Your Weird Penis Explained
Your Weird Penis Explained. Here are some things you may
or may not know about your penis.
Your aim is of.
Why does your urine stream sometimes take a left turn into the
bathtub? The problem is your meatus, or the tiny opening
at the tip of your penis. "Urine spirals out of your
urethra like a bullet out of a gun. If there's dried mucous,
ejaculate, or any other irregularity in the meatus, it can make
the stream split or go off-centre." This happens most often
in the morning or after sex. To avoid wetting the bathroom
floor, gently part your meatus with your fingers before
urinating. Or step up and aim for the tub. If this happens
often, see a urologist. There may be a problem in your urethra.
It keeps leaking after you've urinated.
Notice how petrol hoses always spill a few drops after the pump
has been switched off? Your hose has a similar
design. The sphincter muscle that pinches the urethra
closed is about 20 centimetres from the tip of your penis, so
some urine is always trapped in front of it. A press
behind your scrotum can help you avoid dotting your trousers, or
you can use a technique called Urethral milking. Simply run your
fingers along the underside of your penis to force out remaining
liquid. One study, reported in the British Journal of
Urology, found that this little trick reduced postpee dribble by
nearly 30 percent. It's scary that somebody actually had to
measure this.
Your penis has a twist in it.
Like a cheap plastic toy, your body is made of two halves welded
together. (for proof, check the seam inside your mouth and under
your scrotum) The two sides develop at slightly different rates
before you're born, and that leaves one telltale sign: a slight
twist in your penis. It's called penile torsion, and almost all
men have it to a slight degree. It's harmless unless your
penis twists more than 90 degrees. See a urologist in that
case; it could cause erection problems down the road. A handy
icebreaker: penises always twist counter-clockwise, and no one
knows why.
You cant urinate in public
Up to one in 10 men has a disorder called paruresis, which is a
fancy name for stage fright. When you're nervous (maybe
your boss is grumbling at the next urinal), the muscles that
control urination involuntarily tighten, capping your flow. Some
men with severe cases of paruresis can't urinate in a public
restroom unless there's no one else there. The best
solution: find a stall and lock the door. That'll give you
enough privacy to relax and start things flowing (reading a
paper helps). If There's no stall handy, take a deep breath and
contract your pelvic muscles, then relax and exhale. Repeat
until you hear a trickle.
Your penis may turn pink, purple or blue
The skin on the head of your penis is thinner than the shaft
skin, so it changes colour easily in response to blood
flow. If you're Caucasian, it's normal to sport a red knob
when you're aroused and a purple one when you're not. However,
bright red - especially if it's accompanied by itching or pain -
is a symptom of infection or an allergic reaction (possibly to
latex). Black means your bloodflow has been cut off; go to
a hospital.
It shrinks when wet
The skinny-dipping horror occurs because penile muscles contact
when they're cold. A gentle tug can help loosen these
muscles and restore some of your normal length, but do this
discreetly ,or she'll think you prefer swimming alone.
It gets hard for no reason
You're in a waiting room, sitting across from a chatty
redhead. Suddenly your using a magazine to hide an
erection. Unwanted erections often occur when you become
sexually aroused subconsciously. For instance. the women
might be wearing the same perfume as your varsity girlfriend,
and your brain picked up this long-dormant cue. Vibration
can also spur erections, which is why school bus stiffies were
so common. Your only game plan? Seek cover and wait.
Never force an erection down; that can cause penile
fractures. Sadly, the inadvertent woody fades with time:
surprise erections become rare after the age of 30.
It leaks during foreplay
When you're aroused, your Cowper's glands (located at the base
of your penis) produce a liquid that lubricates and de-acidifies
your urethra so semen can blast through unfettered - sort of
like a soldier swathing a cannon before firing. The longer
you stay erect, the more of this 'pre-ejaculate' you make.
And it can contain sperm, which is one reason pulling out fails
as a birth control measure.
Spontaneous night time erections
Nocturnal erections are away your body supplies fresh blood to
the penis during your sleep. In fat, each nightly erection
gives you one and a half hours of blood for your penis that
day. So "slumber lumber" is really just battery
recharging time. And because your brain is completely
uninhibited during sleep, you can't control the erections.
During the day, though, you brain knows better and blocks the
urge when erections aren't appropriate, like when you watch the
the National Geographic channel naked.