Flaccid: at the Y in New York, a late-20-something dad escorted a young boy of 4 and stripped to take a shower in the common bath of the floor I was on. The man was 5'11," self-possessed, taut, and tanned. His penis was perhaps the most proportionally pleasing large one I had ever observed – at least 5.5 inches long and 1 in diameter throughout. Coloration and structure were light and uniform, the skin smooth and flawless, the blood vessels just subtly visible. The whole had a fullness as if it were just so full, without suggestion of tumescence, as it hung loosely down and slightly out. I was reminded of a just-ready-to-jet fire hose with a solid brass head. There was something of magnificent nobility and arresting beauty to this organ – a fitting participant in the tender life its possessor doted on.
- age 48, Pennsylvania
It was 8 1/2 inches long and about 6 inches around (erect), and I am quite sure of that because it was the same size as my forearm, which I later measured. I was about to have sex with the guy, had never seen it before, and reacted with a very genuine, "Oh my God!" I was downright afraid of the thing. I had been with a number of guys before and was under the impression that basically, if you'd seen one penis, you'd seen them all. I was with the guy 7 or 8 times, and in all honesty, I'd have to say that although it was a pretty big psychological thrill, there wasn't anything extraordinary about it physically. I've been with normal-size guys who provided far more dependable pleasure. At that size, thrusting can hurt (me, not him), which can make it difficult to get to orgasm, and it also makes oral sex frustrating and anal sex virtually impossible. If I had to choose the penis to spend the rest of my life with, sorry – it would be an average one. I will say this for big guys, though: There are certain positions that are only possible with one that big, and that's an advantage. So enjoy what you've got!
- age 27, District of Columbia (female)
This Week's Wackiest Response:
My friend and I were masturbating on a couch, and I looked over, and his penis was wrapped around the couch. I thought it was a sea monster.
- age 15, Arizona
An older scout about 17 – I was 10. We were in a tent at camp and it was the first erect penis I had ever seen, being totally uninformed about sex. He was "caught" being masturbated by another older scout. I say "caught" because, even then, I think they wanted to be found – even though the lights were on, they openly continued masturbating. We other scouts had compared penises, but no one of us masturbated. It was also the first orgasm and ejaculation I had ever seen. It gave me ideas that would lead later to my own discoveries, although it took me a while to catch up. Even today, I think he had the biggest penis I have ever seen, and he was bigger than anyone there, but then, that could be subjective due to my youth and inexperience at the time.
- age 53, South Africa
In my 10th grade gym class in high school, there was a guy with a huge penis. I don't know what it looked like erect, but it must have hung at least 8 inches soft. He always took a shower after class and a crowd of curious guys always seemed to gather around him as he dried off. They would talk to him about anything; it was obvious that it was just an excuse to get a look. (I know – I was one of them!)
- age 31, Michigan
When I was 14, I was in Norway visiting relatives, and went to a lake for a swim. There were dozens of people there, many were nude, but one guy stood out. He was maybe in his early 20s, blond, and built like a Nordic god – just stunning. But what made me stare was his 8-inch-long and very thick (when soft) penis! The water was quite cold, but didn't seem to shrink it much. To this day, he is one of my most frequent masturbation fantasies.
- age 20, Minnesota
My largest penis award goes to an old school buddy of mine who, during his last two years of high school, had a reputation among the girls for being the guy to "take care" of virginity problems. (His being on the swim team didn't hurt either, I'm sure.) Not until a couple of years later at college did I actually see him nude at a swimming hole. Wow – I remember being almost speechless – this dude packed about 8 inches soft! He noticed me looking, gave an embarrassed laugh, and admitted that he could hit a full foot in length when "motivated." How ironic that earlier in junior high school before the old testosterone kicked in, he was one of those guys that avoided the gym shower room because of worries about their "small size." My reaction? I'll admit it: absolute, unchecked envy!
- age 36, California
I slept over with one of my friends, and we did the "You show me yours and I'll show you mine" thing. I went first and showed him my 5-inch penis; then he went, and he had 9 inches (we measured). Of course, we were both erect, as the whole scene was pretty arousing. (I'm not gay, but showing your penis to someone is quite arousing!) I felt rather embarrassed at mine, but I was more surprised at how big his was. I just laughed and so did he. I've seen him in class a few times, when he gets a boner. He has to carefully re-arrange himself when it happens. At times like that, I'm glad I have a smaller penis.
