Chapter One: Male Anatomy
“Why do I have to read about my own anatomy?” I'll tell you why. It's because the more
you understand how you're put together and how all that stuff works, the better you'll be
at getting it to look and work the way you want it to.
Your sex organs and all the underlying tissues, muscles and glands are put together in
such a way that you can do a lot of things with them – send semen hurtling toward an
egg, feel sexual pleasure and have an orgasm for fun, give pleasure, urinate, and produce
hormones that your body needs (mostly to do all of the things just mentioned, along with
growing a beard and having generally more muscle mass than women).
Your sex organs and all of the parts of your body that are related to them are fascinating
in the way they're assembled and the way that they work.
The Penis
Your penis is the most recognized part of your grouping of sexual organs. It consists of
the head (sometimes called the glans), the corona, frenum and urethral meatus, and
finally the shaft. Uncircumcised men will also have a foreskin.
So, starting at the tip of your organ, you'll find the urethral meatus. This is the opening
where urine and semen come out, and it's located towards the middle of the head. I say
“towards” because if you are looking for it to be perfectly centered, you might find that it
isn't perfectly centered. Often it is, sometimes it's not – don't worry about it.
The ridge that runs all the way around the bottom of your head is called the corona, and
just below the underside of the corona, where it looks like the ridge is coming together, is
the frenum – it's that small piece of skin, which for some is extremely sensitive.
Speaking of sensitive, the head is also very sensitive and if you're uncircumcised, your
foreskin will most likely be pretty sensitive, too.
The shaft is the part that worries most men when it comes to size – worrying that it's not
big enough, as in long or thick enough or both. The shaft looks wrinkly, with a skin color
that may be slightly darker than the rest of your skin when you're flaccid. When the shaft
is erect, it has bulging veins, and may turn dark red, purple or bluish (the change and
variation of color is normal).
If you're not circumcised, you'll also have a foreskin, which I already mentioned can be
very sensitive. Foreskin is extra skin that covers the head of your penis when it isn't erect.
All men are born with foreskin, but it's become common practice to have it removed in
infancy for medical, social, or religious reasons.