The penis and
scrotum are the external sexual organs of men.
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The Corona
The ridge of flesh demarcating
where the head of the penis and the shaft join.
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The Frenum -Frenulum
A thin strip of flesh on the underside
of the penis that connects the shaft to the head.
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The Foreskin,
Prepuce
A roll of skin which covers
the head of the penis in uncircumcised men.
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The Urethra,
Meatus
Opening at the tip of the penis
to allow the passage of both urine and semen.
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The Shaft
Area from the corona to the
scrotum.
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The Scrotum
A sac that hangs behind and
below the penis, and contains the testes, the male sexual glands. The scrotum's
primary function is to maintain the testes at approximately 34 C, the temperature
at which the testes most effectively produce sperm.
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The Prostrate
Produces a fluid that makes up the semen.
The prostate gland also squeezes shut the urethra duct to the bladder,
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Penis
Facts
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Average
length of penis when not erect: 3.5 inches
Average
length when erect: 5.2 - 6.4 inches
The
Longest: 13 inches
The
Smallest: 5/8 of an inch
Largest
penis in the animal kingdom: 11 feet (blue whale)
Actual
amount of semen per ejaculation: 1-2 teaspoons
Average
number of times a man will ejaculate in his lifetime: 7,200
Average
# of times he will ejaculate from masturbation: 2,000
Average
total amount of lifetime ejaculate: 14 gallons
Average
speed of ejaculation: 28 miles per hour
Average
# of calories in a teaspoon of semen: 7
Most
arousing time of day/season for a man: early morning/fall
Best
ways to improve sexual function: quit smoking, start exercising, lose weight
Percent
of men who say they masturbate: 60%
Percent
of men who say they masturbate at least once a day: 54%
Percent
of men who say they feel guilty masturbating that often: 41%
Amount
of time needed for a man to regain erection: from 2 min to 2 weeks
Average
# of erections per day for a man: 11
Average
# of erections during the night: 9
Sperm
life: 2 1/2 months (from development to ejaculation)
Thickness
of the average condom: .07 mm
Thickness
of super-thin condoms: .05 mm
Speed at which erotic
sensations travel from skin to brain 156 miles per hour
There are approximately
5 calories in a teaspoon of semen.
All
penises bend slightly to the left or right — there is no perfectly straight
penis.
Odors that increase
blood flow to the penis: lavender, licorice, chocolate, doughnuts and pumpkin
pie!
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Is Penis Size
Important?
Yes and No - it is only
as important as you think it is. Most women surveyed say men are
too hung up on penis size. As far as sexual stimulation penis width
is more important than the length.
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How Do I Measure
My Penis?
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obtaining an erection angle your penis down until it is parallel to the
floor. Set your ruler against your pubic bone just above the base of the
penis, and measure to the tip.
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Can Penis Size
Be Increased?
Penis pumps can temporarily
increase the size of a penis - read more here.
For permanent increase it requires a surgical procedure. Be warned surgery
carries with it the risk of infection. This book
can help provide information about increasing penis size.
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The Penis Party
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Every
year on March 15 Japan throws a giant festival to celebrate the penis and
fertility. A 900-pound wooden phallus is paraded around the streets of
the town Komaki, and women carry massive dildos in their arms. Thousands
of people come to pay homage to the penis and take part in the festivities.
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Do You Know
Where Your Foreskin Is?
In
America hundreds of thousands of circumcised foreskins have been sold to
bio-research laboratories.
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A Weighty Issue!
The Caramoja tribe of
northern Uganda tie a weight on the end of their penises to elongate them
- sometimes to such a degree that the men literally have to knot them up
- while the Mambas of New Hebrides wrap theirs in yards and yards of cloth,
making them look up to 17 inches long.
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Double Your
Pleasure!
In 1609, a doctor
named Wecker found a corpse in Bologna with two penises. Since then,
there have been eighty documented cases of
men similarly endowed.
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Sue the Bastards!
A honeymooning
couple are suing Holiday Inn for ten thousand dollars, claiming their sex
life is now dysfunctional because an employee mistakenly walked in on them
on their wedding night.
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The Royal Way!
England's King Edward
VII, a man of considerable heft, had a special table built so that he could
comfortably engage in sexual intercourse.
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The Ultimate
Hello!
When men of the Walibri
tribe of central Australia greet each other, they shake penises instead
of hands.
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Not The Way
To Go!
At least 500 Americans
die each year from asphyxia in an attempt to lessen oxygen flow to the
brain in order to induce a more powerful orgasm.
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A Fashion Statement!
In fourteenth-century
Europe, high-ranking noblemen were permitted to display their genitals
below a short tunic, while those not impressively endowed could, if they
chose, wear a leather falsie called a braquette.
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Time On Your
Side?
Given today's
average frequency of sexual intercourse, it would take the typical American
couple more than four years to try every one of the 529 positions described
in the Kama Sutra. More Kama Sutra information here.
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