Condom : and if the size mattered in the end ?

Health 20 October, 2017


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Published the 19.10.2017 at 17h17



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The Americans finally admit that their condoms are too big. The type approved models out there have a length between 17 and 21 cm and a circumference of 9.9 to 11.4 cm. These figures seem far from those reported by a study in 2014, on the size (declarative) of the penis in the us : average of 14.2 cm in length and 12.2 cm in girth in erection. Result : 83% of Americans would be “smaller” than the standard sizes.

According to the New York Times, the excess rubber that flows from impacterait the comfort, when the material pulls-jammed, and would lead to disastrous frustration when the smaller model is too large.

60 sizes of condom different

A company has stepped into the breach, and now offers a range of more than 60 condoms (10 lengths and 9 circumferences). The stated goal is to restore comfort and confidence to the men. For the american authorities, the principal objective is to re-run this tool for contraception and protection from sexually transmitted diseases. In fact only 1 American on 3 the uses.
In Europe, the adaptation of the sizes of condoms by manufacturers is already in place since several years.

The syndrome of the locker room

Many men suffer from what is called ” the famous syndrome of the locker room “. A problem of size, which grows 12 % of men being dissatisfied with the size of their penis, and some of them to have recourse to the processes of elongation.
If you are looking at things factually, the standard is 9/10 cm at rest and 12.8/14.5 cm in erection. However, what is called micropenis (below 7 cm) affects only one percent of men. A complex of group facilitated by the generalization of the X-films ?

Anecdotes…

On 25 European countries, the French are in the lead, the Italians, the 5th, the Greek past, after the sizes declaratory of the men interviewed.

With our friends the mammals, the erection is at about 3.2 cm for the gorilla, 7.6 cm for the chimpanzees. By against, our cousins have sex that lasts longer, and in positions that are sometimes acrobatic.

Finally, as was said by the legendary Frédéric Dard : the penis is the organ of the lightest of all, because all it takes is a thought to lift it…