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I’m absolutely NOT seeking visuals, here.
I’m curious about the range of positions testicles take/ scrotal “sag” (still looking for a better word, here)


My admittedly small sample knowledge has ranged from one inch of distance from visible penile base, to about four inches. All contracted to some degree at ejaculation.

What amount of distance causes problems, near or close? what’s the average range?
 
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Mine have always been close. Usually closer than those that I've seen in others. It hasn't caused any problems at all. I would imagine that those that are at the opposite end of the scale are more likely to cause issues with comfort.
 
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Sorry, I don't know inches but in my ranging hang history -
When they were high & tight - in the cold they'd sometimes hibernate & when they tucked in my belly it made me nauseous.
After some years of successful stretching - in the heat they can hang low which can be an issue getting into & out of vehicles, & out of a warm bed in the morning.

So there can be issues at either extreme, but I far prefer having some hang. The feel of ones balls swaying or swinging is worth far more than any random inconvenience IME.
 

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Mine tend to hang low, one side more than the other, especially in the hot weather. It only matters when sitting a certain way, like on a motorcycle, 4-wheeler, horse saddle, then it's uncomfortable because of sort of sitting on them. Not sitting on the nut itself but body weight on the front of the perineal area pinching the loose moist skin. Powder helps but it's mostly those activities trap moist body heat and a certain way of sitting. Does that make sense? The nuts themselves don't really shrink in the cold weather. They just ride higher.
 

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So is it decided by size of scrotal sac?
The seed bag is soft tissue and elastic, not rigid. The nut itself is probably soft tissue but I'm not gonna squeeze it hard enough to find out. Seems to me the sac expands or stretches and contracts with variations in temp but the nuts go up inside when it's cold to protect the viability of the seeds.

You're on the right track. I don't mean this as a complaint, just an observation, but many women are in too much a rush to turn off the lights and get it inside them and don't spend enough effort getting to really know the male anatomy...by looking closely at the balls, how they react to touch and temperature, pulling back the foreskin and seeing how it works, looking at the shape and color of the knob, etc.

Being a bisexual man I can tell you that a nice package in all its variations is a very cool thing. It's interesting to really get to know about them up close firsthand.
 

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It's also typical that one testicle hangs lower than the other. I don't know what determines which one hangs lower: whether it’s handedness (presumably, a right handed dude uses his right hand when pulling his cock to urinate and also to master ate and his left testicle would then be more free to hang lower-- this is the case with my equipment and with most men I've checked out, but I haven't asked each one "are you right handed or left?"

Another interesting feature (and I have asked this often) is that guys who had mumps as children have smaller balls than those of us who didn't.
 

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The seed bag is soft tissue and elastic, not rigid. The nut itself is probably soft tissue but I'm not gonna squeeze it hard enough to find out. Seems to me the sac expands or stretches and contracts with variations in temp but the nuts go up inside when it's cold to protect the viability of the seeds.

You're on the right track. I don't mean this as a complaint, just an observation, but many women are in too much a rush to turn off the lights and get it inside them and don't spend enough effort getting to really know the male anatomy...by looking closely at the balls, how they react to touch and temperature, pulling back the foreskin and seeing how it works, looking at the shape and color of the knob, etc.

Being a bisexual man I can tell you that a nice package in all its variations is a very cool thing. It's interesting to really get to know about them up close firsthand.
 

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So is it decided by size of scrotal sac?
I used to think that... As a younger fella, my balls and sack were "high and tight" as they say. I was even a little embarrassed in the locker room. Then as I got older, I found my sack would hang more... But my balls still do not. So I can at times have my ball sack loose... But the balls not at the bottom. I think that's why you read endlessly about guys (myself included) using cock and or ball rings to force the testes into the sack.
 
