“Oversized” Penile Length In The Black People; Myth Or Reality
February 2009
Tropical Journal of Medical Research 11(1) DOI: 10.4314/tjmr.v11i1.30465
JC Orakwe , Godday Ebuh
Abstract
Objective: Amongst the Caucasians and some non-Black races, there is the popular belief that
the black people generally have longer penile sizes. Even the Blacks themselves tend to believe
so. This study was carried out to test the veracity of this ascription of “oversized” penile length
to people of the Black (Negro) race. Design: A prospective and comparative study Setting: The
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria. Subjects and Method: Full-
stretch flaccid penile lengths, and flaccid penile lengths, were measured in 115 adult men of the
Black race in Nigeria. The results were compared with reported similar main studies onpeople of
other races, which were accessible to the authors. These studies were done in Italy, Greece,
Korea, Britain, and the United States of America. Result: The mean full-stretch penile length of
the Nigerian Blacks was 13.37cm and the mean flaccid length was 9.36cm. Similar studies
reported full-stretch penile lengths of 12.50cm in Italians, 12.18cm in Greeks, 9.6cm in Koreans,
13cm in British Caucasians, and 12.45cm in the American Caucasians. The penile length for
Nigerian Blacks was longer than those of the other races, but the differences were only
statistically different in comparison with the Koreans. Conclusion: There is the possibility of
racial differences in penile sizes, but there is no convincing scientific background to support the
ascription of bigger penile dimensions to people of the Black race
