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Topics: Health
Callum Jones
Scientific researchers who've decided the best use of their time is to find out which body parts are linked to a big penis have explained why one visible feature likely means someone is well endowed.
The discussion surrounding penis size is certainly a touchy one, and comments from urologist Rena Malik will likely send men across the world reaching for a tape measure to see if the size of one particular body part matches up to what's going on downstairs.
You would have almost certainly heard of the age-old tale that someone's hands and feet indicate the size of their manhood, but that is very much, well, a tale.
Dr Malik sat down with Steven Bartlett on the Diary of a CEO podcast in 2024 to tell people where to look if they really want to know if someone has a big penis.
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She explained: "There’s one study — it’s a Japanese study where they looked at only Japanese men so there are some limitations — but they measured all these body parts and penile length and they found that nose length was correlated with penile length, not hand length or foot."
The study Malik refers to is titled 'Nose size indicates maximum penile length', and was published back in 2021.
Researchers looked at 126 male autopsy cases, where the men had died in their 30s and 50s, noting in their very serious academic journal entry that 'scientific reports' to prove the saying 'big nose, big hose' are 'not available to date', so they should really set about changing that.
On each corpse, height, weight, penis circumference, right and left testicular weights, prostate weight, and nose size were measured to see which bore the closest correlation to the stretched length of the penis - and it was the nose.
Building on that research, a 2023 study titled 'Nose Size Predicts Adult Erectile Penile Length' not only confirmed that a big nose tends to mean a bigger erect penis length as well as a stretched one, but speculated about why that might be.
The scientists said that the period between the eighth and 16th week of pregnancy was 'very important for penis growth and development', playing 'a decisive role' in how big your privates end up being. They also noted that 'in a sense', the size of facial features like the nose have 'also been determined before birth'.
They hypothesised that the amount of male hormones (androgens) babies are exposed to in the womb, and Homeobox genes (Hox a and d) determine penis size.
They concluded: "It is believed that there is a correlation between penis length and nose size, indicating that, to some extent, there may also be common factors and regulatory genes that affect the development of the penis and nose in the fetal period."
Malik went on to say that a survey done with 50,000 heterosexual men found 45 percent were unhappy with the way their penis looks.
The topic was all about sex on the Steven Bartlett-hosted podcast, with Malik also touching on how much sex a couple should be having.
She said: "There's no ideal number, but when you look at studies which have looked at large numbers of people, people who are in partnered relationships are having sex about once a week on average.
"If they're in partnered relationships where sex is always available, but it's so variable person to person."
The health expert continued: "What I really like to say is it's not the quantity of sex that matters, it's the quality of sex.
"If you're having good sex once a month that may be sufficient for you rather than having mediocre or bad sex four times a month, or 10 times a month even.
"Ultimately there's no right number, it's really what's right for you and I think focusing on some benchmark of sex is actually harmful because now you're like 'I need to have sex this many times'."