RECHARGING? Some scientists wonder if the unconscious erections that occur when a man sleeps might be the bodyÂ?s way of making sure oxygen levels in penile tissue stay high. (istockphoto / August 15, 2008)
Urology clinics have a saying: “Erections make erections.”
In other words, sex is not unlike sports. If you want to be a good tennis player, play lots of tennis; if you want to be a good lover, make lots of love.
This maxim springs more from anecdotal observations than from scientific studies: Men who have erection problems tend not to have much sex, urologists noticed. And those who don’t, have plenty. Then again, anyone with a passing knowledge of the birds and the bees might have guessed as much.
So, which happens first in the use-it-or-lose-it Olympics? In sports as in sex, we like to do what we’re good at doing. Perhaps when some men find that their previous prowess — be it at backhands or erections — isn’t what it used to be, they start sitting out more and more games.
Use it or lose it: Yes, it’s true — South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
