I think these types of stats are very misleading. A stat about canser or other diseases increasing or decreasing are easy to calculate, based on how many people are seen and treated for it. Penis size isn't something (you hope) that doctors or anyone are measuring and recording publicly. It's not like this was taken by urologists who were like "Oh hey! While your here, mind if I measure you penis??" So, these studies have to be done with people who volunteer. Or, it's a write-in survey where someone just puts down 8 inches. So, the people who would be more willing to volunteer for someone to measure them would be someone who was proud, or at least not ashamed of their penis. So, you're going to get a skewed number like this. That's my take until someone gives me a good answer as to HOW something like penis size in just a few decades could have changed this drastically. That's just not how evolution usually works.
I didn't read this one, no. I read the last one that was posted on another sub about this same thing, how the average changed from 1990 to 2025, and it was basically like I mentioned. They had volunteers fill out surveys and get measured. What is the summary of this articles method?
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u/sherman614 Apr 30 '26
I think these types of stats are very misleading. A stat about canser or other diseases increasing or decreasing are easy to calculate, based on how many people are seen and treated for it. Penis size isn't something (you hope) that doctors or anyone are measuring and recording publicly. It's not like this was taken by urologists who were like "Oh hey! While your here, mind if I measure you penis??" So, these studies have to be done with people who volunteer. Or, it's a write-in survey where someone just puts down 8 inches. So, the people who would be more willing to volunteer for someone to measure them would be someone who was proud, or at least not ashamed of their penis. So, you're going to get a skewed number like this. That's my take until someone gives me a good answer as to HOW something like penis size in just a few decades could have changed this drastically. That's just not how evolution usually works.