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Article #6Re: Evolutionary basis for involuntary erections
From: Ronald A. Amundson
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 06:41
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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Newsgroups: sci.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!news.hawaii.edu!uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!ronald From: ronald@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Ronald A. Amundson) Subject: Re: Evolutionary basis for involuntary erections Message-ID: <1992Nov3.064124.28451@news.Hawaii.Edu> Sender: root@news.Hawaii.Edu (News Service) Nntp-Posting-Host: uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu Organization: University of Hawaii References: <1d1oc9INN3v5@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 06:41:24 GMT Lines: 19