Posted by KRICO on January 22, 2001 at 12:38:07:
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U.S. Penis Comes Up Short in Size Survey? By Phil Stewart BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian men boast longer penises than their American counterparts, at least according to a survey of male genitalia conducted by a Brazilian urologist. Dr. Paulo Palma said on Friday the average erect Brazilian penis reaches 5.7 inches (14.5 cm) -- about the length of a Nokia cellular telephone with the antenna. Palma said that compares with an average erect American penis of about 5 inches (12.9 cm) -- the length of a Nokia cellular phone without the antenna. ``The tendency is that Brazilian penises are bigger,'' Palma said in a telephone interview with Reuters. ``But American men shouldn't be upset about this small difference.'' He added that women only have sensitivity within the first 3.1 inches (8 cm) of the vagina, making what he called abnormally large ``porn star'' penises not only ineffective but painful for women. A man only needs a penis of 2.7 inches (7 cm) for him and his partner to enjoy intercourse, he said. Palma's survey made the cover of this week's edition of major Brazilian news magazine Istoe, which did a story on what it called the local obsession with large genitalia. But Palma's methodology has been challenged. He said he only conducted tests on 150 Brazilian men, and took his U.S. data from a 1997 study presented by the American Urological Association. Critic Says Width Is Important One critic is Brazil's Dr. Bayard Santos, author of the book ``The Measure of Man'' and a specialist in penis enlargement. Santos said his survey of 2,188 men in southern Brazil showed the average size of the nation's penises was 5.9 inches (15 cm) -- a full 0.19 inches (0.5 cm) longer than Palma's estimate. He also believes that differences between U.S. and Brazilian penises have been exaggerated. Santos stressed that for love making purposes, the most important aspect of the penis is its width -- adding anything less than about 3.5 inches (9 cm) in circumference is not enough to satisfy a woman." KRICO
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