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Erection

An erection is when the penis gets bigger and stiffer. During sexual arousal the penis on a adolescent boy or man ? will get filled with blood and get enlarged and point more straight or upright. This is so the penis can go into the vagina for sex. After sexual arousal is over, an erection takes a minute or two to go away.

I have no tips for avoiding unwanted erections except to try not to think about sex.

Men and boys get erections a few times during the night. This is apparently the body's way of checking that all the plumbing works, because reproduction is our genes ?' number one job. Don't have sex with a man while he's sleeping, that's rape.

Waking up with an erection is called "morning wood" and is normal.

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Hard-on
Stiffy
Boner
Woody