I don't think the editors of men's health, or any similar magazine, would ever ask for an article from the "hung guy's perspective." Such articles, be they real or fake, abound in porn and soft porn. Rather, the object of mens health and lifestyle magazines is to make men feel good about themselves. If the magazine targets an average man as their audience, the editor will try to flatter the average man. Consider the following excerpt from the sex tips column in the current on-line edition of Men's Health, which suggests measuring your cock as a way to arouse yourself and your girlfriend:
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FUN WITH NUMBERS
Measure Your Penis
The best way to gauge penis size is to measure yourself as a urologist would.
Flaccid length: Measure immediately after undressing, since a cold or warm room can cause shrinkage or expansion. Do it while standing, and use a flexible ruler. Position the tip of the ruler gently against the point where the shaft meets your abdomen. Then bend the ruler along the shaft and read the length. Average: 3.43 inches
Erect length: Immediately after you become fully hard, measure along the top of your erection from the base of the shaft to the tip. Average: 5.03 inches
Girth: While still erect, wrap a cloth tape measure around your penis at its base. Average: 5.14 inches around; 1.67 inches in diameter
Erection angle: Stand with your back against a wall and estimate your angle. A 0-degree erection (an oxymoron if we've ever heard one) would point at your feet; 90 degrees would point out in front; and 180 degrees would aim at your chin. Average: 105.7 degrees."
(The full text appears at
http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article/0,6916,s1-2-0-0-844,00.html )
While the average or typical cock size is a matter of debate, I hardly believe it is 5 inches, as the article claims. I'm sure the writer knows this, but preferred instead to flatter his readers.
Consider the review of the Trojan Magnum condom (not even the Magnum XL) is a similar magazine, Men's Fitness:
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Trojan Magnum Score: 2
He Said: I coulda been a contendah.
She Said: You're deluding yourself.
I wish I could report that the extra large condoms - Magnum and Maxx - are my size, but they hang off me like loose fitting sweaters and all the sensitivity you'd expect from a cardigan. Somehow, the Magnum feels better than the Maxx. My girlfriend says it's like having sex with a man possessed of shattered dreams."
Really, come on! The Magnum is only a few millimeters bigger than a regular condom, and the XL only a little bigger than that. While every little bit helps, anyone with serious girth is still strangled in either one of these, and I have trouble believing that any normally developed adult male would be just lost in the rubber the way this writer describes! Clearly, they are just trying to flatter anyone that even loosely fills these larger condoms.