- age 16, Canada
The biggest penis I have ever seen in person was my best friend, who had to be 10 inches or more. For years, he and I would go to visit his aunt, who lived on a college campus in Pennsylvania where she taught and was a nun. One year, he and I went running on an exercise track there after which, we went to take a shower. I got out of my stall before he did, saw his penis (by accident), and my jaw nearly hit the floor – it was enormous. I got such an erection by looking at it. All I could think was that his girlfriend (now his wife) is a *very* lucky lady to have that tree trunk of a penis every night.
- age 29, Pennsylvania
My dad – he taught me how to masturbate. He was giving me my sex talk, one thing led to another, and then we were "practicing" together. He has to be 8 inches or more. I wonder if it's hereditary!
- age 15, Kentucky
I was in the shower at my dorm when a guy came in next to me. I noticed that he had a rather hefty flaccid penis, but did not think much of it until he began to shampoo his hair. That was when it began to grow until he got an erection that measured 11 1/2 inches. How do I know that? Well, let's just say he noticed me looking and we hit it off well. Later, a tape measure provided the vital statistics in my room as we watched porn. Nothing ever came of it other than a side-by-side masturbation session, but we did run into each other a few times during the school year and if circumstances permitted, we did it again.
- age 30, Ohio
My brother's penis, and he's 3 years younger than me – on his 13th birthday, he showed it to me, fully erect, with a ruler against it. Already, it was 7.25 inches. Two years earlier, it had been only about an inch. What's he been eating?
- age 16, Florida
Many years ago my wife and I rented a weekend place with another couple. In the morning, as he was dressing in the living room, he removed his PJs and briefly, I saw the largest penis I had ever seen – very thick and appearing to be about 5 inches soft. He turned his back to me to put on his underwear and when he lifted a leg I could still see it hanging below his scrotum. Had he not turned around, it might have become embarrassing, as I could not have taken my eyes away. When I was single, I shared an apartment with another guy who also had a huge penis – equal to what I just described, but not quite as thick. I had occasion to see him hard, as a girl would stop by our apartment, quite willing to have sex with both of us. He must have been at least 9 inches hard – almost double my own size. My reaction – I was jealous!
- age 67, California
I was 12 and had to sleep in my older cousin's (17) room. We were both big pervs, and as usual, our talk turned to sex, so we ended up nude. I had a 3-inch erection; his was 10 inches. I know because I made him measure. I was so impressed and still am ... we get together and help each other out occasionally.
- age 16, Missouri
The largest penis I have ever seen in person belongs to the nicest guy – a quite talented and successful writer (discretion prevents me from saying who). He came over to my place for a masturbation session and I was astounded! From my personal experience, I would have to say his penis was about 11 inches long and a full 8 inches around. Although on the outside I was very calm and cool, on the inside I was thinking, "Oh my gosh – this is the hugest penis I've ever seen – it's perfect! But what on earth besides masturbation could one possibly do with that?"
- age 47, New York
My Big Brother – I am in the Big Brother/Little Brother program. He took me on a white water rafting tour over the weekend, and when we finished the first day, soaking wet, we both went to our tent where the rafting place had left some towels and our change of clothes. He started to get out of his wet sui,t and when he took it off, his swim shorts came with it. I saw his penis – uncut and at least 6 inches soft and cold. When mine gets soft and cold, it is like all shrunk up, and hard, it's 6 inches. I can only imagine what his measures when it is erect.
- age 13, Minnesota
The vast majority of penises I've seen have been in locker rooms and hence flaccid. Most of those penises looked similar to mine, which appears quite average when it's flaccid. The few erect penises I've seen belong to good friends, only one of whom remotely qualifies as a masturbation pal. Those penises are approximately 5.5-6.0 inches in length, and about 4.5-5.0 inches in girth. Ironically, I have been told that although my penis has modest length (4.5-4.75 inches erect), its girth (6.0 inches) is somewhat substantial. The usual reaction is, "Wow – that thing is fat!" Although I never thought my penis was all that large, I'm delighted to be told that a few people think it is.
