FAQ Categories: Sexuality & Sexual Options

In addition to the disability and the limits it imposes, the problem is of getting through to the minds of the able-bodies that SIP are people with the same kind of human desires and impulses. The disabled are people, and people are sexual. Much of our sense of personhood comes from our ability to play a sexual role. T ...

The mechanism of erection are complex. When sexually aroused, a man's brain signals the muscles in the penis to relax and the blood vessels to expand. As more blood flows into the penis, the veins that normally allow blood to flow out of the organ become tightly compressed. The result of all this blood trapped blood is an erection. The consistent inability to maintain erection firm enough for sati ...

Many a spinal cord injured people not only enjoy sex, but also experience orgasm. Although the orgasm may be and feel different from those they had before injury, but they are not necessarily less satisfying or intense. Some people say that other parts of their bodies appear to compensate with greater sensitivity for the lack of feeling in their paralyzed parts. It has been found that women with S ...

The brain plays a large part in the ability of ejaculate, and in SCI the brain - penis connection is lost. Thus ability to ejaculate return less frequently, although some men experience a `phantom orgasm', without ejaculation, when their partner reaches orgasm. However, many do have an orgasm with ejaculation through the use of vibrator. Finally, as everybody knows, ejaculation is only one reflex ...