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racaulk

(11,550 posts)
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 10:46 PM Dec 2011

5 Things You Didn't Know About Your Penis

Here are some things you might have wondered about your penis, but were afraid to ask.

No. 1: Your Penis Does Have a Mind of Its Own

You've probably noticed that your penis often does its own thing. You may remember times when it was completely inappropriate to have an erection; and yet you couldn't wish it away.

It's true that you have less command over your penis than body parts like your arms and legs. That's because the penis answers to a part of the nervous system that's not always under your conscious control. This is called the autonomic nervous system, which also regulates heart rate and blood pressure.

Sexual arousal usually isn't voluntary. The conscious mind is complicit in it, but a lot of sexual arousal goes on in the sympathetic nervous system. In addition, impulses from the brain during the REM phase of sleep cause erections, whether you're dreaming about sex or about a test you forgot to study for. Heavy lifting or straining to have a bowel movement can also produce an erection.

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Link: http://men.webmd.com/features/5-things-you-did-not-know-about-your-penis

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5 Things You Didn't Know About Your Penis (Original Post) racaulk Dec 2011 OP
You wanna know the 6th I didn't know? That I HAD a penis! nt valerief Dec 2011 #1
The most interesting thread I've read on DU3 so far.... Rowdyboy Dec 2011 #2
I just flash to the sound of popping a chicken leg off a roaster... ugh kill me please! Fearless Dec 2011 #4
Nobody's a bigger fan of R.E.M. than me... Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #3
Dear lord.... daleanime Dec 2011 #5
eating my eggs over easy Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #6
I already knew four of those things, and one of them I REALLY don't petronius Dec 2011 #7
How dare you talk about penises in a men's forum! Taverner Dec 2011 #8
I'm not surprised. racaulk Dec 2011 #9
*** Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #10
It's a HUGE Oasis fan Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #11
I was reading the article, but couldn't get past... av8rdave Jan 2012 #12

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)
2. The most interesting thread I've read on DU3 so far....
Thu Dec 8, 2011, 01:43 AM
Dec 2011

I did not know you could break a penis. Thankfully I never have....

Fearless

(18,458 posts)
4. I just flash to the sound of popping a chicken leg off a roaster... ugh kill me please!
Thu Dec 8, 2011, 03:55 AM
Dec 2011

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. Nobody's a bigger fan of R.E.M. than me...
Thu Dec 8, 2011, 03:54 AM
Dec 2011

but all they've done for me, they've never given me an erection. Sorry gents!

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
5. Dear lord....
Thu Dec 8, 2011, 03:16 PM
Dec 2011

you've just changed the lyrics to many of my favorite songs.


"Losing my erection...."

petronius

(26,682 posts)
7. I already knew four of those things, and one of them I REALLY don't
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 12:44 AM
Dec 2011

appreciate being reminded of...

But the boomerang thing was new, and interesting, and the 'oak tree' analogy was quite flattering!

 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
8. How dare you talk about penises in a men's forum!
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 05:02 PM
Dec 2011

Don't you know people are being exploited AS WE SPEAK by penises!

av8rdave

(10,630 posts)
12. I was reading the article, but couldn't get past...
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 08:06 AM
Jan 2012

"...researcher who studied men and women having sex inside an MRI scanner."

I have to admit that's one place I never thought of.

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