US man issues challenge to disprove his claim of having world’s smallest penis to raise micropenis awareness

Michael Phillips says he has the world’s smallest penis – about the size of a pinky fingernail when fully erect. Photograph: TMZ YouTube interview

A North Carolina man has challenged anyone on earth to disprove his claim of having the world’s smallest penis as he advocates against body shaming and aims to raise awareness about the medical condition known as micropenis.

Michael Phillips, 38, threw down the gauntlet in an interview posted Friday on TMZ’s YouTube channel, in which he purported that his penis was 0.38in (0.97cm) when fully erect – and, holding up the fingernail on his right pinky to illustrate that length, added: “When it’s flaccid, it’s smaller than that.”