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Taxpayers Fund Study on Gay Men's Penis Size

To some, the results are less shocking than the study itself

By Tim Karan,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 18, 2011 5:34 PM CDT | Updated Jul 23, 2011 7:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Who's more preoccupied with the penis size of gay men: other gay men or the government? The National Institutes of Health recently conducted a study to find out how penis size affects the sexual health of gay men, reports the Daily Caller. Among the findings: Those who felt they had an inadequate penis are more likely to be psychologically troubled and anal receptive—or "bottoms"—while those with larger penises usually identify themselves as "tops."

The National Development and Research Institutes received taxpayer money from the NIH to conduct the study, beginning in 2006. The NDRI has received funding from taxpayers since 1985 for “behavioral science research on drug abuse, AIDS, and crime," and the penis study reportedly fit into that category. "We’ve got nameless, faceless bureaucrats who thought this was a good use of taxpayer money,” says the president of the Traditional Values Coalition. "[They] seem to think the American taxpayers are a limitless ATM machine."

The federal government paid for a study on how penis size affects the sexual health of gay men.
The federal government paid for a study on how penis size affects the sexual health of gay men.   (Shutterstock)
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JackNelsonSteward
Jul 24, 2011 12:08 PM CDT
Sooo ... the bigger dick you are ... the more likely you are to shove it up someone's ass? We needed government research to "discover" this?
ROger765
Jul 24, 2011 2:55 AM CDT
My guess is this research was examining risk factors and pressures that may lead gay men to engage in riskier sexual behaviors (i.e. sex without a condom or being bottom) which increases the likelihood of contracting AIDS, which is one of the categories for the funding. Also the penis size finding may just be a result and not necessarily the original goal of the research. Understanding these risk factors will help create interventions that may reduce the spread of AIDS therefore may be important to many people..  Just because you do not know the reason behind the research does not mean it's useless.
Ucantusethatname
Jul 24, 2011 12:19 AM CDT
Did former Representative Anthony Weiner sponsor the legislation that funded this research?
 

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