This is thought to cause the sexual refractory period.
During the absolute refractory period, a new action potential cannot be elicited.
I have no refractory period; the process of erection is completely under conscious control.
You could see they had a refractory period for skin response.
The average refractory period is about half an hour.
The duration of the refractory period varies considerably, even for a given individual.
However, other men are averse to stimulation during the early part of the refractory period.
The brief time taken for this re-polarisation is the refractory period.