Quote: Penile dimensions were assessed using five measures of penile length and circumference from Kinsey's original protocol.
What were they?
"The facts mame, just the facts, please." Sergeant Joe Friday, Dragnet.
According to the paper:
"In Kinsey’s original interview protocol, five measures of penis size were included: estimated erect penis length; measured flaccid penis length; measured erect penis length; measured flaccid penis circumference; and measured erect penis circumference. Penis length was estimated or measured along the top of the penis from the belly to the tip. For penis circumference, the men were told to measure at the point of maximum circumference. During the interviews, Kinsey and his colleagues often slowly slid a finger along a standard ruler with the numerals not visible and told the men to indicate when the length of their erect penis had been reached. For the measured sizes, the men were given specific instructions on how to measure their penises, and precision of measurement was stressed. These measured sizes were performed after the interview, and the participants mailed their measurements to the Kinsey Institute using standard response cards and preaddressed stamped envelopes (Gebhard and Johnson, 1979). The Kinsey researchers recorded the sizes to the nearest quarter inch. The data derived from these measures have provided normative information on penis size and have been shown to support findings from other samples (Jamison and Gebhard, 1988 )."
The differences between the results for homosexual and heterosexual men were statistically significant on all five measures. Using (as appropriate) homoscedastic and heteroscedastic t-tests, in all five cases the p values were below 0.0001, which is a very solid result.
Do you think the "cocks" themselves decided if they would be attached to a homosexual and or a heterosexual? Maybe mother nature was playing favourites on any given day when "cocks" were being handed out.
The paper suggests a number of possible origins for the differences observed, without reaching a definitive conclusion as the data do not support any single conclusion in this area.
Were the exact number of homosexuals and heterosexuals used in the measurements? After all homosexuals, make up a smaller percentage of the general male population and thus you might find a larger sampling of "larger cocks" amongst the homosexuals then the general population. What part of the country did they come from? Metropolitan areas or the mid-west? What were the ethnicities used in the measuring and where they evenly divided homosexuals and heterosexuals? What continent was the study done from/on? What measuring devices were used and were they all calibrated the same? Or were they tape measures that were used = cloth or metal?
The origin of the sample was:
"From 1938 to 1963, 17,502 case histories were recorded by the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research using the interview schedule devised by Alfred C. Kinsey (Gebhard and Johnson, 1979). These data are currently stored in several files. The files containing adult (i.e., 18 or over) White and non-White males with no convictions for felonies or misdemeanors (other than traffic violations) comprise 6013 cases."
"Sexual orientation was classified according to the following criteria. Men were classified as homosexual if they reported “extensive” homosexual experience, defined by Gebhard and Johnson (1979) as more than 20 male sexual partners or more than 50 homosexual experiences (with one or more partners). Men were classified as heterosexual if they met two criteria: (i) they reported either “no” or “rare” homosexual experience, the latter defined by Gebhard and Johnson (1979) as 1 male sexual partner and/or 1–5 homosexual experiences, and (ii) they did not respond that they experienced “much” or “some” sexual arousal to questions about sexual arousal from seeing and thinking of other males.
Using these criteria, 891 cases could not be classified as either heterosexual or homosexual. Of the remaining 5122 cases, 935 were classified as homosexual and 4187 were classified as heterosexual."
Examination of the data showed no significant differences between the two samples in the areas of race (both 8% non-white), age, or parental socio-economic status.
It is also worth noting that the same conclusion regarding penile size (homosexual men are slighgtly bigger) has been reported in other studies cited in the paper.
By the way, the differences, whlist statistically significant, aren't all that large:
Average measured flaccid penis size was 4.10 inches for homosexuals and 3.87 for heterosexuals. For erect penises, it was 6.46 inches against 6.14 inches.
. It's a good thing my husband is not a size queen, or else I'd be in big trouble.
