I've noticed, both here and elsewhere, that a lot of guys seem to think there is something really bad about ejaculation. Some guys for some reason think it's only bad to ejaculate from masturbation, and that from sex it's OK - others go even further and say it's best not to ejaculate even when having sex.
I am mystified by this. Totally baffled. Ejaculating feels GOOD. Sex acts that don't lead to ejaculation typically end up feeling unfinished, don't they? At least, they certainly do if you're alert and horny, it's a bit different if you're just having a gentle snuggle at the end of a long day, or have already had more energetic sex.
The common argument against this is that ejaculating "uses up energy". Well, yes, this is true - but then, so does sex whether it leads to ejaculation or not. Walking uses up energy, as does playing sports, working out, thinking and breathing. Your body is converting chemical energy into heat 24/7. If it stopped, you'd die. This is fine, because we replenish our energy levels every day, by eating food. Implying that someone will end up enfeebled from "using up energy" is like implying someone will end up penniless from spending money - it's not a problem as long as you're consuming energy/earning money at the same rate you use it up.
Not ejaculation isn't just extremely frustrating, it's also bad for you - men who only ejaculate a few times a month are at a 50% higher risk of prostate cancer compared to men who ejaculate most days.
To me the whole thing just harks back to the bad old days of medical pseudoscience, with textbook drawings of the 'chronic masturbator', deranged, enfeebled, possibly blinded by their ungodly, unnatural habits...
And before anyone decides to lecture my ignorant Western ass about the amazing insights of traditional Chinese medicine, I'd like to point out that a traditional Chinese contraption method requires the woman to swallow a precise number of live tadpoles. (And no, it doesn't work - unless by making her feel too queasy to have sex in the first place, I guess). My point is that a belief is not necessarily true just because it's very ancient - in fact the more ancient the belief, the less likely it is to be true.
I am mystified by this. Totally baffled. Ejaculating feels GOOD. Sex acts that don't lead to ejaculation typically end up feeling unfinished, don't they? At least, they certainly do if you're alert and horny, it's a bit different if you're just having a gentle snuggle at the end of a long day, or have already had more energetic sex.
The common argument against this is that ejaculating "uses up energy". Well, yes, this is true - but then, so does sex whether it leads to ejaculation or not. Walking uses up energy, as does playing sports, working out, thinking and breathing. Your body is converting chemical energy into heat 24/7. If it stopped, you'd die. This is fine, because we replenish our energy levels every day, by eating food. Implying that someone will end up enfeebled from "using up energy" is like implying someone will end up penniless from spending money - it's not a problem as long as you're consuming energy/earning money at the same rate you use it up.
Not ejaculation isn't just extremely frustrating, it's also bad for you - men who only ejaculate a few times a month are at a 50% higher risk of prostate cancer compared to men who ejaculate most days.
To me the whole thing just harks back to the bad old days of medical pseudoscience, with textbook drawings of the 'chronic masturbator', deranged, enfeebled, possibly blinded by their ungodly, unnatural habits...
And before anyone decides to lecture my ignorant Western ass about the amazing insights of traditional Chinese medicine, I'd like to point out that a traditional Chinese contraption method requires the woman to swallow a precise number of live tadpoles. (And no, it doesn't work - unless by making her feel too queasy to have sex in the first place, I guess). My point is that a belief is not necessarily true just because it's very ancient - in fact the more ancient the belief, the less likely it is to be true.
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