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[–] antifa@infosec.pub 65 points 2 months ago (17 children)

There's some thought that this is also the reason for the shape of the human penis

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/147470490400200105

[–] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (16 children)

Which really makes you think, shouldn't longer-penised individuals have an reproductive advantage over short-penised people? Longer penises can scoop deeper in the couchhole to get out other people's jizz. Why hasn't the human race evolved such that every male had 20 cm (7.8 in) penises?

[–] antifa@infosec.pub 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The longer the penis, the larger the fraction of women who will find sex with that person painful, and at some point the reproductive advantage of scooping out others' semen will be nullified due to the fact that no woman wants to sleep with you. I think I read that four inches is the length that most women find comfortable, but I don't remember where I read it.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Four? 😐 That's under average!

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Average size != average comfort level

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't an evolutionary advantage tend to make it equal?

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Well, humans have pretty varied sizes. I am talking very generally, on average

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure I read 8 as the average preferred length, but I'm sure we're both biased in what we read so I have no idea really. All I have is personal experience that tell me it's well above 4, but also everyone I've slept with has been generally aware of my size beforehand, so it's got a large self-selection bias.

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