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Women's Preferences for Penis Size: A New Research Method Using Selection among 3D Models.
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- Morphometric Predictors of Penile Length Increase After Division of its Suspensory Ligament.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2024Article
- The effect of penis size on partner sexual satisfaction: a literature review.International journal of impotence research · 2023Review
- Smaller prize, bigger size? Exploring the impact of money on men's self-reported markers of masculinity.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Personality and Sexual Perceptions of Penises: Digital Impression Formation.Sexuality & culture · 2023Article
- Penile length of men attending urology outpatient clinic in Southwest Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Penis size and sperm quality, are all bats grey in the dark?Current zoology · 2019Article
- Penis evolution across species: divergence and diversity.Nature reviews. Urology · 2019Review
- Growers versus showers: a meaningful (or useful) distinction?International journal of impotence research · 2018Article
- The effect of leg-to-body ratio on male attractiveness depends on the ecological validity of the figures.Royal Society open science · 2017Article
- [Inaccurate information about the size of the penis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: about 21 information sources].The Pan African medical journal · 2016Article
- Complications and management of penile augmentation with hyaluronic acid injection.Asian journal of andrologyArticle
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Abstract
Women's preferences for penis size may affect men's comfort with their own bodies and may have implications for sexual health. Studies of women's penis size preferences typically have relied on their abstract ratings or selecting amongst 2D, flaccid images. This study used haptic stimuli to allow assessment of women's size recall accuracy for the first time, as well as examine their preferences for erect penis sizes in different relationship contexts. Women (N = 75) selected amongst 33, 3D models. Women recalled model size accurately using this method, although they made more errors with respect to penis length than circumference. Women preferred a penis of slightly larger circumference and length for one-time (length = 6.4 inches/16.3 cm, circumference = 5.0 inches/12.7 cm) versus long-term (length = 6.3 inches/16.0 cm, circumference = 4.8 inches/12.2 cm) sexual partners. These first estimates of erect penis size preferences using 3D models suggest women accurately recall size and prefer penises only slightly larger than average.
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