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Related: About this forum5 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

valerief
(53,235 posts)Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)I did not know you could break a penis. Thankfully I never have....
Fearless
(18,458 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)but all they've done for me, they've never given me an erection. Sorry gents!
daleanime
(17,796 posts)you've just changed the lyrics to many of my favorite songs.
"Losing my erection...."
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I saw the yolk leaking out
petronius
(26,682 posts)appreciate being reminded of...
But the boomerang thing was new, and interesting, and the 'oak tree' analogy was quite flattering!
Taverner
(55,476 posts)Don't you know people are being exploited AS WE SPEAK by penises!
racaulk
(11,550 posts)I know I'm a slave to mine.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)did I mention the huge part?
av8rdave
(10,630 posts)"...researcher who studied men and women having sex inside an MRI scanner."
I have to admit that's one place I never thought of.