When you’re done figuring out how you measure up next to other men in your state, it’s time to figure out whether you consider yourself a happy fella or not. Because your level of self-satisfaction can be determined by how big your wang is.
Indeed, the well endowed enjoy better qualities of life than short stickers, according to a new Victoria University (Australia) study. They’re happier, in better health, and are less likely to hate their bodies. And guys who are satisfied with their penis size? They’re less likely to troll the web for dates. Huh!
And then there’s this interesting find: Men are more concerned about what their friends think about the size of their manhood than their own relationship partners. Researchers call it “locker room syndrome”; you may know it as “bathhouse syndrome.”
ggreen
Smells like bullshit to me. Gay guys with big ones are so insecure they usually let you know how big it is in the first 15 minutes of conversation. And once they’ve let you know, they rush to tell the next person. The bigger the meat the higher the feet.
Jason
Have you been fucking a bull?
Ian
FAR more so than penis size I have found after a number of decades that in fact it is a gay man’s waist size that is truly valued. God forbid if you are born with a slow metabolism or predisposition to being “bearish” ’cause if you don’t have a 28-32 inch waist most other gays treat the 36-40 inch fellas like they have a deadly and communicable disease, and to even look at them will make love handles magically appear on those in the desired body fat ratio range.
HiredGoons
There’s a typo, shoudl read: ‘Guys With Boyfriends With Bigger Packages Live Better, Happier Lives’
ninethickinches
I’ve always been happy with mine…and others seem to enjoy it too.
HiredGoons
@HiredGoons: should, even.
Preston
@ninethickinches: You just single handedly proved ggreen’s comment…
Fitz
It could be the other way around…. perhaps happier kids grow happier dicks? If you bottom– never bottom for a small guy who is upset about being small, because it is his goal to prove that he isn’t small. A bigger guy wants to have fun, and wants you to also.
YellowRanger
I must be an exception…My life is great, my self-esteem is through the roof, but my junk definitely wouldn’t win any contests.
Qjersey
the study doesn’t say gay men…
StraightGrrrl
Big pen0rs like big boobies are more aesthetically pleasing to look at, but somewhat useless. I think the illusion of bigger is better probably causes the men to be more confident within themselves and probably perform better.
MoHoTo
Is that why Brazilian trannies all tend to have big dicks? Oh, but to be a popular Brazilian Tranny for just one night of bliss.
MackMichael
MShane, I’m waiting for you to chime in, because only you have a sample population from which to draw a proper conclusion that I could trust.
…and I hope you take this in the spirit of good humor in which it was intended.
eb
@Ian: you can lose weight; but a small dick is a small dick. maybe try exercise 5 days a week and eat a healthy diet, than if youre still fat in a year ill care about your bitching and moaning.
Mark
Contrary to popular belief, bigger is not necessarily better. There is a happy medium and I think it is those guys that are large enough to be considered “big” but not so big as to be considered “large” that lead happier lives.
I’ve been with large and let’s just say that I’m happy with average to slightly above, thank-you.
Adrian Acosta
I thought I liked big dicks when I was younger until I was fucked by a huge one. now, I rather a medium to small dick. seriously. it just fits better. anything over 6 inch is a bit much for me.
dk
I tend to think this applies to straight people also. If you have a big dick you become gossip fodder and people treat you more like an object than a real person. Once the word is out, people grab at it, follow you into the bathroom, and you tend to be a target. You may be able to fuck more guys, but if you’re an asshole you still won’t be able to keep one.
