I was simply poking around the internet for articles relevant to my PhD, and just a few wrong clicks landed me in the British Journal of Urology.
Those urologists sure do seem to have a lot of fun. If ever there was a scientific journal that could replace the in flight magazine on aeroplanes, the BJU would be it.
One article that caught my eye was titled "Can shoe size predict penile length?". I just had to find out the answer, because, let's face it, we've all wondered.
The abstract sums it up:
ObjectiveMyth busted!
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 13cm 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.
(this blog post is so going to attract the wrong kind of google ads)
References
Shae, J. & Christopher, N., (2002). Can shoe size predict penile length? British Journal of Urology International, 90, 586-587
4 comments:
I believe it is inversely proportional to the power of their car though...
No, not shoe size.
Now you'll have to go back and study the relationship between hand and penis size, Kram! I believe that a similar theory exists there.
*resisting temptation to throw in a joke about Kari from Mythbusters being involved to prove the myth wrong*
And where exactly are you wearing your shoes? What if they are not yours? (I'm not really a leather person, you understand.)
erk: i'm betting that one is a myth as well
j cosmo: that's a whole other study, and i don't purposefully go looking for these kinds of things. I merely stumble upon them.
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