- age 63, Michigan
One time when I was at the YMCA, I went to the showers and only a few people were there, so I stripped down and walked in. There was a guy, I'd say in his early 20s, who had a huge penis. It was hard, too. He looked a little embarrassed, but he kept on showering. I'd say he had at least 10 inches. I was a little surprised that even as I was taking my shower, I started to get an erection. I can still see that image in my head and sometimes I masturbate to it.
- age 16, Canada
When I was a kid, I thought my father's penis was gigantic. But it was probably only average in size. The largest I ever saw was on an African-American guy who goes to my gym – I would see it in the shower. Even flaccid it was larger than mine when it's erect. After I'd known him for a while, I was comfortable enough to ask him how big it was when erect. We went to a quiet corner of the locker room and he showed me. Honestly, it was so large that it seemed a little gross.
- age 37, Ohio
I live in a largely wooded area. One time, my best friend and I (both 12 then) went for a walk in the woods and came upon a group of young guys (around 18 years old) that were camping out. We spied on them. They decided to go skinny-dipping. That was the first time I ever saw a penis (all 5 of them)! Some were cut and some not. One guy had the largest penis I had ever seen (even to this day): It was about 6 inches long not erect – absolutely huge!
- age 22, Canada (female)
When I was 11, I attended a baseball camp and one day we had to share the shower room with an older group of 13-14-year-olds. One kid, maybe 14, standing next to me, looked to have at least 6 inches soft, maybe more. I just kept staring at it, as up till then, I had only seen other guys my age. He noticed me looking, and next thing I knew it started to grow, ending up appearing to be maybe 7-8 inches. I could feel myself starting to get hard, so I turned away, finished my shower, and left quickly. I was a little scared, but also, a little excited. I saw him again during the week (fully clothed), and he smiled at me, but that was all.
- age 13, Florida
There's a mixture of envy and admiration and awe (and lust, if they're gay) that you can see in guys' eyes and hear in their voices whenever they're confronted with a penis that is substantially bigger than their own. But truly exceptionally large penises are extremely unusual, and almost everybody falls into the 4-8" range considered normal. Over the last 30+ years, I've had sex with hundreds of men and the number of gigantic penises I've encountered could be counted on my hands with fingers left over. And, at 6.5" fully erect, I've heard things like, "Wow, you've got a big one!" far more times than I can count. I pity the heterosexual men who have no comparison of their erections other than the monsters they see in porn. But that said, I will go to my grave remembering the first time I saw a buddy of mine in the high school locker room showers, whose penis literally hung halfway down to his knees.
- age 46, California
My best friend – we were masturbating together (well, each other) for the first time. Keep in mind that, aside from some of the kids in the showers at school and some of my other friends, I hadn't seen many penises. And I'm not terribly small, just average at 6.5 inches. But he was at least 8.5 inches. And I must say I was quite jealous. Although, being bi (and he knew this) I did get a sense of arousal from it. I'm now a little more self-conscious about my penis, although I know that there's not much I can do. However, I can't understand why he's so modest and shy all of the time now.
- age 16, Florida
The biggest penis I ever saw was my second sexual partner, whose penis was very wide, and I know it was 10 inches long because one day I got him to measure it for me (tee-hee). Anyway, the first time I ever saw it, I was very unsure; and the first time we had sex, it actually hurt, even though I wasn't a virgin. It sort of took me by surprise. But after a few sessions, well ... sorry guys, but bigger seems to me to be better.
- age 22, Canada (female)
My dad, by some margin – I see him completely naked almost every day because he is usually shaving with no clothes on while I have my morning shower. However, on one occasion he was shaving with a full erection – it was awesome. I have seen a couple of porno movies, but the actors didn't have anything like as large as his. I immediately got an erection myself and when my dad saw me, we both looked very embarrassed. I actually had a kind of orgasm because quite a bit of semen suddenly dribbled out of my penis without me even touching it.