Andrew
Interesting, and sounds true. My own experience, at least, matches what they say. I’m decently endowed but am a grower, not a shower. So, locker rooms or swimming pools or skinny dipping was always anxiety producing as a kid. Still is to a much lesser degree. Silly really, but our fixation on size does factor into one’s (my) self-image and body-image. For me, it’s ridiculous since I’m in pretty good shape and my partner and I have a good sex life. So I don’t find it hard to believe that endowment (or other body measurements) factor into a person’s sense of self and level of happiness. Since guys with “small” members can’t change the size, they’d be best served learning how to unconditionally accept and love the body they have. OK, that’s more than I thought I’d be writing today about penis size. lol
jwalker666
@Ian: I don’t completely agree with that statement. Maybe it is some big guys that have 40+ waist lines are trying to hit on a guy that is skinny. Most guys prefer other guys about their same size (I said most, not all, there are exceptions to everything). Just because a skinny guy does not want to fuck a fat guy does not mean that every gay is obsessed with weight (uh, chubby chasers) And it is one thing to have a weight issue that is beyond your control, it is another thing to eat big macs everyday and not exercise and then complain cause your fat and that you can’t get the attention of a skinny guy.
Ian
@eb: I’d already figured I would get your type of pat bitchy-queen response. You are sounding quite ignorant. I am merely making a point that waist size in the gay community is valued much more highly than penis size is, in the reality of day to day interactions in the gay community. And of course I was also ready for the “your a fat slob who eats cheetos all day” insults, which of course are also ignorant.
Myself, I have a 38 inch waist due to the fact that genetically I simply come from ‘chunky’ stock. I do NOT overeat and only eat healthy snacks. I work 48hrs a week and take care of children so don’t have the disposable time like some Chelsea gym rat to spend 5 days a week in a gym. Such a suggestion is laughable for anyone who is a single parent and has children.
As jwalker666 stated in having a good point of people who try to date others who are too different from them, I agree. An overweight, or chunky guy who is trying to date a guy who has 2% body fat is unrealistic, just as a man 25+ yrs older who is trying to date a twink. On the other side of that though is the very open prejudice that the gay community places on anyone who has a higher body fat ratio, which is far more prevalent than penis size in the gay community.
rudy
To think there was a time as in “Boys In The Band” where a gay character would say, “I could never love a man who couldn’t speak intelligently about art.”
Russ
@Ian:
I am also a dad and have two kids that I take care of, and work a good 45+ hour week, but I still find time to make to the gym. As for the remark:
“…don’t have the disposable time like some Chelsea gym rat to spend 5 days a week in a gym.”..
You don’t need 5 days a week in a gym, try spending 1 hour every other day then come back here and complain that you have the fat gene.
M Shane
@No. 13 ¡ MackMichael; I appreciate where you’re coming from! I’m not shy! As far as the “bathhouse syndrome” goes, The only people who seem to have an interest in overly large joints are “size queens’ or people who don’t care what’s on the other end. I think are just a limited number of people who are fixated on size. It’s a fetish. It personally turns me off, and seems strange if people make a point of mentioning displaying ther dicks as if that made any difference. Someone’s presence and health are much more of a factor in creating interest to most people. It has a advantage if you’re a top to not be really small (slippage). As active as I’ve been, I’ve never imagined using a “glory hole”, I could never ever be turned on by just a dick, or even more turned on by someone because they were unusually big. With some of my best sexual experiences , I can’t even recall what someones privates looked like: just their whole self, including self confidence.
As far as any enduring factor, look at Greek statuary: beautiful bodies and really small packages: I don’t think that they were prudes at all; they just saw that the whole healthy, vigorous body was attractive.
Ian
@Russ: Who said “I’m complaining about having the fat gene”? That’s YOUR interpretation ‘honey’, I’m perfectly happy with myself and my own body thank you very much, and wasn’t even the subject of what I was talking about. I was talking about that even more than discussions about penis size is how gay men often treat and have paranoia about body fat issues. The man who is comfortable with himself who may be either stocky or overweight for whatever reason and is comfortable with himself when walking into a place with a large # of gay men isn’t the issue, what IS the issue is how this causes the body issues in OTHER gay men in the room to manifest themselves.
