In 1982 he wrote in "Penthouse Forum" of his penis size research. He argued that data from Kinsey Institute studies showed that black penis were longer than white penises. This was based on a sample of 2376 "white college men", 143 "non-white college men" and 59 "black college men". In 1984 he was sued by Shere Hite for his "Penthouse Forum" editorial that said that she should be driven "out of the erogenous zones". The $15 million case was settled out of court, but Nobile did not issue an apology or retraction. In 1990 he debated Judith Reisman on the work of Alfred Kinsey in an appearance on "The Phil Donahue Show" where his writing on "positive incest" arose.