Women Do Find Men With Big Penises More Attractive, New Study Confirms

This may come as a shock to some people, but it turns out women really do find men with big penises more attractive. At least – that’s according to a new academic study published in PLOS Biology.

Lead author Dr Upama Aich, from the University of Western Australia, assured: “We confirmed our earlier finding that women find a larger penis more attractive.”

The study sought to find why the human penis is disproportionately thick and long compared to other great apes, and determined it was for two reasons – to attract mates and to threaten rivals (a bit like a deer’s antlers or lion’s mane.)

Researchers recruited over 600 male and 200 female participants and had them rate computer-generated male figures that varied in height, body shape, and, most importantly, penis size.

They asked female participants to rate the mens’ sexual attractiveness while male contestants were asked to assess how threatening they appeared – both in terms of fighting ability and as a rival in the sack.

Long short: Women rated men who were taller with a V-shaped upper body and larger penis more attractive. Who would have possibly imagined?

However, there was a point where a further increase in penis size had diminishing value. So you can absolutely be too big, although I’m not sure that’s necessarily worse than being too small.

Meanwhile, male participants viewed men with big d1cks as an “indicator of a rival with both greater fighting ability and as a stronger sexual competitor.”

As such, the researchers concluded that penises evolved to be big due to both the sexual preferences of females, and as sign of combative prowess in males.

It’s worth noting that sexual preference played a far larger role overall, as the “effect of penis size on attractiveness was four to seven times higher than its effect as a signal of fighting ability.”

Co-author Michael D Jennions said: “While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusually large size evolved as a sexual ornament to attract females rather than purely as a badge of status to scare males, although it does both.”

Don’t get too hung up, though (pun not intended but intended) – remember that the study did not take into account other characteristics like personality or facial features, for example.

Researchers also noted that “cultural standards of masculinity vary across the world and change over time.”

You’ll also be glad to know that you’ll probably be rocking a bigger penis in the next life – for example, British penises have grown nearly 10% in just two years.  The average Venezuelan penis grew by 1.42 inches in the same time frame! Mental.