Fri May 24 17:20:12 SAST 2013
Fri May 24 17:20:13 SAST 2013

'Mzansi men don't measure up to African brothers'

Oct 2, 2012 | MedicalDaily, Daily Mail, ModernGhana and Sowetan LIVE | 82 comments

MANHOOD: 'When it comes to penis size, men from the Congo are bigger than all the rest'

HOW DO YOU MEASURE UP? This image is used for illustrative purposes only. Ref: allhiphop.com

 Africans have the biggest penises at an average of 6.3 inches, according to the survey  

A controversial new Penis Size Study purportedly conducted in 113 countries sets out to show 'who comes out on top' - when erect.

At the top of the list is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose men boasted an average of 7.1 inches.

Closely following them were Ecuadorians at 7.0 inches, Ghanaians at 6.8 inches; and Colombians at 6.7 inches.

In Europe, Italians were at the top of the list, with 6.2 inches.

South African men came in at 6 inches.

Next was Greece, at 5.8 inches and Germany at 5.7 inches. Britons measured in at 5.5 inches, beating out the French, who measured 5.3 inches.

Australia came in at 5.2 inches, and America came in at 5 inches.

Rounding out the list were North and South Korea, who both measure, on average, 3.8 inches.

But the study is not without its share of controversy – and not just because of the subject matter itself.

The paper was written by Richard Lynn, who mainly based the information from his study on a website. The website had ostensibly collected data on penis size from 113 countries, but it had not been verified by academics. Lynn is a professor emeritus at Ulster University in Northern Ireland and is a controversial figure in science, particularly due to his thesis which claimed that certain races have evolved to be more intelligent than others.

Jelte Wicherts, a professor of methodology at the Netherlands’ Tilburg University, said to The Sunday Times, “This is a brave paper in a controversial area but the data has no methodology and Lynn’s paper should not have been published”.

Penis size seems to be a bit of a preoccupation for men, causing a healthy industry that claims to have various methods of enlarging the male organ. Interestingly though, there is a significant number of men who claim to have small penises but are in fact quite normally endowed. Penile enhancements can come with a host of complications and side effects.

Richard Lynn’s study will be published in the journal Personality and Individual Difference.

IN NUMBERS - AVERAGE PENIS SIZE BY SELECTED COUNTRIES:

Republic of Congo - 7.1
Ecuador - 7
Ghana - 6.8
Columbia - 6.7
Iceland - 6.5
Italy - 6.2
South Africa - 6
Sweden - 5.9
Greece - 5.8
Germany - 5.7
New Zealand - 5.5
UK - 5.5
Canada - 5.5
Spain - 5.5
France - 5.3
Australia - 5.2
Russia - 5.2
USA - 5.1
Ireland - 5
Romania - 5
China - 4.3
India - 4
China - 4
Thailand - 4
Korea - 3.8
 

Sources: Medical Daily, Daily Mail and ModernGhana

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Fri May 24 17:20:13 SAST 2013 ::
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Oct 2, 2012

Mdeeva

This is bullshit stereotyping
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Oct 2, 2012

MissBhakajuju

LOL.... so if I date a North Korean it means tlala fela..... *hiding my face*
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Oct 2, 2012

MommaC

With the temperatures in Iceland, that is not what you would expect
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Oct 2, 2012

mphephethwane

ehlile, @missbhakajuju; rather stick with the blacks.
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Oct 2, 2012

Ga-MAkanye

Mr Editor where is Nigeria? this study is incomplete and biased, not true reflection of manhood status on planet earth.
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Oct 2, 2012

VENDALIOUS

Pornwetan
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Oct 2, 2012

BRA-MAFUTHA

I do not agree with the findings I am a black South African male sized at 7.9inch now where do they get this figures
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Oct 2, 2012

Knan

I am migrating to India, sorting my VISA, and get a nice spot to open a brothel

Indian ladies prepare to give a brother some nice zoka's
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Oct 2, 2012

oldlady12

Did you know, the brain size of a man with a large penis is much smaller than the brain size of a man with a small penis.
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Oct 2, 2012

sh!tFaceSamsung

6 inches mainly refers to black mana : we all know white man penis size mos is very small : except for te boers do have big anagonda : baphethe intswiri enkhulu :
who knows mybe msanzi got position 6 is bcos of zooma 'the spear' : they use it as yardstick to measure msansi dic!k
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