Men who drive sports cars are more likely to have a small penis, study finds

Psychologists in the UK revealed there may be a link between perceived penis size and sports cars after all.
A survey of 200 men found that they were more likely to rate a sports car as desirable when they were led to think they had a small penis | Image: iStock

A survey of 200 men found that they were more likely to rate a sports car as desirable when they were led to think they had a small penis | Image: iStock

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Greta Thunberg's brutal clapback to Andrew Tate sparked chatter about small penis size.
  • A study has attempted to find the psychological between perceived penis size and owning a sports car.
  • Psychologists said men made to feel they have a small penis rated sports car as more desirable.
Psychologists have attempted to find whether the long-standing notion that having a small penis correlates to owning a sports car holds any water.
And, from the looks of it, Greta Thunberg was probably onto something when she ratioed controversial influencer Andrew Tate with the “small d*** energy” comment over his chest-thumping brag about his fleet of luxury cars.
Researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University College London surveyed 200 men between ages 18 and 74 about their perceived penis size.
More specifically, if there was “any truth to the cliche that a man driving an expensive sports car is compensating for his male inadequacy”, according to the study titled Small Penises and Fast Cars: Evidence for a Psychological Link.
The respondents’ beliefs about their own phallus measurements were manipulated and the results gave some intriguing insights.
"We gave them false information, stating that the average penis size was larger than it in fact is, reasoning that, on average, these males will feel that relatively and subjectively their own penis was smaller," the researchers explained.
But they were sneaky about it.
The subjects were asked a series of questions exploring their views of different products, including how much they wanted to own a sports car.
"These facts and questions were buried amongst other items giving information and asking for product ratings, so that our hypothesis was masked from participants,” the study stated.
"We found that males, and males over 30 in particular, rated sports cars as more desirable when they were made to feel that they had a small penis.”
While the paper hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet, according to IFL Science, its authors believe they have paved the way for future research on the subject — which recently sparked explainers about Greta’s savage comeback after Tate picked a fight with the 20-year-old Swedish climate activist.
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