# Great News!! Frequent masturbation lowers prostate cancer risk. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976 "2003-07-16T20:28:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/21 "2003-07-17T02:40:28Z")
Alright the facts are before us guys. Don’t blow it. It’s really not that hard. On second thought, make it hard, then blow it. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/22 "2003-07-17T03:13:18Z")
If they could do that, there’d be no one here to respond to the thread… And how about us females? Is there some sort of bank we could give to for our own efforts? I’m a great believer in charity work and it does seem like such a worthy cause. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/23 "2003-07-17T04:12:15Z")
[I think the morons.org link is worth reposting.](http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=6&id=3635&_full=true) I doubt anyone will see it in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198159). ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/24 "2003-07-17T04:50:49Z")
Oh dear—I’m behind. I’ll have to nip _that_ in the bud. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/25 "2003-07-17T04:57:11Z")
What about hand jobs and blow jobs? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/26 "2003-07-17T05:06:42Z")
Come back, Jocelyn Elders, all is forgiven! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/27 "2003-07-17T05:20:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eilsel \* > \*\*What about hand jobs and blow jobs? 😃 \*\* Well, I’m a hands on kind of guy. I’m up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/28 "2003-07-17T05:23:15Z")
Well, I may have MS, but prostate cancer will _never_ touch me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/29 "2003-07-17T05:24:07Z")
NCB, C’mere, lemme keep you safe 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Carcosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/30 "2003-07-17T06:26:13Z")
This should be interesting. I imagine it’s only a matter of time before massage parlors start billing insurance companies for handjobs. If you have Blue Cross Blue Shield you don’t need to have blue balls. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/31 "2003-07-17T07:20:48Z")
“Jimmy, have you masturbated today?” “No, mom.” “Well, no dessert until you finish your chores.” “Aww, mom, do I hafta?” “No back-talk, young man. You go up to your room right now.” ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/32 "2003-07-17T12:51:51Z")
With enough studies, we’ll be able to justify a life of masturbation, a diet of bacon and cookies, and free time spent on the couch watching stolen cable. We just have to find the right researchers. We’re making progress. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/33 "2003-07-17T13:19:05Z")
Anybody else notice how many threads were opened on this topic? Mass jubilation on a scale I haven’t seen before on this board. I think I have a much better sense of who I’m communicating with online now. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/34 "2003-07-17T13:32:19Z")
I lowered my risk this morning! ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/35 "2003-07-17T13:34:53Z")
:eek: TMI ALERT!!! TMI ALERT!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/36 "2003-07-17T13:49:56Z")
Part of a balanced, healthy diet. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/37 "2003-07-17T14:11:51Z")
With as many duplicate threads **Cajun Man** has been closing, maybe he should post a sticky thread about this topic. “Sticky?” Maybe that’s not such a good word to use here. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/38 "2003-07-17T14:17:07Z")
Have you hugged your penis today? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/39 "2003-07-17T14:32:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Hey look, I’m beating the odds. \*\* Come again? _yeah, I posted this in one of the closed threads, whatcha gonna do about it, Joel?_ ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976/40 "2003-07-17T14:48:39Z")
I’m just glad that it doesn’t say you HAVE to stop at 50 years old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-frequent-masturbation-lowers-prostate-cancer-risk/188976.md?page=3)