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[-] antifa@infosec.pub 66 points 11 months ago

There's some thought that this is also the reason for the shape of the human penis

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/147470490400200105

[-] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Which really makes you think, shouldn't longer-penised individuals have an reproductive advantage over short-penised people? Longer penises can scoop deeper in the couchhole to get out other people's jizz. Why hasn't the human race evolved such that every male had 20 cm (7.8 in) penises?

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 43 points 11 months ago

We kind of have. Human penises are waaaay bigger than those of other primate species, and many other mammals (relative to overall body size).

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Poor, poor gorillas, they never stood a chance.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Gorillas consider large penises a sign of barbarism. When's the last time you heard of a gorilla killing someone?

A human?

Think about it. /s... Unless?

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Why hasn't humanity evolved such that every male had 20 cm (7.8 in) penises?

Oh dear, no one tell him he got the short end of the genes..

Joking, of course.

I would assume penises didn’t need to evolve to be that long on average since vaginas are not that deep on average? So there would only be so much depth to reach in the first place. Possibly girth would also affect it - having a long noodle dick might mean no matter how deep you go, the penis might not be wide enough to effectively “scoop” it out.

Again assuming, but after a certain length (bottoming out), width would become more important

[-] null@slrpnk.net 30 points 11 months ago

Longer penises can scoop deeper in the couchhole

VANCE!

[-] antifa@infosec.pub 28 points 11 months ago

The longer the penis, the larger the fraction of women who will find sex with that person painful, and at some point the reproductive advantage of scooping out others' semen will be nullified due to the fact that no woman wants to sleep with you. I think I read that four inches is the length that most women find comfortable, but I don't remember where I read it.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Four? 😐 That's under average!

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Average size != average comfort level

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Wouldn't an evolutionary advantage tend to make it equal?

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Well, humans have pretty varied sizes. I am talking very generally, on average

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure I read 8 as the average preferred length, but I'm sure we're both biased in what we read so I have no idea really. All I have is personal experience that tell me it's well above 4, but also everyone I've slept with has been generally aware of my size beforehand, so it's got a large self-selection bias.

[-] Sas@beehaw.org 18 points 11 months ago

Iirc humans already have way bigger penises than other apes

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

It's testicle size that tells you how often you need to fuck in a day. On that we're moderate among the great apes

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago
[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago
[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Or make it up with more strokes, so longer intercourse.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Long dicks hurt shallow vagina girls. You want a dick that exactly fits your girl

Girls you hurt aren't going to be willing to fuck you in future

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