After having taken a close look at the precursor of the ejaculatory reflex, I want to return to the »real deal« with a special focus on the emission (-phase).
I explained the two phases of ejaculation in this very blog here and you can find another cool description here.
For the sake of it, let me briefly recall what we are talking about:
Ejaculation is the release of semen from the penis and is triggered when a man reaches a critical level of sexual excitement. Sexual stimulation causes nerves in the penis to send impulses to the spinal cord and on to the brain. From there, impulses are sent back to the male reproductive system telling it to release semen.
Ejaculation consists of two phases:
- the emission phase (internal release of semen) and
- the expulsion phase (external spurting/shooting of semen).
See the two anatomical pics to check on where the secretions travel within the system and how it all mixes up before leaving the cock as male milk.
At this point it gets VERY interesting:
The two phases, emission and expulsion, are separate processes controlled by separate nerve centers, and they can also occur independently of each other! It is as if there is a double-PONR when we take a really close look at the process(es): one for the emission proper and one the ejaculation proper (which makes total sense)!
When the expulsion-reflex does not take place due to sexual activity being abruptly stopped and/or due to muscular control (thru serious relaxation as I discussed before), the leaking (external release) of semen can still be achieved! Some call this milking, some speak of edging with emission-climaxes (both are highly related to this anatomical process). I talk of emission. For me emission describes for one the phase within the ejaculatory process (internal), but even more so the performance of releasing semen in a steady stream of milk out of the penis.
Read some accounts on that in my next post.