- age 16, Denmark
In the early 80s, I met an attractive young man about my own age at a gay bar in Washington DC. He was career Navy (now long retired), about 5 feet 7 inches tall, and probably 130 pounds dripping wet. We ended up at my apartment, and, eventually, sex became our evening's entertainment. I knew there was quite a bulge in his britches; however, as he stripped, I was simply amazed: It grew and grew until it was almost 12 inches long (real ruler inches, not AOL inches) and the girth of my wrist. I was afraid he might pass out – I couldn't imagine there being enough blood in his body to fully engorge a penis that size and still have enough left over for the rest of his petite frame. I still remember two comments he made, both rather sad: (1) That he had never met anyone who wasn't somewhat afraid of his appendage, and (2) that once people had seen it, it was the only thing they seemed interested in. Even more sad to me is that his penis was the only thing *he* seemed interested in – possibly a self-defeating cycle – and although I've seen a number of large penises over the years, none has ever come close to that one in length or in girth.
- age 48, District of Columbia
We were a bunch of guys one summer who often swam nude in the ocean. One time we argued over who had the biggest penis, so we all got erections and started to compare. But there was no competition – one of us had this huge penis that kind of startled us all. He let us touch it and I remember that it was kind of soft. We then proceeded to masturbate together and then ejaculate before we ran down to swim.
- age 18, Sweden
I was 12 in 1952 and had just started 7th grade, moving from elementary to the junior/senior high school. Having heard about taking showers in PE, I was anxious about being naked around so many other boys who would be naked as well. I had gone through puberty when I was 11, so I had a pretty good bush at the base of my penis, which was probably average for my stage of growth and bigger than many (but of course, I worried that it was too small or too crooked). Sometime during the first week that we dressed for PE, I was showering when one of the kids in the shower room yelled, "Oh my god!" and I turned around to see one of the boys who had gone to my elementary school walking into the shower room with the biggest penis I had ever seen on a kid (and between the Y and at school, I had done plenty of noticing!). He just chuckled as he came into the shower room, as if to say, "Yeah, yeah – I've heard all this before." That first vision of him swaggering into the shower with his big, semi-erect penis swinging in front of him fueled many of my masturbation sessions afterward. My reaction was one of abject awe – I didn't know that a penis could be that big.
- age 62, New Jersey
I never measured it to know the exact size, but my ex-boyfriend's penis was huge. It had to be at least 12 inches long and 6 or 7 inches around. When he masturbated, he needed both hands to hold it; and a lot of lube for me to have sex with him. My reaction was, "How did I get so lucky?"
- age 35, Missouri (female)
My identical twin sons have the largest penises I have ever seen. With a flaccid penis as large as my erect one of the average 6 inches, I was very impressed. Even as young babies, it was obvious that they had a penis much bigger than other boys of about a year old. It appears that my father-in-law was very well endowed, so it seems that the female line may have some genetic influence.
- age 65, Australia
My father – when I was 15, my parents and I were vacationing at my uncle's house for a week. We shared a bedroom there (which is normal – we are an Indian family). My parents slept on a queen-size mattress, and I slept on a single bed. One night, I couldn't get to sleep. After what seemed like a couple of hours, I heard a sound, which was that of my parents making love. In the dark room, illuminated only by a small night-light, I got a good glimpse of dad's penis whenever my mother's pelvis went up – a great sight. I couldn't help but masturbate, and I will confess here that it was truly special to see the actions that had resulted directly in me. My parents rock, and so does my dad's penis – I know my mom agrees.
- age 22, Florida
I saw it on a 14-year-old boy in the shower next to me. I still wonder if he were really that big or that his penis only seemed that big in relation to his not-yet-fully-grown body. My reaction was 100% jealousy.
- age 37, Holland
Years ago I shared a short-term rented room with another young man while we were looking for permanent individual accommodations. He was a nice guy and I saw no reason to upset him, so we evolved an unwritten rule about being discreet when dressing, showering, etc. However, one day I was in bed resting after a minor illness and must have looked like I was asleep, as he came into the room and began undressing to take a shower without realizing I could see him. He was quite slightly built and not very tall, but he had the biggest penis I've ever seen – I could have sworn it nearly reached his knees when flaccid. I couldn't show any obvious reaction, but I also couldn't help but imagine how it must have looked when erect – he could have taken someone's eye out if he wasn't careful! He had no partner at the time, but I hope he subsequently found one – such an ample resource should be shared!
