Can shoe size predict penile length?

BJU International
Volume 90, Issue 6, pages 586–587, October 2002
doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02974.x

J. Shah [1] and N. Christopher [2]

1 Department of Urology, St. Mary's Hospital, and
2 Institute of Urology, University College Hospitals, London, UK

Keywords

penile length; correlation; shoe size; masculinity

Objective

To establish if the ‘myth’ about whether the size of a man's penis can be estimated from his shoe size has any basis, infact.

Subjects and methods

Two urologists measured the stretched penile length of 104 men in a prospective study and related this to their shoe size.

Results

The median stretched penile length for the sampled population was 13 cm and the median UK shoe size was 9 (European 43). There was no statistically significant correlation between shoe size and stretched penile length.

Conclusion

The supposed association of penile length and shoe size has no scientific basis.

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