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Penis Length/Girth: Q&A

As we know, sex is an awesome, yet sometimes overwhelming topic.  On Cherry TV, we try to address as many female-oriented intimacy issues as possible – but unfortunately we’ll never be able to provide answers and insight into everything.  However, if you have a specific question you are curious about, let us know!  We’ll attempt to address it here on the blog and possibly even cover it on a show.
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Little Cherry,

Lately I have been hearing a lot about the importance of penis girth. What’s with that? Excuse me if I’m wrong, but didn’t it used to be all about the length? Nowadays, most women despise thin erections- apparently because they don’t provide the stimulation and full feeling they seem to crave. This doesn’t make any sense to me, though.

What is a guy with a thinner than average penis to do???

-Thin’s Not In?


Dear Thin’s Not In?,

Let me give you the scoop on penis length/girth.  As you might know, most of the nerve endings are concentrated in the outer 1/3 of the vagina (closest to the opening.)  That’s why a lot of people say that the length of the penis doesn’t actually make much of a difference.  Though I have heard some women say they prefer girth to length, I have also heard the opposite. There’s a wide variety of preferences. I don’t know much about your situation, but I would definitely advise you to consider whether your troubles might merely be imagined on your end. After all, men (like women) are constantly bombarded with images of ideal body types that only a small proportion of the population actually have. There could certainly be some body dysmorphic disorder going on (which, to put it simply, means that you are getting anxious and preoccupied with your perceived physical flaw.) If you can’t seem to shake the negative feelings, please consider talking to a professional.

Also, if a partner has told you your girth is an issue, keep this in mind:  only about 4 in 10 women can orgasm from vaginal intercourse alone. If your partner can’t achieve orgasm strictly from intercourse, this may have more to do with a lack of clitoral stimulation than your girth. (She might not be aware of this herself… Or, who knows, maybe she is. The following advice assumes you haven’t ditched her for being perhaps a bit too demanding and judgmental.) If she’s having troubles, you could always try putting more focus on foreplay.  (Check out our episode “The Importance of Foreplay.”) By taking your time getting ‘warmed up,’ she may have an easier time achieving orgasm, regardless of your size.

My main advice?  Work what you’ve got! Very few women know the specific girth of their partners, but I guarantee they notice their confidence.

You may also want to check out the following videos, in which the Cherry Dish ladies discuss their spectrum of different penis preferences:

Penis & Testicles
Penis Cut & Size

Best of luck,
Little Cherry


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6 Comments

  1. I have a saying about penis size and girth…
    “Honestly, I don’t care what size/girth you are…as long as you know how to use what you got to pleasure my body. And if you don’t or can’t with it, you have fingers, toes, mouth and my collection of toys. Sex isnt about body parts, its a collection of sensations and emotions that span body and mind”.

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  2. I see online positions for deep penetration even for small penises, and I don’t wish to undermine the point you’re making at the beginning of your reply, Jesse. But your oft-heard assertion about the nerves in the vagina being mostly concentrated in the outer third is scientifically inaccurate. Nerves are densely concentrated throughout the vagina and I give you two published studies that prove that: Since I’m absurdly and unreasonably being prevented from giving the web address and even the scientific journal citation by this pestiferous filter, try for the 1995 study by M Hilliges and C Falconer and for a 2006study by R Pauls and G. Mutema. (Please fix this.)
    Your assertion overlooks the orgasmic zone known as the A-Spot/AFE Zone/T-Spot (said by some to be easier for a woman to locate than the G-Spot), and likewise the Cul de Sac/Posterior Fornix, the subject of Barbara Keesling’s 1997 book on orgasm (retitled paperback version in 1999)–which your filter won’t let me name. You wouldn’t deny that Barbara knows sex, would you?

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  3. Sorry you’re getting blocked… I’m going to check out the sources as best I can. (And since I strongly suspect I know who this is, please shoot me an email with more info.) I enjoy being proven wrong for the sake of improvement. ;)

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  4. Hey Conceptualclarity, I have no doubt that two published studies show otherwise, but speaking from experience, the sensations experienced in the upper-most part of the vagina are A LOT more intense than deeper in. And while I was not able to find a particular study that proved this, both Web MD and Discovery Health reference that fact and indicate it for childbirth reasons. Makes sense, huh?

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    Conceptualclarity Reply:

    You know exactly what’s going on in your own body, ladybug. But a lot of women’s experience is different. The cervix works as a real sex organ for many women, even producing its own orgasms in response to penile or manual stimulation.
    Web MD and Discovery Health are just keeping the urban legend alive. It’s basically this : start with Kinsey’s silly feather experiment on the basis of which he proclaimed the vagina dead, and retreat from that position a bit in response to the excellent g-spot research of Beverly Whipple et al and the revelation of the inner clitoris positioned with the introitus. What I cited above is what was found by the scientists who bothered to actually study the nerve composition of the deep vagina. Those who didn’t study it have no grounds for contradicting.

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    Jill Reply:

    Hi again Conceptualclarity, Fascinating! I guess it’s true that there are exceptions to everything. It’s wonderful to know that female arousal can be prompted by a variety of ways — and that anatomy can not function uniformly across the board. Thanks for the info!

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