Your body during sex
Your body during sex x - [Narrator] You know the feeling when your special someone looks at you with intent and desire? Your natural instinct starts to kick in. You now have one thing in mind, sex. There are four phases to the sexual response cycle, excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution. Excitement, in this initial stage of arousal, serotonin is released. It's a a neurotransmitter that is thought to cause you to feel happy. When you get excited or aroused, your pupils dilate, a sign your autonomic nervous system is working at increasing levels. Adrenaline is released, the heart rate starts accelerating, blood rushes to the genitals, a woman's clitoris and labia minora swell, and a man's penis becomes erect. Men experience a tightening of the scrotum, swelling of the testicles, and the discharge of liquid meant to lubricate. Women also begin lubrication. Dopamine is released, increasing your sexual desire. Everything you experience intensifies. You will now h