The Atlantic: 1 in 3 Men Can't See His Penis

[pokerfan]

A privately funded campaign is has narrowed in on a tool for helping men to gauge their obesity. When standing upright, can they see their penis?

After funding their own survey of 1,000 British men, the health advocacy group found that "33 percent of men in Britain aged between 35 and 60 years are unable to see their penis" because of their bellies. They presumably controlled for poor vision.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/11/1-in-3-men-cant-see-his-penis/264615/

[darkangel218]

1. lmao thats so funny!! nt

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. I'm in the sampled age group ...

and CAN see my buddy, despite my belly not being all that flat!

[pokerfan]

3. Me too

I always figured that would be a tell-tale sign.

[Ikonoklast]

10. Does your buddy mind you looking at his penis, though?

I can see my buddy, too, but unless we're in the shower at the gym I seldom see his junk.


He's usually clothed, you see.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. wait, even with a magnifying glass?

[yellowcanine]

5. Did they control for pecker size?

It is a fair question.

[rrneck]

6. Or um, state of mind? nt

[yellowcanine]

9. Well, there is THAT!

[Scuba]

33. LOL

[pokerfan]

11. By that metric

I guess Ron Jeremy could weigh 500 pounds and pass the test.

[Enrique]

7. can't see whose Penis? n/t

[louslobbs]

8. Let's hope they can't see their pubic hair as well. Imagine what that forest would look like?

Lou

[Bertha Venation]

12. Men in this predicament have Dicky-Do Disease.

Their gut sticks out farther than their dicky do.

Seen on a t-shirt at a truck stop somewhere along an interstate somewhere . . .

[Art_from_Ark]

20. I saw the same kind of shirt at a souvenir shop

in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

It made me vow never to have a gut like that!

[cliffordu]

13. What if it's REALLY REALLY cold????

Did they account for that??

[Arugula Latte]

26. "They shrink?"

[HopeHoops]

14. There are always mirrors.

Besides, even when I weighed 50 lbs more (I'm 135 now) I could still see it without a mirror - even in "dinky" state.

[becca da bakkah]

18. You Weigh 135??....

....Shit man, did you lose all that weight from making love to your Beautiful Wife??

[HopeHoops]

29. Well, some of it ;} but mostly it was dietary changes.

[becca da bakkah]

30. Hah! Great Exercise Plan! And No Special Equipment to Buy!

I'm a vegetarian, like you. I lost about 20 pounds the first couple of months, eliminating animal products....that was about 15 years ago. I've since gained some of it back, because I have a baaaad sweet tooth! And, alas, getting older, too.

[HopeHoops]

31. Cheese is the worst enemy. Exercise involves my wife.

[felix_numinous]

15. Surprised that many guys

admit it.

[Bucky]

16. Whose penis? Anthony Weiner's? Honestly, I tried to avoid seeing it.

[RiskWrangler]

17. Speaking of Anthony Weiner...

part of me still cringes at the idea of Paul Ryan being in any office...I would bet his junk will end up on a phone pic somewhere too....just sayin...

[Tom Ripley]

19. Ryan is such a phony he would use the Wahlberg prosthetic from "Boogie Nights"

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. He drove he ultimate phallus in his first life

[IMG][/IMG]

[RiskWrangler]

27. heh heh

No Doubt!

[codjh9]

21. Funny! I need to lose a bit I put on back in school the last 3 yrs, but no problem seeing it :^)

[Angry Dragon]

22. More important that it still works

[undeterred]

23. With or without corrective lenses?

[TheCowsCameHome]

24. What about when they face forward?

[progressoid]

28. PENIS!

[BlueMan Votes]

32. it's even worse if they can't see it when it's erect.

and i'm betting a lot of them can't.

[RedCloud]

34. Amazingly this Brit and millions others could!

[Jamaal510]

35. How many men can see Rinse Penis?

[IMG][/IMG]

[7wo7rees]

36. Useless study

[Shampoobra]

37. "I can't even see the floor"

(Sergeant Schultz said that on Hogan's Heroes when asked if he could see his own feet.)

[ismnotwasm]

38. You know, that's a little sad

I'll tell you something worse though; scrotal edema.

After certain surgeries, the body has a difficult time getting rid of excess fluid. Water seeks its own level and in men, it tends to include the scrotum.

We order something called a 'scrotal shrinker'-- basically a type of jock strap. It's ordered in 'fruit' sizes, grapefruit, cantaloupe and watermelon.

The penis often completely retracts during this time, lost in the edema. You can't see it because its completely hidden, and painful to put the kind of pressure needed to make it visible.

I've seen all three sizes in my work as a nurse. I tend to bring in the topic up with my guys because they're often afraid to bring it up or talk about it.

The good news? It's temporary.

[Quantess]

39. That's quite an attention grabbing headline!

But I think a lot of people gauge their fatness at any given time by looking down to see how much of their crotch is covered by their stomach. I know I do...