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- A new PLOS Biology study by Upama Aich and colleagues found penis size influences perceived female attractiveness and male assessments of fighting ability, based on ratings from over 800 adult participants.
- Driven by long-standing debates in evolutionary biology, the research team at the University of Western Australia tested if the human penis is a badge of status or a sexual ornament, as prior work mainly focused on female choice and unusual human penile size.
- The team produced 343 computer-generated male figures varying three traits with seven values, shown as 30° rotating video clips in two formats to about 200 females and 600 males.
- Female participants rated taller, more V-shaped men with larger penises as more attractive, while male participants viewed rivals with larger penises as more threatening and sexually competitive.
- Future work could examine how flaccid penis models interact with facial features, voice, movement, and cultural variation, as authors caution real-world assessments need broader integration, Dr. Upama Aich and Professor Michael Jennions say.
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Does penis size make a man more attractive to women? A research team has now investigated this question and comes to the surprising conclusion: Yes, it depends on size. But experts vehemently disagree. They warn against a resurgent "penis cult".
According to the authors, sexual appeal and threat perception could explain the unusually large size of the human penis. The work also shows that men tend to overestimate the importance of body size, while women value the Hemeroteca set more - “And that measures 1,80”: why it is problematic for women to put height requirements to bind with men The human penis is larger than that of other primates in relation to body size, a fact that evolutionar…
Scientists Got Men to Rate Penises by How Intimidating They Are. This Is What They Found.
🌘Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. When it comes to the evolution of the human penis, size matters. Scientists have discovered that men with larger penises are not only more attractive to women, they are also deemed more threatening to men, which is “the first experimental evidence that males assess rivals’ fighting ability and attractivenes…
Penis size may matter more to men than women
Human history is full of juvenile jokes, odd stereotypes, and outright harmful misinformation about the size of a man’s penis. But the long and short of the real science behind size suggests that men themselves are more likely than women to get riled up about the subject. According to a study published today in the journal PLOS Biology, men routinely feel more physically and sexually threatened by well-endowed rivals—regardless of how women feel…
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