Oh, the things you learn when your country of residence hosts a conference on size standards for condoms:
“Demand has been growing for years for unified international standards on the size and quality of condoms to ensure users are protected from disease and women from pregnancy,” Unidus chief Kim Sung-Hoon told Yonhap news agency.
“The size of South Korean condoms now meets international standards, helped by an increase in the size of men’s penises here,” he was quoted as saying.
So confident he was in the quality of his wares, Kim said he would lobby for the World Health Organisation and other participants to adopt Korean standards.
Now, if only we had stats that Japanese shlongs were getting shorter, it would truly be a banner day.
(HT to reader)
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Nah….it’s just too easy.
“The international size standard for condom length is 150 to 180 mm (6 to 7 inches), larger than the average human penis size; thus, the average human penis falls short of international condom size standards.”
“A widespread research done by Dr. Gomez de Diego, director of the medical company Andromedical specialised in andrology, in 2001, took into consideration several studies by physicians of different nationalities. He concluded that the average erect penis size for adult men is 14 cm, confirming the aforementioned research carried out by Dr Eduardo Gomez de Diego. The studies of average erect penis length conducted on adult men worldwide included United States 12.9 cm, France 16 cm, Italy 15 cm, Germany 14.48 cm, Japan 13.0 cm, Saudi Arabia 12.4 cm, Brazil 12.4 cm, India 10.2 cm and South Korea 9.6 cm.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.....penis_size
So, yeah, whatever. Someone is ’stroking their ego’ with this one.
Well, deducing from Someguy’s statistics, it would seem that the influx of Germans and Frenchmen onto the peninsula is what is responsible for “the increase in the size of men’s penises here.”
My mother-in-law told my wife that our then 2 year-old son was hung like an 8 year-old. I’m part French, BTW.
Wasn’t it the Messiah himself, in the form of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, who described the peninsula as the world’s biggest phallus — aimed at the Eve-like Japan?
# 2, Well gee, I don’t know.
Whoever wrote the wiki article got those numbers from a penis enlargement web site (http://www.andromedical.com/servlets/cambiapagina?pagina=estan) and you always have to be skeptical about that.
Translate that into inches and that would be 5.1 inches for the average American man and 3.7 inches for the average South Korean. That would make me personally about a standard deviation ahead of the curve in the states. However, to me both those numbers sound small. The Korean ladies I talk to state side talk in terms of 5 inches being on the “small” side. I dunno… maybe it’s something in the water.
#6,
Yeah, but it’s all about the sampling. How many Korean women and how many Korean men are you talking about?
Again, average is nothing to get excited about (pardon the pun).
International feelings aside, who among us hasn’t felt the pain of donning the armour of a smaller man? It hurts, and no one taught me to be a hero.
Robert is reaching for some low hanging fruit-of-the-loom here with this thread.
Koreans are so much better fed today than in the past that it is only natural that their stature in the world should increase.
So, if the indigenous guys are getting so much bigger, why aren’t large size condoms available ANYWHERE?
along the lines of #9… in a pinch (figuratively and it turned out literally) I once bought some of those (Japanese) Benetton condoms at a convenience store. Damn near bruised me.
@2 I call BS on those stats. Koreans and Japaneses are pretty closely related, no way there’s that big of a difference.
And of course, according to that, the average Japanese person is better endowed than the average American. Which I find hard to believe, even discounting the stereotypes, simply because the average American is a lot bigger (overall body-size I mean) than the average Japanese.
#12 — The “units” are rather small in Japanese porn flicks, I’ve heard.
Hmmm, not sure if I should recommend this website to my students anymore.
# 7,
Nothing scientific, but I’ve talked to enough Korean American ladies to be confident that my sampling is representative. Besides, we all know the ladies nowadays in this post 60’s, “Sex In the City” environment compare notes, so talking to one is like talking to 20.
# 11,
I’d say that the Korean bell curve, given it’s less diverse racial make-up, is more tappered at the ends, which would explain why the Magnum sizes would be more rare. You should go via mail order, which is what the Japanese expats in the U.S. do, however for the other end of the curve.
# 12,
I call B.S. on those statistics as well. Please refer to my earlier post in #6 for the rationale as to why.
My last comments would be that in my opinion 5-7 inches would be the broadly defined international “mean.” If a lady can’t be happy with 5-7 inches with normal girth, rigidity, technique, etc. then I don’t think the problem lies with the man, I think the problem lies with the woman.
