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Re: Evolutionary basis for involuntary erections

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From: Ronald A. Amundson
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 06:41
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In article <1d1oc9INN3v5@agate.berkeley.edu> jhcooper@ocf.berkeley.edu (John Hutton Cooper) writes:
>Does anyone know any survival advantage of involuntary erections of
>the penis rather than voluntary control of erections?
>


Better still, does anyone know of any survival advantange of _any_
kind of erections, however caused?  Are they useful as weapons?  Do
they enhance the speed of flight from predators?  Can one use one's
erection to knock nutritious food items down from high branches of
trees?

Perhaps the intended question was whether there was a _reproductive_
advantage of involuntary erections.  I suppose that might be the same
thing as the reproductive advantage of involuntary sexual arousal,
assuming there was a reproductive advantage of tying sexual arousal
(in males) to the having of erections.
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