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Erections and Ejaculations
Erections and ejaculation. All an erection is is when a lot of blood rushes into someone's genitals. In the case of the male in to the penis and it gets hard and sticks out. Ejaculation is when sperm or semen leaves the body. Now, there are a lot of reasons people get erections in puberty. Sometimes that leads to ejaculation, but not always. Sometimes erections happen and then they go away. I'm going to share with you the eight reasons why erections happen. The first reason is, sometimes people get erections while they're asleep. That's perfectly normal. The penis gets hard, then relaxes, gets hard then relaxes. In fact, that happens throughout the night, even when people are very little. The second reason is, sometimes people get erections while they're masturbating. That just means touching their own genitals to feel good. Erections can happen when some people say "play with themselves" but the proper word is masturbation. Another reason people have erections is when they're with someone. Sometimes people want to have erections when they are with another person. Maybe they're trying to start a family or that penis is having a fun time with someone else. Sometimes people get erections when they're with someone. Another reason people get erections is when they're nervous. Especially during puberty, with hormones rushing through people's bodies, they get erection. That can be embarrassing sometimes. So, a couple of pointers: sometimes boys will carry a book, or wear a big hoodie or jacket that can cover their body better, but usually if you just hang out erections will just go away by themselves. Another reason people get erections is stimulation, or just something rubbing against the body. That can just cause the penis to get hard and stick out sometime. Another reason people get erections is no reason at all! In fact, if you asked that person, they wouldn't have any idea why they were having an erection. I mean we all know the real reason is that there are hormones in their bodies sending a signal there to have an erection happen. Another reason people get erections is thoughts. Sometimes people just think about things that make their bodies get aroused. Maybe it's a person or thing. Sometimes they think about stuff that can cause an erection to happen. That's seven reasons, but those are seven reasons girls get erections too. But I said there were eight, right? Oh, yea the eighth reason. This one is especially true for boys. Another reason boys get erections is the morning erection. And the real reason for that is, if you remember looking at the bladder, the bladder actually during the night gets full of pee and there is part of the penis that goes inside the body. And sometimes the bladder pushes against that part of the penis. This can cause an erection. So, sometimes boys wake up and have an erection, but really there is just some pee in there. So, they can go to the bathroom, wait for the erection to go down and then they can pee. So, we just covered the eight reasons a person can get an erection. Some of those reasons can lead to an ejaculation. There are only three main reasons a person can ejaculate. The first is when they're asleep. We know that when semen leaves a penis when the person is asleep that's called a wet dream. The second, we talked about masturbation. That's when people are masturbating they notice that semen leaves their body. Early in puberty that semen might be clear, later it might tarts to become whitish in color. And lastly a person could ejaculate when they are with someone. Maybe because they're having some sort of personal or intimate act with someone or maybe because they are trying to start a family. Those are the three main reasons people ejaculate.
