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5Things You Didn't Know About Your Penis by Martin Downs
(WebMD)
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 timeswhen it was completely inappropriate to have an erection; and yet you couldn't wish itaway.It's true that you have less command over your penis than body parts like your arms andlegs. That's because the penis answers to a part of the nervous system that's not alwaysunder your conscious control. This is called the autonomic nervous system, which alsoregulates 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 thebrain during the REM phase of sleep cause erections, whether you're dreaming about sex orabout a test you forgot to study for. Heavy lifting or straining to have a bowel movementcan also produce an erection.Just as the penis grows without your consent, sometimes it shrinks. "The flaccid penisvaries in size considerably within a given man," says Drogo Montague, MD, a urologist atthe Cleveland Clinic. Exposure to cold water or air makes your penis shrink. That's afunction of the sympathetic nervous system.Psychological stress also involves the sympathetic nervous system, and stress has the sameeffect as a cold shower, Montague says. When you're relaxed and feeling well, your flaccidpenis looks bigger than when you're stressed out.The penis is "kind of a barometer of the sympathetic nervous system," Montague says. Sothe greeting, "How's it hanging?" is more apt than you might have realized.
No. 2: Your Penis May Be a 'Grower' or a 'Show-er'
Among men, there is no consistent relationship between the size of the flaccid penis and itsfull erect length.In one study of 80 men, researchers found that increases from flaccid to erect lengthsranged widely, from less than a quarter inch to 3.5 inches longer.Whatever the clinical significance of these data may be, the locker-room significance isconsiderable. You can't assume that a dude with a big limp penis gets much bigger with anerection. And the guy whose penis looks tiny could surprise you with a big erection.An analysis of more than thousand measurements taken by sex researcher Alfred Kinseyshows that shorter flaccid penises tend to gain about twice as much length as longer flaccidpenises.A penis that doesn't gain much length with an erection has become known as a "show-er,"and a penis that gains a lot is said to be a "grower." These are not medical terms, and therearen't scientifically established thresholds for what's a show-er or a grower.
 
Kinsey's data suggest that most penises aren't extreme show-ers or growers. About 12percent of penises gained one-third or less of their total length with an erection, and about7 percent doubled in length when erect.
No. 3: Your Penis Is Shaped Like a Boomerang
Your penis is shaped like a boomerang. Just like you don't see all of a big oak tree aboveground, you don't see the root of your penis tucked up inside your pelvis and attached toyour pubic bone.In an MRI picture, the penis looks distinctly boomerang-like, as noted by a Frenchresearcher who studied men and women having sex inside an MRI scanner.One method of surgical "penis enlargement" is to cut the ligament that holds the root of thepenis up inside the pelvis. This operation may give some men a little extra length if more of the penis protrudes from the body, but there are side effects. This ligament, called thesuspensory ligament, makes an erection sturdy. With that ligament cut, the erect penisloses its upward angle and it wobbles at the base. The lack of sturdiness can lead to injury.
No. 4: You Can Break Your Penis
There is no "penis bone," but you can break your penis all the same. It's called penilefracture, and it's not a subtle injury. When it happens, there's "an audible pop or snap,"Montague says. Then the penis turns black and blue. And there's terrible pain.Penile fracture is rare, and it typically happens to younger men because their erections tendto be quite rigid.Here's how to avoid penile fracture: don't use your penis too roughly. A common way thatpenile fracture happens, Montague says, is when a man is thrusting too hard and fast duringsex, and slams into his partner's pubic bone. Also, a woman who moves wildly while on topof a man during sex can break a man's penis.Peyronie's syndrome is a related condition that tends to show up more in older men,Montague says. An older man's erection may not be as rigid, but still is hard enough for sex.Over time, if the penis bends too much a certain way during sex, small tears in the tissuecan form scars, and the accumulated scar tissue gives the penis an abnormally curvedshape.Not all penis curvature is a problem, however. "There is a lot of variability in what normalis," Cummings says.
No. 5: Most Penises in the World Are Uncut
A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programmeon HIV /AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that worldwide only 30 percent of males aged 15 and upare circumcised.Rates vary greatly depending upon religion and nationality. Almost all Jewish and Muslimmales in the world have circumcised penises, and together they account for about 70percent of all circumcised males globally.The United States has the highest proportion of males circumcised for non-religious reasons.
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