A fascinating study from the
Kinsey Institute
and Brock University suggest a relationship between penis size and sexual
orientation. Below is the abstract for the study, the reference for which is
Bogaert, A.F., & Hershberger, S. (1999), The relation between sexual
orientation and penile size,
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 28 (3), 213-21.
"The relation between sexual orientation and penile dimensions in a large
sample of men was studied. Subjects were 5122 men interviewed by the Kinsey
Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction from 1938 to 1963.
They were dichotomously classified as either homosexual (n = 935) or
heterosexual (n = 4187). Penile dimensions were assessed using five measures
of penile length and circumference from Kinsey's original protocol. On all
five measures, homosexual men reported larger penises than did heterosexual
men. Explanations for these differences are discussed, including the
possibility that these findings provide additional evidence that variations
in prenatal hormonal levels (or other biological mechanisms affecting
reproductive structures) affect sexual orientation development."