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Depends, I think, on what ages we're talk about.

Only can say for myself, and I think mine was more or less settled before I turned sixteen. But before then, well, I have had erections all my conscious life so a concept of "first erection" is really baffling to me. And those did change gradually, at least in absolute measurements. Relatively to the rest of the body may be more disputable, it may even have shrunk at one time. At some point I got a bend to it that wasn't obvious before and blamed it on my masturbation practices, perhaps wrongfully. I'm definitely a "grower" with average erection, but flaccid cold a size of own thumb.

Adolescent growth of erect penis: truth or trope?

Many boys are self conscious when taking showers, in particular during junior high. Partly this is body consciousness; often because their dick is noticeably smaller than other boys. Often this is because some guys begin puberty sooner.

I had a friend who had to shave by the beginning of 5th grade! He could grow a mustache.

I began puberty late, furthermore, I joined the US Army at 17... I noticed significant growth of my penis, that didn't sync with my increased height, nor muscle mass.

As many boys are self conscious about the size of their penis, I think divergent timing of penis growth is common.

I was not a "meat gazer" so, I don't have any "direct observations" but I recall both science teachers, sex ed, and gym coaches mentioning different boys are likely to grow at different rates and ages.

Hmmm... my personal experience and conclusions.

The hormonal changes at puberty vary from individual to individual. Some of us are 'relatively' immune to these changes. In other words, they're not too severe. We go about life with some sort of balance between sexual urges and other life activities.

Others, like me, were beaten severely by these hormonal changes and go about life with a major focus on our sexual urges, not to the exclusion of other activities, but always with an eye toward does that activity 'feel good' in a sexual arousal manner?

My maleness was never more than average - as best as I can tell. But I do have a memory of being 23-24 and a girlfriend exclaiming 'you are HUGE'. I wasn't, but she excited me so that I was rampant. That was an ego boost!

As for changes in size. 7th grade was physical education and a shower after before going to the next class. I recall no specifics, but I do recall most of the boys were hairless and small.

In 8th and 9th grades, that changed and most had pubic and armpit hair. Some, like me, had sprouts of chest hair.

After high school and in the military most were 'fully developed'. Again, I cannot recall any one individual that appeared to be 'hung'. But then again the communal showers were not a place to show off.

Having puberty hit me so hard, my memories suggest that I 'grew' the more I played. As my body aged and the various hormone levels changed, I lost a bit of length. I think the potential of the flesh was still there, but the blood just did not fill it up as much, thus the appearance of shrinkage.

Now, I'm deep into male menopause and a 'chubby' is a miracle. Orgasms? Mostly, a fond memory.

As always individual circumstances and experiences will vary.

Adolescent growth of erect penis: truth or trope?

Truth.

Speaking personally, I had pre-pubescent erections which aroused curiosity more than anything else.

During pubescence as things grew from worm to anaconda ("Who does he think he's kidding", says my wife) I was regularly, if not constantly, investigating the good feelings that came from a rub-a-dub-dub.

From around 15 growth stopped except for the sort of growth you want when you rub-a-dub-dub.

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