Penis inadequacy is a real fear. Guys might not see it plastered across billboards as much as women have body image ideals foisted on them, but the pop culture zeitgeist certainly makes it known: Bigger is better. 
 
 So, curious about how Millennial women really felt about their partners' penises, Cosmopolitan.com polled 1,100 readers (96 percent women, 4 percent men; between the ages of 18 and 34). And just so we don't leave you hanging: 89 percent said they were not worried about their boyfriend's penis size, and, when asked how they'd classify their partner's penis, most of them (56 percent) went with "average." Another 33 percent thought their partner's penis was on the large side. 
 
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 Interestingly, participants were pretty close when it came to what they considered and average penis size. (The current actual average sizes are 3.5 inches flaccid, and 5.1 inches erect.) Even though 43 percent of respondents said they watch porn at least once a month, which can skew peoples' perceptions of penis size, they seem to be pretty realistic when it comes to IRL sex. 
 
 In the end, despite 59 percent of women reporting that they were less than satisfied in the bedroom, the vast majority said they wouldn't change anything about their boyfriend's penis. (A handful of participants noted they would actually make his penis slightly smaller.) Maybe guys are finally getting the message that penetration isn't women's greatest desire in bed, given that the survey found 62 percent of respondents rarely or never orgasm from penetration alone. 
 
 Basically, it seems like Millennial women are just fine with whatever penis. Although he might not be porn-star-size, penis beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or the hand of the holder. Like, hand jobs. OK, have a great day. 
 
 Scroll down for all the results of the survey. 
 
 Lauren Ahn 
 
 Follow Frank on Twitter. ||||| Surgeons in Florida have given a 17-year-old boy what’s being called the “world’s first” penis reduction surgery. 
 
 The teen came to doctors complaining of a penis “too large for intercourse,” according to an article in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, published online in November. He was also unable to play sports or even wear most clothing without his phallus showing through the fabric. 
 
 The penis was 7 inches long and had a circumference of 10 inches, according to the Daily Mail. That’s about the same size as an average mayonnaise jar, based on measurements taken by HuffPost Weird. 
 
 “His penis had inflated like a balloon,” Rafael Carrion, a urologist at the University of South Florida who treated the patient, told the Daily Mail. 
 
 The shape and massive size of the penis was the result of the teen’s sickle cell anemia. Irregular blood cells would block penile blood vessels and lead to swelling and priapism — a long-lasting and painful erection. This had happened three times since the boy was 10, which “progressively led” to a deformed penis, according to the Journal. 
 
 Carrion said he couldn’t find any precedent for penis reduction surgery. His team ended up opting to slice along the patient’s circumcision scar, unwrap the skin, and then remove chunks of tissue from each side. 
 
 He added that the teen is “very satisfied” with his new penis, which is still “generous” in size but is now more standard in appearance. 
 
 H/T: Jezebel 
 
 Photo courtesy of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Wiley Online Library. Photos first appeared in the article "The Reduction Corporoplasty: The Answer to the Improbable Urologic Question 'Can You Make My Penis Smaller?'", Daniel R. Martinez MD*, Neil J. Manimala BS, Arash Rafiei MD, Tariq S. Hakky MD, Chris Yang MD and Rafael Carrion MD. Published online November 17, 2014. 
 
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– In a study ostensibly about whether women care if penises have been surgically repaired to treat distal hypospadias (when the urethra's opening is on the underside of the penis), scientists learned which characteristics of male genitalia matter most to a woman. Reporting in the Journal of Sexual Medicine under the title, "What is a Good Looking Penis?" Swiss researchers find that, at least among the 105 women they surveyed, the position and shape of the urethral opening is the least important of eight characteristics—a potentially reassuring finding for the men affected by what the researchers frame as one of the "most common penile malformations." It's thought to occur in about 0.3% to 0.5% of male births, and while it's generally surgically corrected within the first year of life, "men with an operated hypospadias are reported to be more dissatisfied with their penile appearance." So where do length and girth fall on the importance scale? Near the bottom, at Nos. six and seven, respectively. Here's what matters most to the women, who ranged in age from 16 to 45: the somewhat vague "general cosmetic appearance," followed by, in order, skin, glans shape, scrotum appearance, and pubic hair appearance. And with age comes acceptance: "The multiple regression analyses indicated that the older and the more sexually interested a woman is, the more normal she perceives the appearance of a penis to be." A survey published yesterday by Cosmopolitan of 1,100 readers (most of them women) echoed these findings: 89% said they aren't worried about the size of their partner's penis, even though only 33% characterized said members as "large." (This teen actually had surgery to reduce the size of his penis.)