Women's Preferences for Penis Size: A New Research Method Using Selection among 3D Models

Women’s preferences for penis size may affect men’s comfort with their own bodies and may have implications for sexual health. Studies of women’s penis size preferences typically have relied on their abstract ratings or selecting amongst 2D, flaccid images. This study used haptic stimuli to allow assessment of women’s size recall accuracy for the first time, as well as examine their preferences for erect penis sizes in different relationship contexts. Women (N = 75) selected amongst 33, 3D models. Women recalled model size accurately using this method, although they made more errors with respect to penis length than circumference. 

Women preferred a penis of slightly larger circumference and length for one-time (length = 6.4 inches/16.3 cm, circumference = 5.0 inches/12.7 cm) versus long-term (length = 6.3 inches/16.0 cm, circumference = 4.8 inches/12.2 cm) sexual partners. 

These first estimates of erect penis size preferences using 3D models suggest women accurately recall size and prefer penises only slightly larger than average.

Below:  Penile Models. A) Computer graphic representation of one of the ‘print files’ used to produce the 3D penis models. B) Examples of (4 of 33) 3D models showing length in inches. A and D represent the largest and smallest models in the set, respectively; B and C represent the two models (counterbalanced) used to test recall for size.

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By: Nicole Prause,#1,* Jaymie Park,1,‡ Shannon Leung,1,‡ and Geoffrey Miller#2

1Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

2Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

2Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

1Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

2Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Knox College, UNITED STATES

#Contributed equally.