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Shoe size predicts nothing

Two urologists measured 104 men to settle it, and it is settled.

Shoe size predicts nothing

Two urologists at University College London measured the stretched penile length and shoe size of 104 men and looked for a relationship. There was none. They published the result in a urology journal specifically so that the question could be answered with a citation.

Height and weight fare no better in the wider literature. The one measure that has repeatedly shown a weak statistical association is the ratio between the index and ring fingers, a marker of prenatal testosterone — and the association is far too weak to predict anything about any individual.

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Nobody can tell by looking

The examination that is supposed to reveal virginity reveals nothing.

No food has ever been shown to be an aphrodisiac

Oysters, chocolate, chilli — all of it fails under a placebo control.

Men do not think about sex every seven seconds

That would be 8,000 times a day. The measured figure is 19.

The sex-toy guide

A shop has two hundred of them. One of them is right for you.

Seven questions: who it is for, what sounds appealing, how quiet it has to be, what it may cost. Out comes one type — with what to look for, what it costs, and what nobody prints on the box.

Sixteen types, from a bullet vibrator to a blindfold
No brands, no shop, nothing for sale here
Two minutes, and nothing is saved

Start the seven questions For the two of you

Find out what you both want — without either of you saying it first.

You each answer twenty questions on your own, and neither of you ever sees the other’s answers. Only what you both said yes or maybe to comes back. A no and a maybe look identical from outside, so saying no costs nothing — which is what makes the answers honest.

Six sets of twenty questions — three by depth, three by subject
An evening you can actually plan, built from what you agreed on
No account, no names, and it deletes itself after a few days

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General information, not medical advice. Anything persistent or painful belongs with a doctor, who has heard it before.