Do you have the ability
to make love for as long as
you want until
you choose to
ejaculate?
That's actually the way we
men are designed to make
love. Unfortunately as we
grow up we learn a different
way of having sex: hurried,
out of control, anxious. But
the exciting thing is that
it's not hard to regain
control, to develop the
power to choose when to
ejaculate. And with the help
of this fully illustrated,
explicit, and very
comprehensive guide to
ejaculation control, your
sexual performance will
improve in days - and within
weeks you'll be a superb,
long-lasting lover!
The facts about sex
Men's sexual physiology: How an erection
works
The penis is
made up of three long spongy tubes of
tissue, the cavernous and the spongy bodies
(for complete information on this, see the
page on the
anatomy of the penis). Each tube is
surrounded by flexible and fibrous tissue,
and the whole bundle is wrapped up in
another layer of tissue called Buck's
fascia. There's a rich blood supply to the
penis via arteries which run along the whole
length of the penis inside the spongy
erectile tissues and whose branches empty
blood directly into the spongy tissue.
An erection
is driven by this blood. The spongy tubes
fill up with blood, which results in the
tissue expanding and, at full capacity,
hardening as the tissues become inflated,
much like a hydraulic system in engineering.
However, many different components have to
work together in a well coordinated fashion
for an erection to be created and
maintained.
First, the
blood flow to the penis increases. This
happens through the helicine arteries, which
are small branches of the main arteries
bringing blood to the penis. The helicine
arteries have walls which are made up of
smooth muscles. When the penis is flaccid,
these muscles are contracted, which reduces
the diameter of the blood vessels and
therefore the amount of blood which can flow
through them. When presented with an erotic
stimulus, the brain sets in motion a series
of neuro-physiological events, the net
result of which is to cause the muscle cells
to relax, which allows the blood vessels,
the helicine arteries, to expand. This means
that more blood flows into the spongy
tissues of the penis.
After an
increase in the incoming blood flow, the
next step in an erection is a decrease in
the outward flow of blood so that a pressure
gradient arises and the erection becomes
progressively more rigid.
The decrease
in outward flowing blood happens passively
through the structural design of the penis.
While the incoming arteries bring their
blood into the spongy bodies, the veins in
the penis are close to the Buck's fascia
tissues which surround the erectile bodies.
In fact the veins tend to run between the
fascias for some distance, before traversing
them. This means that as the internal spongy
tissues fill with blood, they expand against
the outside fascia, which puts pressure on
the veins. As a result, the veins are
squeezed in the middle between the two
layers, thereby decreasing their diameter,
which means less blood is able to flow back
out from the penis.
The whole
design is incredibly efficient. The
resistance for the out-flowing blood
increases a hundred-fold during an erection,
compared to the flaccid state. Once you have
an erection as little as 1 to 5 ml of blood
flowing in is necessary to keep the penis
hard. The downside is that the design is
complicated with a lot of different
components, all of which can potentially go
wrong.
The best way
to look after your penis and your erectile
capacity is to maintain a healthy overall
lifestyle, especially looking after your
heart and arteries. (Cholesterol deposited
on the walls of the penile arteries can
block them and prevent you getting a decent
erection.) Second, to look after your
greatest asset, use it - a lot! Frequent
erections will keep the penile tissues
healthy and the erectile mechanism in fine
working order. Like a lot of the body's
systems, "if you don't use it, you lose it"!
