5 Facts You Didn’t Know About Your Penis

For all the attention they direct below the belt, most men actually know very little about their penises.

Here’s the knowledge you need to keep yours healthy, strong, and ready for action—for life.


PENIS FACT #1
Smoking can shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter.
Erections are all about good bloodflow, and lighting up calcifies blood vessels, stifling erectile circulation.

PENIS FACT #2
German researchers say the average intercourse lasts 2 minutes, 50 seconds, yet women perceive it as lasting 5 minutes, 30 seconds. Are men that good or that bad?

PENIS FACT #3
Turns out size does matter: The longer your penis, the better “semen displacement” you'll achieve when having sex with a woman flush with competing sperm.

PENIS FACT #4
That’s according to researchers at the State University of New York, who used artificial phalluses (ahem) to test the “scooping” mechanism of the penis’s coronal ridge.

Better-looking men may have stronger sperm. Spanish researchers showed women photos of guys who had good, average, and lousy sperm—and told them to pick the handsomest men.The women chose the best sperm producers most often.


PENIS FACT #5
The most common cause of penile rupture: vigorous masturbation. Some risks are just worth taking.

That's not the only self-inflicted damage you can do