FYI, I may not be able to get to a gym like you, I’m assuming your children are older and don’t require a babysitter, but I use a treadmill almost every morning before they get up. I read into what you said that you assume that if a person doesn’t have a 28-32 waist that they are ‘lazy’ and not making the effort, which seems that you also may have issues with your body at least in a passing sense and what you see on others makes you preoccuppied with what you yourself have.
joe
In the Gay world, If You dont have the pecs, arms, and bubble butt. No one is ever going to know how gifted you really are down below. unless you standing stark naked in front of them.
or your package is very noticeable thru your jeans.
eb
what is it with the gay generation before mine having the obsession with calling each other queens, girlfriend, honey, etc. its bizarre. youre all bizarre…
back on point, physical fitness isnt something lacking in just the gay community. anyone who exercises regularly knows that fitness is the key to having more energy, and more time. you structure your time better, your thoughts better, your eating and whole day better. it might sound like a paradox, but its true.
and there is a hell of a lot more than sexual appeal behind disgust at poor fitness, its a reflection of a persons bad choices and of bad habits. physical fitness isnt just going to the gym, its about living a healthy lifestyle. fat doesnt grow out of thin air.
Russ
@Ian:
You assume incorrectly…honey…, my kids are are not in their teens. Keep typing that you’re “…perfectly happy with yourself and your own body…”, cause it makes so much sense reading your posts where you bitch and complain that men pass you by cause of your waist size.
And since you don’t know what my waist size is, or what kind of men I prefer the rest of your post, was just nonsense. Personally, I don’t think it’s your waist size chasing men away…honey.
princess johnson
oh my gosh, the weight sh*t is so over!
it’s so tacky!
i’ma need the slow, anorexic b*tches to keep up w/the times!
muscle is great, but it’s no longer chic to starve!
we are entering a new decade and the ‘nsyc waif crystal meth gucci fannypack look is
o.u.t. out.
princess johnson
ew, ew, ew!
that’s some “best little boy in the world” sh*t!
my mother says it’s not classy to discuss food obsessions or our own weight or the weight of others.
what’s the new decade going to be called?
the ‘teens?
our teens are going to be classy, all right children?
no shade!
the president says, grab a mop, b*tches!
blackhawkdave
I’m not big, 6 inches but I have a big mushroom head and the guys I have sex with all rave about my big head, all the difference in the world đ
cancorv
What’s the link to the Australian study? It takes me to a Perth online tabloid newspaper. This is a long way geographically and ‘writingly’ from the said Victorian study.
Lonewolff
I like big guys- fat, stocky, beefy :9
Wouldn’t be gay if not for them!
alphacentauri
@eb: They thought they were rebelling against heterosexuality and being “edgy” then. Or that’s what eldergays and old queens have told me.
musclemutt
I have a 7″ dick, which I know is not giant in the gay world, since we all seem to run a little longer than straight guys. I also have average looks, a 48″ chest, a 32″ waist, and 15″ biceps. Just saying.
I mostly meet guys anywhere but bars, because my experience is that in bars nobody has enough time, inclination, or opportunity to show you that they’re kind, smart, or honest.
All other factors being equal, I imagine women with big tits are also happier. Also really tall guys and pretty ones. Except for times when some jerk keeps accidentally brushing his hand against your ass in a store. Or when you very conscientiously downplay your assets with modest clothing and in the midst of a pleasant group chatting at a party some asshole reaches out to twist your nipple and let you know it’s not you who matters at all.
Dicks are the same. It’s as stupid to brag about a big one or feel bad about a small one as it is to confuse being born rich with your true worth. Big tits and big dicks might make you laugh to whirl around like a propeller, so maybe that’s what makes you happier. But making random physical traits, including metabolism, race, looks, or the propensity to build muscle, the source of you life’s happiness is a pretty risky bet.
randeman
@Fitz: You just said a…mouthful! This is 100% true! “Smaller” guy are so much more uncomfortable than “larger!”
cutterq
I don’t have a 28 inch waist but I do have a large package. Which will be gazed at the longest?