# Manual sexual arousal while asleep? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 6, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000 "2013-04-06T09:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/1 "2013-04-06T09:22:29Z")
My wife told me that while I was asleep she tried to give me a hard-on using her hands but it didn’t seem to work. Is it possible that it would have worked if she did it for longer or do guys generally need to be awake for it to work. (She also considered giving me a head job but didn’t due to not knowing what my reaction would be - it might have been negative) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/2 "2013-04-06T09:47:46Z")
I’ve tried fooling around with a guy or two when he was asleep and never had anything go on down there (unless he was just pretending to be asleep in which case it wasn’t long before the jig was up). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/3 "2013-04-06T11:23:20Z")
Time to face facts: You’ve become impotent. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/4 "2013-04-06T12:02:27Z")
You sleep in the same bed?? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/5 "2013-04-06T12:08:05Z")
I usually fake like I am asleep, it seems to turn them on thinking they are molesting me somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/6 "2013-04-06T12:10:50Z")
I used to have a girlfriend who was a sex maniac. (Sometimes I miss her.) Anyway, it was common to wake up once or twice during the night with her either stroking or sucking on my cock. Not sure if the erection occurred just as I was waking up or if she got it going while I was dead asleep. Either way, it was worth being over-tired the next day. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/7 "2013-04-06T12:34:04Z")
If I ever finish writing my novel, I’ll be publishing it under the pseudonym “Manuel Arousal”. Watch for me on Kindle. ---
**Author:** ![PhilJones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@PhilJones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhilJones)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/8 "2013-04-06T12:49:35Z")
I’m happy if it works when I’m awake ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/9 "2013-04-06T13:05:16Z")
However, being ushered into awakeness with stimulation of that glorious morning hard on thats there for the plucking is a fine thing indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/10 "2013-04-06T14:42:47Z")
Of all the things in the world that never happened, this never happened most of all. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/11 "2013-04-06T14:52:18Z")
another SDMB question that is best answered empirically. everyone keep paper and pen near the bed to record results. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/12 "2013-04-06T16:05:21Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I’ve tried fooling around with a guy or two …it wasn’t long before the jig was up). Literally or figuratively? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/13 "2013-04-06T17:22:49Z")
A while back, for about four months, I had a casual woman-friend professional who needed a place to sleep once or twice a week, when she was assigned to my town and didn’t want to drive 60+ miles home. We had no prior relationship beyond coffee and a movie or two, but right from the beginning of this, without any real discussion or lead-up, she slept naked in my bed. I was in between major relationships and it was a real pleasure to have someone to cuddle with, get my feelies in and occasionally have sex. Not as often as either of us might have preferred, as she had some persistent female troubles, but my invariable reward for hotel services was to wake up in her mouth, usually already hard. So yes, some of us can get aroused while still significantly asleep. _(Those were the days, my friend, I thought they’d never end… ah, Crystal, where are you today?)_ ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/14 "2013-04-06T21:15:48Z")
I have certainly been stimulated to erection before waking up… But the problem for me is that I usually wake up needing to pee and it’s virtually impossible to reach orgasm while I have to pee. So it’s a great way to wake up, but eventually I have to ruin the moment by heading to the bathroom ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/15 "2013-04-08T05:23:51Z")
IIRC from one of those Dr Oz shows, he said men go up and down all night (during sleep, that is). It’s nature’s way of tuning things up and being sure they work. I never checked if I was doing this, and the wife never mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/16 "2013-04-08T06:48:56Z")
There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t wake up completely aroused, even if I smack the ever loving hell out of my dick the night prior. The sad part is, I never, ever remember my dreams. I want to know what my dick was thinking about, because it must have been pretty… potent… stuff. (sorry) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/17 "2013-04-08T10:25:26Z")
Have you tried smaking it like it owes you money? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/18 "2013-04-08T11:04:21Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Have you tried smaking it like it owes you money? You mean, have Tony and Big Louie do it? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/19 "2013-04-08T13:07:14Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000/20 "2013-04-08T14:54:20Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Have you tried smaking it like it owes you money? I’ve made it cough up a wad or two. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000.md?page=2)