Comments on: Erection season

By: Marc R

Marc R — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:40:16 +0000

It’s interesting that the man could get an erection for his wife’s sister! That may be one of the answers to our question!

By: E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott

E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:59:48 +0000

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By: roby

roby — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:59:03 +0000

hard enough to maintain sexual intercourse and have an orgasm … spontaneous nightly partial erections do not count

By: don King

don King — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:50:04 +0000

At first, I was unable to get any reaction even with Viagra and Cialis. Since I started taking a mail order “male enhancement” capsule, I have been able achieve partial erections. And I have experienced what I guess is as near to an orgasm I will ever have.

Since, I don’t have a wife I guess this is not as important as it is to married men. I will admit to masturbating and will tell you that it requires more and stronger stimulations than before the surgery. But I feel this is a small price to pay to be cancer free!!

By: PaulC1956

PaulC1956 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:37:44 +0000

It wouldn’t seem very difficult to create a set of fairly objective metrics that a guy could use to record an “erection diary” in the weeks and months before and after a procedure.

If popular fiction and my own experience are any guide, many of us kept an “orgasm diary” during our teenage years, often encoded. (“April 10. Caught five butterflies today. A new record.”)

I’m not a urologist, and I tend to come up with too many metrics, but I could imagine a set of metrics that looks like this.

A1. Firmness / engorgement.
Note: No human penis ever gets as hard as a pencil or a bone, let alone “hard enough to drive nails with”.
10 = can’t imagine it any harder (like a spasming muscle)
8 = can achieve anal intercourse (think tube of toothpaste)
6 = “stuffable”: barely able to achieve vaginal intercourse.
5 = semi-hard (think hardboiled egg–without shell).
4 = getting there (think slice of white bread).
3 = soft, but not totally (think cylinder of Silly Putty).
2 = quite soft (think relaxed lower lip).
1 = totally limp (think overcooked noodle).

A2. Nondeflectability / rigidity / stiffness:
Usually matches scale A1 (firmness), but not always.
10 = any deflection is painful. Release from deflection causes immediate bounceback to the same angle.
1 = totally wobbly; no resistance at all to deflection.

B. Tactile sensation, if any
e.g., physical response to stimulation

C. Libidinal sensation, if any
e.g., emotional/psychological response to stimulation

D. Intensity of orgasm, if any

E. Ejaculation, if any