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Penis size has occupied the attention of both men and women at one time or another. Today’s society feels that bigger is better. Bigger cars are better than compacts, a bigger house is better, and by implication it is assumed that big penises provide more pleasure.

The preoccupation forces society to find a way to decipher a man’s size. Many believe that big shoes mean a big penis. But where did this idea originate, and more importantly, is it true?

Oddly enough, this myth came from fashion. In the 1400′s pointy-toed shoes, called poulaines, were the footwear fashion for men. These shoes were blatantly phallic and often painted flesh-color and allowed to flap with lifelike mobility.

Others stuffed the toes with wool or moss to keep them erect. The shoes ranged in length from 2 to 24 inches and people believed that they exhibited the potentialities of the penis of the wearer.

People believed that the shoe exhibited the potentialities of the penis of the wearer.

In 1462 Edward IV declared that the standard length would be 2 to 3 inches. The fashion spanned almost 300 years but fell from popularity for three reasons. The long length impeded Duke Leopold II of Austria from escaping his assassins. Secondly, the Catholic Church felt the trend was a threat to virtue, chastity, and deceny, and prevented the wearer from kneeling in prayer. Third, King Charles VIII suffered from polydactylism, or six toes on each foot, and required broad shoes to accommodate his unusual foot problem.

But, experts agree that penis size is not related to body shape, height, length of fingers, race, or shoe size. According to the Kinsey studies, the average flaccid penis measures 3.75 inches and an average of 6 inches when erect.

This myth is fiction.