- age 47, United Kingdom
It was at a nude beach last summer, and a few yards from me, there was a skinny and deeply tanned older guy sitting in a beach chair and wearing a baseball cap, nothing else. I noticed him as I stood up naked on my towel and started to collect my things to go in. In a friendly, casual way he said, "All good things must end," or some such reference to the day's impending close. His legs were casually apart, and his enormous, flaccid penis dangled almost to the sand! I said something like, "Yeah" – I'm not too big on naked chats with strangers – but what I wanted to say was, "You must have to start reelin' that thing in about 15 minutes before you want to pack up and leave!"
- age 54, New York
That would be my husband. We met in college and his nickname was Horse. I thought that meant because he is such a tall person at 6 feet, 5 inches, but that was not what his nickname stood for. My reaction to seeing his penis for the first time was, "Oh my god!" His was not the first penis I had ever seen, but not even to this date have I seen one so large in print or in video. It is fun to play with, but it does hurt me during sex. If there were one thing I could change about my husband, it would be make him smaller to fit me. He, too, wishes that he had a smaller penis as it gets in the way of his sporting activities, like a woman with large breasts.
- age 38, Minnesota (female)
It belonged to my best friend. We were discussing which one of us had the larger penis. I thought that I was better endowed than he was, and he thought the same about me. We decided to each get our penises erect and show each other. I felt a little embarrassed, because he was bigger than me. I'm only 6 inches, and he was 7 and 1/2. He didn't make a big deal about it, though, and we thought nothing of the incident from then on.
- age 17, Georgia
In 1970 I saw a fellow resident's penis at university summer school. He stopped in to talk on his way back from the showers. He had only a towel wrapped around him. When he sat down, his very long penis touched the chair and drooped over the end. It looked to me about a foot long. I said "Hey what's with the wango?" He wasn't embarrassed at all (who would be) but opened his towel to show a very long thin penis. It had a large circumcision scar about three inches from the head. He said it usually was 10 or 11 inches long in the flaccid state. But it changed very little, he said, when he became erect – maybe only an inch longer. He was about 20 years old then and said he often had trouble keeping it erect when he had sex. I've told people about this and most don't believe me.
- age 54, Ontario, Canada
I majored in fine arts in college and life drawing was my favorite class. The nude models were usually female, but we had some men in there, too. My favorite model had a nice, thick circumcised penis. It was nice to be able to stare at him for 3 hours at a time! I'm still a virgin, but I look at porn – and he compared nicely. And he never became erect during the entire semester of posing nude.
- age 23, Arizona (female)
My friend in high school (9th grade) – I was sleeping over and he took off his underwear under the covers and showed me with a flashlight. It was at least 8 or 9 inches. I could easily put both hands around the shaft. My reaction was envy and excitement.
- age 58, Ohio
I saw a guy at the gym that had a huge penis both in terms of length and girth. It hung midway to his thigh and was even bigger around than it was long. When I saw him, it really shocked me and I did a double take, and then pretended not to notice. He was standing naked in front of the mirror shaving, so I discreetly looked at it in the mirror. I don't see how he was able to find any woman willing to have intercourse with him. It was also a much darker color than the rest of his body. A lot of times I wish mine were a little larger, but I would NEVER want to trade with him!
- age 27, Minnesota
This might sound unusual, but this is probably my 15-year-old son. We are often in the sauna together, so we see each other naked several times a week. He started developing at quite an early age. At 9 or 10 years old he had already got quite a bit of pubic hair, and I noticed that when he was around 12, he had very rapid growth of the penis, and to a lesser extent of the testes. I'm fairly sure that he could get it into his mouth now if he wanted to. Just a few times I have seen him with an erection, or a partial erection, and it is a splendid size. He must be so proud.
- age 33, Finland
One of my roommates in college – neither of us was shy, so I saw his penis soft a lot. It was pretty big even then. Occasionally we would have our girlfriends over, get drunk, play some sort of strip game, and my roommate and I would always end up naked. That would usually lead to oral sex from the girls or intercourse. The first time this happened, and my roommate got hard, my girlfriend and I both just sat there and stared. We didn't measure, but he was easily 8 1/2 inches. This was the kind of thing you saw in porn; it was unbelievable.
- age 24, Indiana
I am a nurse, and the largest flaccid penis I ever saw was on a patient. It wasn't particularly long, but had a very large girth. The largest erect penis I've seen was on an ex-boyfriend; it was about 9 inches long. I later realized that it was attached to a real idiot. So much for that!