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My right side hangs about 3 inches from the base of my penis, the left side about 2 inches. Unfortunately my left ball doesn’t hang straight up and down in it’s longest dimension, it sort of rotates back and lays on its “side”. When I got snipped the doc noted my balls were above average in size saying “ too bad your scrotum wasn’t roomier for those things to really hang”...then his nurse gave me that agreeing head nod. In the evening, they hang their best in sweat pants or flannel boxers.
 

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I’m absolutely NOT seeking visuals, here.
I’m curious about the range of positions testicles take/ scrotal “sag” (still looking for a better word, here)


My admittedly small sample knowledge has ranged from one inch of distance from visible penile base, to about four inches. All contracted to some degree at ejaculation.

What amount of distance causes problems, near or close? what’s the average range?

From a strictly anatomical perspective, the distance the testicles “sag” from the base of the penis is determined by the size and state of the scrotum. The spermatic cord (the cord-like structure that supplies blood and carries sperm away from the testis) as well as the cremaster muscle that surrounds it normally allow for a greater degree of mobility than the scrotum itself. To put it differently, the cords (plural since there are two) have quite a bit of slack in them to the extent that if it weren’t for the scrotum, the testicles would hang much lower than they do. This can be proved by gently pulling one testicle at a time away from the body until the scrotum is stretched taut and using the other hand to feel for the spermatic cord - it should still feel loose.

As per the above, how far the testicles sag is therefore determined by how big and how stretched the scrotum is. Personally, if I repeat the above experiment, I can pull my testicles about 3.5-4 inches away from the base of my penis. At the other extreme, I once had my right testicle ascend up into the body during a very intense orgasm - it was easy to massage it back down into the sack right after. So for me the range can be anywhere from 0 to 4 inches, though normally it is probably somewhere in the 1-2 inch range.

Factors that can affect the amount of “sag” are numerous and include (duh) genetics, room temperature, degree of arousal, stress levels, and potentially angle of erection (especially among tightly circumcised men where the lack of slack in penile skin also pulls up the scrotum). As a rule of thumb, you are looking somewhere closer to the 3-4 inch figure if you are examining the man in a warm room, he is not aroused, nor stressed, and is not erect. At the other end, if he is cold, aroused or stressed (the testicles are drawn closer to the body if adrenaline levels go up - the fight or flight response) and/or erect (and potentially tightly circumcised with a high-angled erection), you are looking towards the lower end of the spectrum.

But as with everything, your mileage might vary, and just as labia can range from basically non-existent to long lips that “sag” an inch or more, genes also play a big part in it, so unless someone has done some very thorough research on the topic, I doubt you will get a significantly more accurate figure than you estimated yourself.
 
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The position in which my ball hangs is very different. Previously, up to 45 years, I always had a tight bag, like a tennis ball. Only in the summer he hung a little lower. Now with almost 64 he hangs mostly lower. This led to the fact that I switched from normal boxers to tight retroshorts.
 

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Lots of factors: external temperature, internal body temperature, state of arousal, etc.

At any given moment, I can't guarantee how low they'll hang when exposed, and I can't say that there are problems to report at any range, but that's just me. But thinking about it, I'd say that more problems are probably likely if they're snug than if they're hanging lower, because there's more chance of squishing one or both when they're snuggled up than if they're more free to adjust for potential discomfort when clothed, if that makes sense.
 

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The position in which my ball hangs is very different. Previously, up to 45 years, I always had a tight bag, like a tennis ball. Only in the summer he hung a little lower. Now with almost 64 he hangs mostly lower. This led to the fact that I switched from normal boxers to tight retroshorts.
At 64 mine still doesn’t hang enough to need any support. The pro of having a small tight sac my whole life
 

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I played a game with my Love.
How many muscles are fully unique to men and what are the function(s)?
Is this a quiz?

I'm just guessing (not an anatomy student) but since most differentiation between male/female reproductive anatomy have opposite sex analogues, I'll say "zero muscles."

Testes: ovaries.
Penis: clitoris.
Scrotal cremaster: vaginal walls?

Unless it would be prostate and uterus. Again, not an anatomy student.