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The
facts about sex
Men's
bodies 1: A few general observations
To
become a male baby, a fertilized egg needs a
Y chromosome. This Y chromosome means the
embryo will develop into a male fetus under
the guiding influence of testosterone, the
male sex hormone. Unfortunately, in some
cases the body's tissues have an
insensitivity to testosterone in which case
problems during development may occur.
A
baby boy is born with a set of male
genitals, a penis and testicles, which are
neatly packed into the scrotum, but with few
other visible differences from a baby girl.
Unseen, though, there are also differences
in the "wiring" of the brain
between sexes.
There
are few changes in physical sexual
development during childhood. Most changes
start to occur in the early teen years with
the onset of puberty, which tends to be
roughly a year later than in girls. Boys
start their genital development between the
ages of 11 and 12, with an adolescent growth
spurt occurring at around the age of 14
years. First, the testicles, the organs we
generally know as a man's "balls",
start to grow larger and produce an
increased amount of the hormone
testosterone, which then induces the other
changes in the body.
During
this time boys grow taller, build up
muscles, and their shoulders widen. Hair
starts to grow in their pubic region, under
their arms, on their chests, face, legs and
arms. A boy's voice deepens as his
testosterone causes his voice box, or
larynx, to grow. This change in voice now
occurs at an average age of thirteen and a
half years, whereas in the year 1750 the
change happened at an average age of
eighteen years.
Not
only does a boy's body grow during this
time, but so do his genitals. His penis,
prostate and seminal vesicles grow in size
as his testosterone levels rise. Sperm
production will have started in the
testicles during childhood and becomes fully
developed during puberty. Once a boy's level
of testosterone is high enough ejaculation
becomes possible: on average this milestone
is reached around the age of twelve and a
half. Erections become normal throughout the
night and in the early morning during REM
sleep (this so-called Rapid Eye Movement
sleep, occupying the phases between deep
sleep, is when we dream). An average 13 year
old boy will have 4 erections per night,
which he will not normally be aware of.
However, sometimes a "nocturnal
emission" may occur, a spontaneous
ejaculation during the night-time, usually
accompanied by sexual dreams or thoughts.
About 80% of men experience them at some
point in their lives, however, they don't
occur much beyond the age of thirty.
Activity
in the testicles stays the same for
practically all of a man's life, with only a
slight impairment in later years. However,
there is a big debate going on about whether
men experience an equivalent to women's
menopause, a kind of male
"andropause". During this phase in
their middle years some men may experience a
loss of sex drive and energy due to a
potential fall in testosterone levels.
(There's more on the andropause on the page
of men's sexual problems.)
Compared
to women, men's bodies are - on average -
taller and more muscular. Their bodies
distribute fat differently, with the
preferred storage place being their bellies.
Men tend to be stronger than women, but do
not necessarily have more stamina.