- age 35, United Kingdom (female)
A friend of mine has the largest penis I have ever seen. We have seen each other numerous times in gym showers, and when we have measured ourselves to see who is bigger. He measures to be exactly 8 inches, where mine's only 6 1/2 inches. But he's cool about his being bigger, he never really boasts or anything.
- age 18, Ohio
My son has the largest penis I have ever seen. He's 16, so he's not too young anymore. Anyway, I had come home early one day, he was upstairs, and I heard his bed creaking. I went up to see what was up and his door was just a bit ajar, so I peeked in and he was masturbating on his bed. I was going to leave then because, I mean, who doesn't want to relieve himself once in a while – it's not a big deal, especially for a teenager. But his penis caught my eye – it had to be at least 7 1/2 inches. I hadn't seen him naked since he was 10 and now I was seeing him erect – I was just amazed. I admit that it was weird for me just to look for a few seconds, but now I know we have more than one of the same trait in common. He'll get the girls when he gets older!
- age 43, Washington
Our family was on a trip to Florida to a private nudist beach resort there. We had been there about 3 days when I went out to the pool and saw the biggest penis I had ever seen in my life. A guy was relaxing on a chair by the pool and his non-erect penis had to be at least 12 or 13 inches long. I'm not gay, but I walked back to my room as if I had forgotten something, and then masturbated while looking out the window at his penis.
- age 17, Tennessee
I'm a physician, so I see a lot of penises. The largest would have to have been when I was doing school physicals (9th grade I think) several years ago. Everyone was lined up in the locker room in his underwear, but one kid was naked (maybe he didn't wear underwear?), and even though he was still kind of small, "downstairs" he was much better developed than the others. So, he was taking a lot of heat for his size, but he just stood there and was even showing off somewhat.
- age 38, California
I think that my father actually has the biggest penis that I have ever seen. I used to think that that was how all men were, but now I realize that my father (and apparently my mother) is very lucky. Unfortunately, that gene decided to skip me!
- age 20, Connecticut
My cousin is 5 years older than me. We have been naked in front of each other plenty of times since then, but we were out on my family's yacht and we were changing in one of the staterooms. When he dropped his shorts to change into his swimsuit, my jaw hit the floor. I asked him if he needed to carry a permit for something that huge. He just laughed and then he saw mine when I dropped the laundry. He said that mine wasn't that small, either, and that I had nothing to be ashamed of. But I'm nowhere as big as he is.
- age 35, Florida
About 6 months ago, when I was still in college, I had to stay behind one evening to complete some work. I had gotten to know the librarian well, so that night, she gave me the responsibility of locking up and closing. The PCs in the library had restricted access to the Internet, but I had brought a CD with my favorite and most arousing pictures – so I began to browse the CD. I dropped my clothing and gently masturbated – it felt great to do it in such an open space, but I had forgotten that a friend who was in my class also needed to finish the same work and he had said he would meet me there. When he walked in there I was enjoying myself – there was no hiding it. After a slight exchange of words he just joined in. There was a strange silence with just the sounds of us murmuring in pleasure, but there was also a silent form of competition. I had honestly thought he wouldn't be bigger than me when erect, because I'm above average and large on girth, and he seemed tiny when not erect – but once erect, he appeared to have more than 9 inches – thin, long, and curved upwards – larger than any I've ever seen.
- age 20, Canada
I was visiting a friend in the country more than 25 years ago; it was a hot summer day, and we went to the stream to sit in the shade and cool off. We were naked, as usual; and then a friend of my friend arrived with an unknown friend of his. The unknown friend, in his early 20s, was reluctant to strip, and behaved as though he was embarrassed when he did. He had a good body and a nice personality, and his penis was uncircumcised, long, and thick: It was at least 9 inches long when flaccid with a girth 3 times that of our own. I reacted with admiration: Besides being the largest, it was also the most beautiful pale cream-colored penis I had ever seen, and I just loved looking at it as much as I could (discreetly, of course), and loved the way the foreskin covered the glans, with just a little visible. I was so disappointed when he and his friend left to continue their journey after spending just an hour or two naked in the shade with us. Back home, when I told my wife about the man with the largest penis I had ever seen, she asked if I'd had sex with him, a question that surprised me then.
- age 53, Australia