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Chinese men measure up to others below the belt
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-21 13:27
Chinese men have no reason to feel inferior about the size of their penises,
according to a Hong Kong study which showed local men measured up to others
elsewhere in the world below the belt.
"Our conclusion is that Hong Kong people are no smaller than western men,
where their penises are concerned," said Chan Lung-wai, director of the Urology
Centre at the Union Hospital, who headed the study.
"There has always been the myth that westerners have bigger penises and their
(sexual) ability is better."
A group of scientists in Hong Kong spent five months from October last year
measuring 148 ethnic Chinese volunteers aged between 23 and 93.
The average length of their flaccid penises was 8.46 cm (3.4 inches), which
compared favourably with similar studies on other men overseas.
Germans have average lengths of about 8.6 cm, Israelis 8.3 cm, Turks 7.8 cm
and Filippinos 7.35 cm. Italians were the longest at 9 cm and Americans averaged
8.8 cm.
The study did not measure the penises when they were erect.
It found that a man's height bore no relation to the length of his member,
but those with higher body mass indexes, or fat content, appeared to have
shorter penises.
"It seems that as someone gets older and fatter, his blood vessels change, so
the penile size is not static.
It may be a reflection of the condition of the person's blood vessels," Chan
said, adding that this could spur yet another study.
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