Why do men lose interest in the sexual activities or anything arousal in general extremely quickly after having an orgasm? How does function of being horny work? How are genitals connected to our decision making capabilities? Why sexual release can change things this fast and this drastically?
It would be funny if I find out I am the only one,
but I assume I am not since all the gags and posts about “post nut clarity” or finding the “content” you are watching becoming unbearable right after you come.
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There’s an evolutionarily selected thing called a refractory period, which is a time interval where men can’t physically have orgasms after the initial orgasm. Why the the case?
Two things to think about (both not ELI5):
1. Orgasms are absolutely critical to sex (for men). They are a build up of excitement / muscle tension that drives sudden release tied to massive convulsions of the pelvic region and for males, ejaculation of sperm into a vagina. It’s really hard to have ejaculation without orgasm / it’s a neurological disorder.
2. The human penis (for those redditors who haven’t seen one before) looks like a pole with a fatter tip at the end called a glans. It turns out the penis can scoop out sperm that already exists in a vagina.
So why the refractory period? The refractory period improves the likelihood of fertilization. For one thing: it gives some time for the sperm inside the women to propel themselves up the uterus to a unfertilized egg. Imagine trying to swim while addition thrusts/motions are going on – very unproductive. The refractory period creates this calm/tiredness that allows it to move. Secondly, by no thrusting, your glans won’t extract the semen it’s already ejaculated. It’s thought the glans was evolved as a competition strategy to remove sperm from competing males, at a time historically when multiple males would gang up on a female and the penis shape helped with improving sexual competition.
Disclaimer: this penis trait is NOT a contraceptive method. The penis shape isn’t designed to remove all sperm; all you need is to remove enough sperm so that when you ejaculate, you can outcompete the prior ejaculee. For fertilization, all it takes is 1 sperm to win.
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