Following the arousal phase, a gradual and not well-defined transition into the second phase occurs. This is often called the plateau stage. After the preliminary period of stroking the entire body, the husband may enjoy fondling his wife’s breasts, and she may enjoy his caresses and kisses on the nipple area. At first, the nipple becomes more firm and stands out from the breast; then as excitement increases, the nipple may appear to be somewhat hidden by the swelling of surrounding tissues. This surrounding engorgement helps guard the sensitive nipple from excessive stimulation.
A gentle caressing of the genitalia will greatly increase sexual excitement at this point. Be creative and imaginative rather than rough, blundering, or predictable in your approach. Always remember that stirring the imagination helps bring about the most response in both men and women. Anything is permissible as long as it is desired by both partners, affords mutual pleasure, and does not offend either partner. The Scriptures tell us that the joyous sexual expression of love between husband and wife is God’s plan. Hebrews 13:4 proclaims the fact that the marriage union is honorable and the bed undefiled. The word translated bed in the Greek New Testament is actually coitus, the word meaning sexual intercourse. Read the rest of this entry »
This time of sexual stimulation, often called foreplay, can be delightful for both husband and wife, if the husband realizes that his tender skill at this point will prepare his wife for the love act itself. Most women like to be wooed and won. Let the man indicate by the way he approaches his wife that he is demonstrating his love for her, not claiming sex as his right. The husband must be careful not to appear hurried, crude, rude, mechanical, or impatient!
Sexual intercourse can be a joyful affirmation of the life two people share, or it can be a revelation of defects in their relationship. It will either draw a couple together or push them apart. Because your sexual relationship will tend to reflect your emotional relationship, it is important to realize that every meaningful, fully enjoyable sex act really begins with a loving, attentive attitude hours or even days before. Husband, you should be aware that your wife views the sex act as part of her total relationship with you, even though you, like other men, may think of it separately. When both partners assume the responsibility for giving of their total selves— physically, emotionally, and spiritually—sexual interaction becomes a dynamic way of fully expressing love for each other. It is your daily behavior toward each other that will measure the extent and depth of the pleasure you find in making love sexually. Read the rest of this entry »
As we conclude this section on physiology, it is interesting to realize that the female and the male sex organs develop out of the same structures. The most obvious of these similar structures are the clitoris and the penis. The clitoris repeats—reduced and modified—the chief elements of the male penis. The spongy tissues of the clitoris that engorge with blood are similar to the glans of the penis with its numerous nerve endings and great sensitivity. The muscles at the base of the penis are repeated in the pubococcygeus (P.C.) muscles surrounding the vagina. The female major lips are the counterpart of the male scrotum. In some degree, the meeting of the outer folds of the inner lips over the clitoris corresponds to the foreskin over the glans of the penis. Read the rest of this entry »
Within the intimacy of their marriage and in the privacy of their bedroom, man and woman gradually learn the meaning of the Genesis pronouncement: “They shall be one flesh.”
Please note that this is a learning process, with husband and wife progressively discovering how to provide pleasure for each other. They begin with some explicit information (the more the better); then with growing delight, they find out by experience and application of information just how to make love and impart maximum joy to their mate.
Several hindrances have blocked this learning process in the past. First of all, young couples were brainwashed by the romantic novels and movies that suggested that “it all comes naturally.” Then many people have been defensive about their knowledge and skills as lovers, feeling that they must pretend to know it all or else admit to personal deficiencies. Read the rest of this entry »
Semen. - Июль 16th, 2009
Just past the prostate are the two openings of the glands that secrete mucus to lubricate the urinary canal for easy movement of the semen during ejaculation. Some of this lubricating fluid may escape from the penis during the erection before orgasm. The fluid, with the secretions from the female vagina, helps provide easier entry of the penis into the vagina. This oozing during excitement is natural and beneficial and does not mean that semen is being “lost,” nor is it a sign of sexual weakness or venereal disease. However, you must be careful, as there may be enough sperm in this small amount of lubricating fluid to produce a pregnancy. This is one of the reasons the withdrawing of the penis from the vagina just before ejaculation is not an effective means of birth control. Read the rest of this entry »
Prostate. The prostate gland, approximately the size of a walnut, is located at the base of the urinary bladder. This gland literally encircles the urethra, the tube emptying the bladder, which is the only exit for urine from the bladder. Because of the intimate anatomic relationship between the prostate, the bladder neck, and the urethra, a benign enlargement of the prostate poses a concern regarding various degrees of bladder outflow obstruction. As we age, the prostate enlarges so that a man in his sixties and seventies will generally have a prostate two to three times the size of a man in his twenties and thirties. Due to the benign enlargement of the prostate, the amount of sperm often decreases and becomes more watery in consistency. In addition, the ejaculate exits the penis with much less force than in younger men. Read the rest of this entry »
Testicles. The two testicles are normally carried in the scrotum—a double sac divided by a membrane. Each testicle is about the size and shape of the female ovary. Its main structure is a mass of tiny, coiled tubes in which the male reproductive cells, called sperm cells, are produced. The new sperm move off into other small tubes that cover one side of the testicle in a bundle. This bundle is called the epididymis. Then the sperm are carried to the prostate gland in a larger and longer tube—the vas deferens—which takes a roundabout course through the inside of the pelvis— about eighteen inches in all.
In performing a vasectomy for sterilization of the husband, a one- to two-inch section of each vas deferens is removed. Read the rest of this entry »
HTML clipboardPenis. The most obvious fact about the penis is that it can be distended with blood under mental or physical stimulus, so that it becomes stiff or erect. The penis is made up of three columns of spongy erectile tissue—the middle one containing the urethra. The head of the penis is called the glans and is very sensitive to touch. The glans contains many nerve endings, which help build orgasmic tensions during sexual contact.
At birth the glans is covered by a fold of skin called the prepuce or foreskin. The foreskin requires special care to keep it clean and prevent accumulation of a greasy secretion called smegma. If the foreskin is too tight, it may interfere with erection and intercourse. For these reasons, the practice of circumcision shortly after birth has grown in popularity as a hygienic measure. Circumcision is the cutting off of enough foreskin to leave the glans exposed. Read the rest of this entry »
The Male Reproductive System
To aid in understanding the anatomy of the male sex organs, please refer to the accompanying drawings. There are three basic male sex organs:
1. The penis, with its glands and tissues
2. The testicles, also called the gonads or sex glands
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Birth is remarkable — all the more so because the reproductive organs, having performed an enormous task, very soon return to their former size and functions. Within about a month they are ready to begin again. The first ovulation after delivery is likely to occur about this time. Although nursing may hasten the return of the reproductive organs to their original size and may delay menstruation, it will not always prevent ovulation, as many people believe. Therefore, conception can occur before the first menstrual period after delivery. Most often the first period occurs about six weeks after delivery. This is about the time the new mother should return to her physician for her six weeks examination. Read the rest of this entry »
To Ed Wheat Sr. and Gladys Gibson Wheat, whose commitment, devotion, warmth, generosity, and integrity stood for fifty years as a beautiful picture of genuine agape love.