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  • August 4, 2016 at 4:46 am #106289
    Curiosity
    Participant

    Why do some teenage boys get erections unexpectedly?

    August 5, 2016 at 2:30 am #109013
    MsBlueStreak
    Participant

    @Nurse_Nettie do you want to take this one. (the internet has some fun answers – but we should probably start with less of the journalistic/blogger interpretation and more of the facts)

    August 5, 2016 at 4:23 am #109014
    Nurse_NettieNurse_Nettie
    Keymaster

    Happy to jump in! Unexpected erections — we call them “spontaneous erections” are totally normal and can happen at any time in a man’s life, but are most frequent during puberty.  Why do they happen? It’s mostly due to the surging hormones that occur in puberty!

    By the way, just as it can be normal to get erections when you’re not aroused, it’s also normal to feel sexual desire and not have an erection!  The body is a wonderful & sometimes uncooperative thing!  😉

    December 21, 2016 at 7:19 am #109015
    Awesone489
    Participant

    Yep its sure embarrasing though. Its like whoops its poking through again.

    December 23, 2016 at 1:31 am #109016
    kindofsquishy
    Participant

    I was really awful in high school with boyfriends and close friends – I used to think it was a funny challenge to make them get them in awkward situations. I now realise what a jerk move that was…. sorry boys!!!!

    December 23, 2016 at 5:17 am #109017
    Awesone489
    Participant

    No worries @kindofsquishy . From personal experience they just happen let alone trying to manage them. Simple things like vibrations on a bus can ‘activate’ it.

    It always happens when you wake up in the morning and you have to wait awhile before you pee. :blush:

    December 29, 2016 at 1:04 am #109018
    kindofsquishy
    Participant

    I’m still pretty unaware of how that actually works, @Awesone489 – is it just like, no pee at all? Or no control over where it goes? I’ve seen some memes about guys lying down on top of the toilet to pee in the morning… that’s not actually a thing, right?  😀

    December 29, 2016 at 3:55 am #109019
    Awesone489
    Participant

    No problem @kindofsquishy its basically no pee actually comes out when you go to the toilet. You have to wait for the erection to subdue. There must be some valve that turns of the uretha when we get an erection. 

    December 31, 2016 at 1:29 am #109020
    NickiPower
    Participant

    I wonder if @Nurse_Nettie can fill us in on why you can’t pee with an erection? @Awesone489 @kindofsquishy

    January 1, 2017 at 1:47 am #109021
    Kit
    Participant

    For some reason I thought this was in that anatomy quiz so I went and did the whole thing again… Nope!  😀 Anyway, here’s the male quiz if you’re interested: http://community.playsafe.health.nsw.gov.au/discussion/86

    January 3, 2017 at 5:53 am #109022
    Nurse_NettieNurse_Nettie
    Keymaster

    Sure @NickiPower @Awesone489 @kindofsquishy! The urethra is a tube inside the penis that directs urine from the bladder as well as semen from the prostate & testes, to outside the body through the tip of the penis. The urethra has a valve that stops or blocks off one or the other, so boys can’t urinate (wee) and ejaculate (release semen) at the same time. 🙂   

    January 3, 2017 at 6:32 am #109023
    Awesone489
    Participant

    Thanks @Nurse_Nettie now I know for sure. So would it still be possible to masturbate on a full bladder on the basis that the valve would shut of the urine for sometime untill the cum passed?

    January 3, 2017 at 10:40 pm #109024
    Nurse_NettieNurse_Nettie
    Keymaster

    Hi @Awesone489. Yes that’s right it is possible though sometimes a full bladder might be uncomfortable. It’s important to know everyone has different limits when it comes to sex and what feels pleasurable. 

    January 4, 2017 at 1:01 am #109025
    Awesone489
    Participant

    Thanks @Nurse_Nettie

    January 24, 2017 at 5:33 am #109026
    RoseHill
    Participant

    Curious… my boyfriend has told me he gets a body “shiver” when his erection is about to subside… is that a thing???

    This came up when he was waiting for the “shiver” to know it was safe to leave my bedroom in case my housemates were home  😀

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