What causes erections?

Question

We can be innocently standing thee, or sitting, whichever, and suddenly WHAM, big bulge popping through, how the hell does this happen.

Answer 1

How do boys get erections.
Okay I will try and explain how erections happen but you will be most amazed by the fact that most of the time (at least in young men ) we don't do anything. Also, you will have to put up with a long explanation. In order to have sex a male penis must be erect. That erection is related to physical health, mental health, and emotional health (ego) If a male is threatened or scared or has anxiety about sex he may not be able to get erect. Erections occur when more blood is pumped into the special tissue in the penis than can leave. The arteries carry blood to the penis and the veins carry blood away from the penis. When the brain gives the command the arteries dilate (become very large) and more blood is pumped into the penis than can be carried away by the smaller veins. The result is the penis becomes engourged with blood and becomes erect. When erect it becomes more sensitive and sexual arousal is easier. The following things will trigger the command in the brain so that an erection occurs. Physical stimulation (the boy or other person touch and rubs the penis), visual stimulation (the boy sees a girl, a picture, or woman in a form of undress that triggers an erection) Males are genetically engineered to be set off by visual stimulations. This is one reason why most users of pornography are males. In childhood and early puberty (5 to 13) boys can get spontaneous erections. The brain just decides to trigger an erection. This is very embarrassing to boys because it happens at school, while at play, in front their girl friends, in the shower during PE. The boy does nothing to cause this it just happens really! Girls think boys are always horny and that is true for teen agers but boys don't do it the hormones do it to them. Mental stimulation, sometimes just thinking about a special girl or having masturbated last night etc. will stimulate an erection. Boys get no rest while they sleep either. While a boy sleeps at night he usually has up to 7 erections in his sleep. And if he has not masturbated for several days and is of the age to produce semen he may have an orgasm in his sleep ( a wet dream ) in which he shoots semen all over his PJ's or briefs and the bed sheets. It is usually a rather large amount. Then in the morning he wakes up with a very hard erection that is the result of pressure from a full urinary bladder on the veins in his penis. That has to be dealt with in some way so he can urinate. Erections are very much a part of a man's life. In our youth we do not do a lot to cause them they just happen. As we mature and enter puberty we learn to take charge of our sexuality and to control them to some degree but not totally. A man can cause an erection by physical stimulation, visual stimulation, sex play with a partner, or mental stimulation or fantasy. And most men use those things to get erections at private moments in order to masturbate in private and release all that sexual tension. When a man gets a partner then she helps release all the sexual tension and love making or having sex envolves physical, visual, and emotional stimulus.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Now, see, i quite envy men's ability to orgasm almost everytime because women can't and it's so much hard work, so in that i think you lot are SOOOO lucky. But the random, embarrassing eraction thing? I'm glad i have no such problem. I have no idea why this happens but here's a theory:
You men are blesses with the ability to orgasm on a regular basis, women don't. So to even up the fairness of things, women have no such embarrassing tell-tale signs that they're aroused and you do. See? all is fair in the world again.

But seeing as i do feel a little sorry for you, here's a tip...think of your grandmother in a thong, that should do it. Now, how's mr floppy doing?

Answer 4

Matter for doctor. Erection problems can be many. Most of time even impossible to diagnose. From you little information it would take a guru with supernatural powers to give you a correct answer

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It happens because your a normal male. I am sure that you see/hear or think of something that excites you sexually. When you do you brain sends a signal to your nervous system and causes the blood to rush to your penis and it fills with that blood causing it rise etc. This because your penis is a reservoir for blood and not a muscle as some people think.

Answer 7

Blood

Answer 8

sexual thoughts brought upon by smell, sight, touch. Causes much more blood to the penis where it flows into the penis and the valves that allow the blood to escape back into your system kind of close trapping the blood causing the erection. Sounds simple, but it's not. Anyway enjoy it......

Answer 9

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Answer 10

men are very visibly aroused. since we're surrounding by women wearing provocative clothing, commercials exposing the female body, advertisments/magazines doing the same----it's impossible to exist in contemporary society without being presented with hundreds of sexually arousing images. i guess we should be happy that we're able to physically respond to the stimulus. a hard-on is as common as eating three meals a day.
don't fret them. whenever possible, take advantage of saluting the flag---have sex, masturbate, have fun.