4" and 8"

Just wondering… Assuming an average dick length of 6” and a normal distribution around this size, 8” cocks should occur with the same frequency as 4” ones… On this forum we seem to hear a great deal more about the 8” boys than the 4” guys. Are the more modest guys just shy to post their stats or are their really more big guys?

Hey Dongers, I think that the issue of pride becomes the factor. I think most member of this board have a personal goal in mind and don’t want to go public until they can say I hit X inches. I know for me I lurked until I was 8”…at this point I felt comfortable enough to make an introduction.

Also consider this the frequency of an 8” penis is more prominent in a PE forum but I think it the general public it is a VERY rare thing.

Thar’s the rub. Endowment doesn’t follow a gaussian distribution. If you have a look at the Kensey data, or most any other, you’ll see that the graph has a significant skewness.

Furthermore, this forum is all about mucking up the natural distribution. Notice that a significant fraction of posters (myself included) waited to chime in until after they had already seen gains.

We will never know what the average really is, but most studies place it even shorter than 6”s. And is it a normal distribution? No matter how you set it, the question remains: Where the hell are all of the little guys?

As the other guys have written, its probably much easier to fess up to wanting a bigger dick if you are 7.5” than 3.5”s. Also, you have more to post about after you have been PEing long enough to know that it works. I started at 6.5X5.5 and didn’t fost for one hell of a long time. I started posting around 6.75”(?). Not a big gain at all, but I didn’t want to de-lurk untill I knew it was working for me.

Wish I had the time to compile all of the different studies and average out the data (not the findings)

I have said it before and I’ll say it again: If you have started out under 5”s and are still under “average”…Please!! Be a ballsy mo fo and start posting. Perhaps your example will get some other guys to come out of the wood work. I believe that we have a large population of “small” lurkers that would greatly benifit from being more active in Thunder’s.

I would guess that penis size in the male population follows the traditional bell curve - that is, 80% of the penises are between 4.5 and 6.5 inches. The other 20% are small and very small or large and very large. However, this gets skewed a little as men age. Studies have shown that men can lose as much as 25% of their erect length as they age. Fortunately, I have reversed this trend for myself. Since I am in my late 40’s, I am looking forward to many more years of using my “improved” tool.

I think the discrepancies of the averages really comes from the fact of how the penis is measured. I used to measure along the top, but not BP. I would just go to the end of the shaft, where it met the top of the scotum sac. I’d get 5” and think, God, I’m a good 1”, 1 1/2 below average. But, then, using BP measurements, I get 5.5”-5.75”. I’ve heard of some people who measure from below the penis, right where the shaft meets the scotal sac, or from the side of the penis.

So, until someone decides to grab a few thousand guys and measure them all one way, we may never know what the real average is.

I’m proof of that statement! I didn’t start posting until I had gained almost 1/2” in length (6.125” bpel now). BUT, I’m still very reluctant to post about my below average girth (slightly over 4”). Once I get a 1/2” in EG gain, I’m sure I’ll be much more willing to share my thoughts and questions here.

5.5 in jun 2002 feb 1st 2003 a tad bit over 7 pb
come on this shit works !

so if pb is is bigger than npb i started off smaller :{

Fattire

I’m not going to start another NBPEL vs BPEL war here, but I personally think that if most people measured BPEL (when I say most people I am referring to non-PEers), the average would be closer to 6.5 cause of that extra half an inch or so that most people have when pressing the ruler against their fat pad. But most people don’t even know about the fact that the fat pad hides some extra centimeters of their true size.

If you tell some friend of yours to grab a ruler and measure how long his erect dick is for you, in most cases he’s just going to hold the ruler and measure from the top to the base, not push the ruler against the fat pad.

I persoanlly think that the only people who measure BPEL are those involved with PE (us), and those who know about the whole fat pad thing (doctors).

In most cases a female who measures you is just going to hold the ruler right against your dick from head to base, not jam it in a little against the bone.

Likewise, I believe the average NBPEL (which is what most “outsiders” go by anyway) to be 6”.

Just my two cents…I could be wrong..

You know what, I would like to see some more knowledgable people than me comment on this post. That said, I reluctantly have to agree with the man. I think the average size for a man of the age 16-45 measuring Bone Pressed would be about 6.5-7” unfortunately. This guy is right, all these studies and guys who post their measurements on boards, etc. aren’t usually doing BP measurements. It is sad to say, but the average size for non-bone pressed is about 6” I believe, so I am very average. This is just the rub of the game, but it seems like these days an 8” BOne Pressed dick isn’t even that much above average anymore. I dunno, maybe it’s cuz I’m depressed, but this guy seems right on the money.

Even though bone-pressed length is the standard way to get an accurate measurement, I still hate doing it. It always feels like cheating to me. I do check my BP measurement, but when it comes to results that I can be comfortable with, it’s the non-BP measurement that’s gotta make me happy. If I can get to the point where I’m satisfied by my NBPEL, then my BPEL will just be the icing on the cake.

very well said, couldn’t agree more

Ref the last few posts:

BP is good only for gathering PE data for your fellows here at Thunders. Only here can you honestly say 7” when your usable dick is 5.5”. BP is great for keeping accurate records and talking about what, how, and the gains it gave us. That is fine for in the lab, but out in the field that, my friend, is a 5.5” dick.

Just curious, but have you guys looked at all the studies? If you check methodology, credibility, and #s surveyed, it does IMO indicate an average of around 5.5 - 6”s.

I concur with Pat and Prickle.

For me, I don’t consider myself having made a gain until I can visually see a longer piece without nudging a ruler down there. I see BP as a motivational tool for not giving up.

But with girth, there’s a different story…

When you gain in girth, you’ll know it cause you’ll see and feel a meatier looking dick…no pad to cover up the thickness or decieve you. The measuring tape isn’t going to lie to you either (unless you use it the wrong way).

Another indicator for me is that my fingers are not long, and I have noticed that when I jelq now, the “o” I make with my index finger and thumb is slowly turning into an “O” (in other words, its wider than when I first started jelqing), and now I start getting aches around that region of my hands from holding it too long. I hope that one day the girth will be too large for the o I make with my index and thumb (yea sure, in my dreams).

But at any rate, I wish the lengthening process were equal for NBP and BP, because I have already gained in BP, but nothing in NBP (which is sad since that is pretty much all I care about). I mean, one of these days I want to walk on a nude beach with total confidence. Kind of a long term PE goal for me…

I wish there were some estimate for how many centimeters gained in BP translate into a centimeter gained in NBP…but I guess it all varies due to our fat pads.

Could it be like developing strong abs? Those with more fat on the stomach take much longer to show the “six pack” apperance and have to work harder than those who are thin because the muscle has to cut through even more fat.

Would it be idiotic to say that BP and NBP gains are similar to this?
Would one person have to increase 5 centimeters in BP just to see 1 centimeter increase NBP, while another would only need 2 cm for BP to see 1 cm NBP?

I wonder..

the rule of thumb is 1” gain in nbpl for every 30 pds lost weight, until you reach around your ideal weight.

sounds simple. i’ve been trying to get length that “easy way” for years now. i don’t think it’s ever going to happen.

looking at it a different way, each 10 pounds lost is a gain of between 1/3 and 1/4 of an inch, depending on your muscle tone.