When I was younger they often happened for no particular reason. In my 60's random erections still happen on occasion lol. These days when I want to get it up I still can. Just the other day a lovely human sent me a picture of herself naked. I had no problem getting an erection at all.
Progression of life: - Up to mid 30. Almost all the time Seeing a female I liked looking at Seeing women in bras, bathing suits and bikinis in catalogues Talking about sex Thinking about females (VERRRRRY OFTEN) Being next to a woman who turned me on - Up to late 40 Seeing a woman that turned me on Knowing I was going to have sex About to have sex Talking about sex Getting touched and touching - Up to early 50 About to have sex or something sexual Sometimes thinking and talking about sex - Mid 50 to now When masturbating, it takes longer to get there When having sex. Doesn’t get hard right away most of the time
It's also worth mentioning that the same stuff still gets me just as aroused as it ever did when I was younger and more "eager to go." I don't need an erection to be physically aroused. If I see a cute girl in revealing or attractive clothing or if I'm having a sexually charged interaction with someone, I can feel blood rushing into my penis and it feels almost like it's softly vibrating from the inside. It's just not enough to make it hard. But I can definitely feel it and there is no question why it's happening or what my body wants me to do about it.
@SandBook I agree. With age the inner arousal is still there but the outer sign needs more work to manifest itself
I'll usually have morning wood followed by 6-7 spontaneous erections throughout the day, as for sexual erections just a few seconds for a beautiful woman
As a man in his early fifties the desire is definately there as strong as ever,however the body takes a bit of time to catch up with the thoughts. Can definately still get the strong erections,they are just not as instantanious as they once were