The Erotic Highway
Yes, coma69toast,
Please read the postings a few threads down, where a poor guy apparently has too much of the good stuff for some women to handle...
Everyone has pre-cum. It's normal. You do too, except yours is probably in the form of very tiny microscopic droplets. Of course, it's never as much as true ejaculate, but sometimes enough to lubricate nicely. And, with everything else, there's a curve; if you can't see or feel a single drop, you're probably a little on the lesser side....and the guy in the thread below is at the other end of the spectrum.
As to how soon after arousal: well, you need an erection, so that's a given. No precum will cum before its time, LOL. So, it's very individual, really. But I'd wager that for most men, it happens after arousal and during plateau [if we're gonna go the Masters&Johnson route.]
Don't worry. A lot of women do not like pre-cum for oral sex, since it can get sort of slimey. Pre-cum does not have the same consistency as ejaculate, that's for sure. It's sorta stickier, thinner, more like vaginal mucus, actually. It sticks to your gums and you can't get up and rinse, because that's a sure moodkiller. So you're kind of stuck with it [pun intended.] I have to be honest here too [since I still was a woman, last time I checked]: For BBBJ's, I prefer real ejaculate to pre-cum, although for coitus, it's da bomb. Can't go wrong there. It's the best lubricant imaginable!
Hmmm...pre-cum, Dominus te cum, ta dum, ta dum, ta dum 
the Love Goddess
-- Modified on 3/6/2008 6:03:45 PM
Actually, my post did say that pre-cum adjusts the pH level in the male's urethra (not the female's, which isn't involved at that point). The vagina, as you know, is naturally slightly acidic, but a man's urethra could be much more acidic than ideal if he's recently urinated, and being off just a bit in the pH level can wreak havoc on the little swimmers.
I can't write that sentence without thinking about that old Woody Allen movie where he's a sperm about to bail out and, of course, he has an anxiety attack when the alarm bell goes off and it's time to jump.
Anyway, as to where I read it, it's just part of the vast amount of arcane information I've absorbed over the years that I can no longer recall the source. I guess there's a joke about aging in there somewhere- the good news is you've learned a lot of things, the bad news is you can't remember from where. 
But the study I can't recall that's really been driving me crazy for 30 years was by some university researchers that classified male personality types based on the female body part they found most sexually attractive. For example, a man attracted to a woman's legs was found to be a different personality type than say a man attracted to a woman's breasts. Of course, we're all boob men at some level, but they were talking about primary attraction.
Based on that approach I must have multiple personality disorder, however, because I've noticed over many years of intense observation (with no regard to my own personal safety, I should add) that my attraction to a woman's body changes significantly depending on my mood, stress level, energy level and all sort of other variables- even, for example, if I'm getting sick!
I have no idea if other men have experienced this or not, but I always thought it was a topic the people on TER would find entertaining, if nothing else. Of course, there have been a lot of studies about how women's attraction to male features changes throughout their monthly cycle, but this was the only thing I'd read of a similar nature regarding men.
-- Modified on 3/10/2008 1:22:43 AM
I couldn't let your previous statement stand that per-cum "has no real purpose other than to announce that sperm's a comin'."
After I posted my comments you came up with several purposes above that contradicted your original statement.
TER is not a court of law, nor are my posts Ph.D. dissertations, nor are they passages from a book which must have footnoted sources. I'm not wrong just because I can't quote a reference. I spent many years in college but I can't give you the author or publisher of a single one of my textbooks. Does that mean I don't know anything?
Rather than trying to discredit me in order to shut me up, why didn't you just write a more complete response in the first place?
My role on this board is not the same as yours. 95% of everything on this site is anecdotal, most of it written by guys with a teenager's understanding of human sexuality. At least my posts are well thought out and informative. Why don't you do a search back 6 or 7 years and read some of the contributions I've made to this site, some of which have now been read over 7,000 times and linked to repeatedly. Then tell me whether or not I meet the high standard of this board.
-- Modified on 3/10/2008 10:26:40 AM
