# Can paraplegics ejaculate??

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**Created:** [March 23, 2000, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-paraplegics-ejaculate/15065 "2000-03-23T13:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hoo-Flung\_Dung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@Hoo-Flung\_Dung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoo-Flung_Dung)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-paraplegics-ejaculate/15065/1 "2000-03-23T13:00:00Z")

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Its been bugging me ever since my mates Noodle & Warp brought it up (the subject)

does anybody know whether para/quadraplegics actually “get it up” if so can they ejaculate??

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-paraplegics-ejaculate/15065/2 "2000-03-23T13:15:00Z")

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I’m not sure if this is a troll or not, but I’ll answer. Yes, but not like physically able people. A friend of mine is in wheel chair and he takes a medicinal liquid sort of like Viagra, to get an erection. He, of course, has no feeling in his penis, but since sex is mainly mental he can orgasm.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-paraplegics-ejaculate/15065/3 "2000-03-23T13:58:00Z")

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For some reason I was watching Howard Stern on TV. (I don’t even like his show!) He had a paraplegic who said she’s become more sensitive since her accident. She said, “Even a stiff breeze [could do it].”

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“I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry

Are you a turtle?

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**Author:** ![Thing\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Thing\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_1)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-paraplegics-ejaculate/15065/4 "2000-03-23T16:17:00Z")

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I think it depends on the nature of the damage to the spinal cord/nerves. I read an account of a classmate of mine in college who was wheelchair bound without the use of his legs who was able to perform intercourse.

I am under the impression that Ron Kovic (sp?) cannot get an erection as a result of his injury. I am basing this on the movie Born on the 4th of July so I might be wrong.

John

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Then he got up on top  
With a tip of his hat.  
“I call this game FUN-IN- A-BOX”  
Said the cat.

-The Cat in the Hat

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-paraplegics-ejaculate/15065/5 "2000-03-23T17:04:00Z")

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A number of para/quadraplegics with children should be a clue…