#15,
Probably 90 percent range 4 to 7 inches in size.
My guess is that low average in Korea has something to do with fewer men being well-endowed to counter balance the ones who teeny weeny ones. Nutrition probably won’t change that. I doubt that the French eat that much since they are generally quite thin, too. It’s genetics.
As I was saying, someone is ’stroking their ego’ with this one.
“My last comments would be that in my opinion 5-7 inches would be the broadly defined international “mean.” If a lady can’t be happy with 5-7 inches with normal girth, rigidity, technique, etc. then I don’t think the problem lies with the man, I think the problem lies with the woman.”
The G-spot is only 2 and a half inches deep and most women can’t orgasm without direct stimulation of the clitoris, which is on the outside. So, yeah, you’re right on that one.
Oh, and the Unidus condoms aren’t as small as the Japanese condoms or the other Korean brands, but they are still so tight that they are difficult to put on and short enough to make you wonder if it will slip off…Then again, I’m part French.
As I was saying, Unidus increasing the size of its condoms has little to do with Korean men penises. As the apparently largest producer of condoms in the world, they want to set international standards. It would be a hard sell if they didn’t make larger condoms.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepag.....ferrer=RSS
Wow, we got a regular Dr. Alfred Kinsey in here, huh? Actually, it’s not direct stimulation of the clitoris as touching that thing directly doesn’t happen during intercourse. Doing so with the normal amount of pressure that happens during intercourse would actually be uncomfortable. Usually, it’s direct stimulation of the labia minora and majora that will indirectly cause the stimulation of the clitoris.
“Usually, it’s direct stimulation of the labia minora and majora that will indirectly cause the stimulation of the clitoris.”
According to new research, some would argue that the labia are extensions of the clitoris.
In any case, the man’s pelvic bone comes in direct contact with the clitoris in the missionary position. You’ve never heard of anyone complaining that the position was too painful, have you?
SomeguyinKorea, as you may know, the male and female sexual systems share a lot of similarities. Hence that is why sex changes are pretty much elementary operations for doctors who specialize in them. Back when we are forming in our mother’s womb the cells that would become the head of a penis becomes the clitoris for a woman. The outer skin of the penis becomes the vagina opening and the labia minora and majora in a woman. The skin of the testicles becomes the walls of the vagina. So on and so forth.
So, you men wanna know what it feels like to have a clitoris. Surprise surprise! We men all kinda have one! Hahahaha… For those who doubt me, put “large clitoris” in Google images and you’ll get pictures of a shape that will be oddly familiar…
So to answer your questions, putting direct stimulation on the clitoris is possible, depending on what kind of stimulation it is. The pelvic bone? Covers a comparatively wide area and is covered by skin. Probably won’t cause a lot of discomfort. However, directly rubbing it? Try it yourself on your clitoris equivalent. Chances are it will get uncomfortable after awhile.
I’ll leave you men to debate the mechanics of clitoral stimulation.
“So to answer your questions, putting direct stimulation on the clitoris is possible, depending on what kind of stimulation it is. The pelvic bone? Covers a comparatively wide area and is covered by skin. Probably won’t cause a lot of discomfort. However, directly rubbing it? Try it yourself on your clitoris equivalent. Chances are it will get uncomfortable after awhile.”
Whatever. Now you’re just arguing for the sake of arguing.
If I use Korean condoms I get a crease in my crank cause they’re way too tight. The condoms themselves are too thick also, or something. If I use an American condom there’s still some sensitivity. It doesn’t feel so much like I’m wearing one. With the ones made here I can’t hardly feel anything. Maybe they’re so tight they’re just cutting off all feeling. They do feel thicker. They are less supple and pliant.
I’m amazed they are the largest supplier of condoms. I can’t give Korean condoms a favorable rating on a single aspect.
Well, okay, I can’t resist. Direct stimulation is pleasurable and indeed desirable if done properly. How else do you think we ladies jerk ourselves off? (Oh, yeah, I wanna go south and get me some more..she bop..)FYI, deluxe vibrators are equipped with a separate small arm to massage that special bump. And no, I’ve never owned one, although I did consider it after a long dry spell in Korea. Unlike hookers, vibrators are a one-time capitol outlay and there’s no risk of catching anything.
#26,
Exactly.
Correction:
“As I was saying, Unidus increasing the size of its condoms probably has little to do with Korean men penises. It probably has more to do with the fact that as the apparently largest producer of condoms in the world, they want to…”
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