It’s no secret that every man’s pen!s is a little bit different. The real question is this: How many kinds of pen!ses are there? We asked three experts: Ian Kerner, Ph.D., author of She Comes First; Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., a sexual health educator for the Kinsey Institute; and Joseph Alukal, M.D., assistant professor of urology and director of male reproductive health at NYU Langone Medical Center, for the downtown low-d0wn.
c!rcumcised pen!ses
Description: The skin covering the pen!s (a.k.a. the f0reskin) has been removed.
Fun fact: “This is the most common kind of pen!s in the United States: “About 90 percent of men over 20 are c!rcumcised,” says Alukal.
Tip: Previous research has found that c!rcumcised pen!ses can be less sensitive than unc!rcumcised ones (since they don’t have the sensitive f0reskin). But since you’re probably used to this kind of pen!s anyway, just proceed as per usual.
Unc!rcumcised pen!ses Description: The f0reskin is left intact.
Fun fact: Unc!rcumcised men have to work a bit h@rder to keep it clean down there since bacteria can get trapped in the extra skin.
Growers Description: pen!ses that are bigger when er3ct than they are flaccid.
Fun fact: An international Men’s Health survey found that 79 percent of men have growers.
Sh0w-ers
Sh0w-ers
Description: pen!ses that stay more or less the same s!ze when er3ct as they are flaccid.
Fun fact: “No one knows why certain pen!ses function so differently,” says Alukal. But according to that same Men’s Health survey, 21 percent of men are the proud owners of Sh0w-ers.
Curved pen!ses
Fun fact: “No one knows why certain pen!ses function so differently,” says Alukal. But according to that same Men’s Health survey, 21 percent of men are the proud owners of Sh0w-ers.
Curved pen!ses
