Men are getting, ahem, bigger, but that’s not necessarily a good thing, study finds
A recent study has found that men’s penis sizes have gotten larger over the last 30 years. While that may sound like good news for size queens, the study’s lead researcher actually worries it may mean that chemicals are screwing with our hormones.
Whomp, whomp.Lead researcher, Michael Eisenberg, MD, a professor of urology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, became alarmed after seeing studies about men’s sperm counts and testosterone levels declining over the last few decades, he told Stanford medical school’s blog.Other studies he saw indicated higher rates of male congenital birth defects, like hypospadias (when the urethral opening isn’t at the tip of the penis) and cryptorchidism (when testicles don’t fully descend).So Eisenberg became curious whether studies had looked at other aspects of men’s reproductive health.
He decided to look at penile length because previous studies hadn’t taken a hard look at that. (Hehe!)His research team looked at data on the penile length of 55,761 men taken from 75 studies conducted between 1942 and 2021.
Each study included measurements of men’s flaccid and erect penises, measuring the top side from the tip to where the shaft enters the body.Researchers found that, over the course of these studies, the average erect penis length increased by 24% over 29 years, from an older average of 4.8 inches to a more recent average of 6 inches.
