Why does the human male body need a Refractory Period following orgasm?
Would forgoing a Refractory Period ultimately be harmful?
Hypothetical: Suppose I were to find a magic lamp and release a Genie who had been imprisoned inside. The Genie offers to grant any wish as reward for his release. (I gave the Genie some release I figure the Genie ought to give me some release, so. . .) I wish to have full control over my erection and wish to be able to achieve one orgasm after another with interval enough just to be able to tell where one stops and the other begins- No Refractory Period.
Here’s the GQ:
If I then go on to recklessly exercise my new powers will there be any harmful side effects? Will I damage any of my biological systems or equipment?
WAG: It keeps you from expending valuable energy mating when you’ve released your sperm. If you orgasm again five minutes later, what’s gonna come out?
I think it would have to be more human-specific than that, Alereon. IIRC, chimps can let fly far more frequently. (But they also have the cajones to back it up, so to speak.)
I would guess it’s all related to the mystery that is called human serial monogamy.
i agree with Alereon. when you donate sperm they ask you whether you have ejaculated in the last 24 hours i think, so if that much is needed to produce a good amount of sperm then it would probably be prudent from evolutionary standpoint to wait at least “some” time
Also, ejaculate isn’t just sperm.
There is a lot of fluid (80-90% of it) which only serves to help the swimmers.
Lubrication of ejaculate. This serves two purposes, it goes through the urethra quicker and faster. And it makes it easier for the swimmers to swim up stream.
Food for the sperm. This is protien and sugar that the sperm get through diffusion while swimming through the ejaculate fluid so strength them for the longest five inch swim ever.
Thus, if you could ejaculate every 5 seconds:
a. It might become very painful to ejaculate after a while because of 1 above.
b. The sperm that were made in that time (maybe what 5000 or so) would have so little food to help them out it would be pointless to do so even if the numbers of sperm were higher.
Plus, related to toadspittle’s point, this allows the Ladies Man time to cuddle, run off and mate with another fine woman.
Just make sure you get a smilie face tatooed on your bottom with the words, “Have a nice day” around it. You know… it makes women feel better.
