the size of his penis in any state. All that a man requires to satisfy his woman and himself is to have a penis that is two inches long, that too after an erection. This is because only the first two inches of the vagina is sensitive to touch and pleasure.

To overcome anxiety: Develop a positive attitude/body image. Accept your size and sexuality. Be sensitive to your partner’s comfort and needs. What you have is not important. How you use it, is. The writer is a sexologist. Mail him at dr.narayana@deccanmail.com