“Vaginal wetness could be an issue.”
Getting a boner in microgravity is hard.
Gravity helps our blood flow to the lower parts of our body, so in space, blood rises to your head and chest, Anderson University physicist and astronomer John Millis, Ph.D., told BuzzFeed over email.
You can thank gravity for that stiffy. In microgravity, it would be difficult for enough blood to flow to the penis during an erection, he explains. I bet Sir Isaac Newton never thought of that.
"Male arousal would be more challenging in space, though it could still technically be possible," said Millis. Unfortunately, NASA has not admitted to studying this touchy subject, he said. Until we get some empirical evidence on space boners, this will remain one of life's greatest mysteries.
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It won't be easy to get a lady boner either.
Women have the same exact problem. When they're aroused blood rushes to their genitals, causing the clitoris to swell and lubrication to secrete. Not so much in microgravity, says Millis.
We don't really know much about female arousal in space, since no one has admitted to studying this officially. "NASA could be easily monitoring this while the astronauts slept," according to Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., in a report published by the The Kinsey Institute. Freaky.
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Vaginal wetness could be an issue.
"Vaginal wetness could be an issue as the fluid - like sweat and tears - will tend to pool at the location of secretion in the absence of gravity. This wouldn't inhibit arousal necessarily, but I imagine it would be uncomfortable/unpleasant," Millis said.
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You'll have a lower libido.
Testosterone increases your sex drive. But for some reason, male testosterone levels have been seen to fall during their time in space, says Millis.
NASA is unsure why this occurs. But the astronauts' testosterone levels did return to normal once they came back to Earth, writes Noonan.
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