# Obstruction to Ejaculation (tmi I'm guessing) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775 "2006-04-07T20:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/1 "2006-04-07T20:34:03Z")
My friend and I are debating the effects of not ejaculating on orgasm for males. He contents that nothing would really happen if you, _ahem_ manually obstruct yourself from ejaculating. I say that it would probably result in an infection of some sort eventually. Anyone with ideas? Thank you in advance. ---
**Author:** ![scott62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@scott62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott62)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/2 "2006-04-07T20:38:26Z")
I seem to remember reading somewhere that tantric sex can involve several orgasms without ejaculating or somehow ejaculating into the bladder!! Am I making this up or have I really read it??? I can’t remember - I’m getting old, apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/3 "2006-04-07T20:45:53Z")
I am at work so I don’t want to did up cites but you can search for what is called a “retrograde ejaculation”. It is caused by some type of blockage. It usually doesn’t cause much problem but it can and the problems can be very painful. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/4 "2006-04-07T21:44:58Z")
It is also called **[coitus saxonicus](http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/coitus%20saxonicus)**: > [@](#): > > A birth-control method consisting in squeezing the urethra at the base of the penis immediately prior to ejaculation forcing the semen back into the urinary-bladder . > > Etymology: Dates back to the 5 th century and the invasion of England by the Germanic Saxons allegedly because these people practiced this method of contraception. > > See also: coitus-obstructus retrograde ejaculation . ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/5 "2006-04-07T21:52:58Z")
Because of medication, I frequently experience retrograde ejaculation. Basically, I ejaculate into my bladder. It’s not a problem, since it’s happening because the “valves are open”, so to speak, due to the medication. I suppose that blocking the ejaculation to effect this could injure the “valves” involved. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/6 "2006-04-07T22:32:47Z")
Retrograde ejaculation, or “dry orgasm” is not harmful to one’s health. It has a multitude of causes, ranging from diseases to medications. It may impair fertility. Manually blocking ejaculation may give rise to a certain amount of discomfort, however. [http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec21/ch240/ch240e.html](http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec21/ch240/ch240e.html) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/7 "2006-04-08T02:15:55Z")
Just a slight hijack. Don’t use this as a method of birth control, unless you want children. The reason is, there can be, and often is, viable sperm in the lubricating fluid produced during intercourse prior to ejaculation. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/8 "2006-04-08T02:43:24Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Just a slight hijack. Don’t use this as a method of birth control, unless you want children. Probably accounts for all the Saxons running around. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/9 "2006-04-08T02:47:56Z")
How similar is a vasectomy’s cut and tie to retrograde ejaculation or obstructed ejaculation? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/10 "2006-04-08T02:50:09Z")
> [@Greenback](#): > > How similar is a vasectomy’s cut and tie to retrograde ejaculation or obstructed ejaculation? Not really at all. Semen is still produced and ejaculated normally after a vasectomy, but it just contains no sperm (ideally, anyway). This has no significant effect on sperm volume. And the vas deferens, which are cut in the vasectomy, are fairly far removed from the urethra, surgically speaking anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/11 "2006-04-08T02:51:49Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Not really at all. Semen is still produced and ejaculated normally after a vasectomy, but it just contains no sperm (ideally, anyway). This has no significant effect on sperm volume. And the vas deferens, which are cut in the vasectomy, are fairly far removed from the urethra, surgically speaking anyway. :smack: that should read: “Has no effect on **semen** volume” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/12 "2006-04-08T02:52:40Z")
Not very. With a vasectomy, you still orgasm and ejactulate. But your semen doesn’t contain any sperm. It’s only the sperm supply that is cut off. The supply of lube and sugars and mucous that make up ejaculate are still present and still shoot out. ---
**Author:** ![lesandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lesandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesandi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/13 "2006-04-11T04:08:55Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Not very. With a vasectomy, you still orgasm and ejactulate. But your semen doesn’t contain any sperm. It’s only the sperm supply that is cut off. The supply of lube and sugars and mucous that make up ejaculate are still present and still shoot out. Shoot out? What are you, a cannon? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/14 "2006-04-11T04:23:26Z")
> [@lesandi](#): > > Shoot out? What are you, a cannon? 1920’s style Death… Never mind ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/15 "2006-04-11T17:07:54Z")
> [@lesandi](#): > > Shoot out? What are you, a cannon? Yours doesn’t shoot out? Huh. ---
**Author:** ![lowkey\_but\_high\_locks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lowkey\_but\_high\_locks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowkey_but_high_locks)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/16 "2006-04-11T17:15:54Z")
> [@lesandi](#): > > Shoot out? What are you, a cannon? Depending on exitment, volume, and horniness, I can get quiet abit of distance. However just trying to take off some pressure from the testes the orgasm sucks, or is nonexistant and it just dribbles out. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/17 "2006-04-11T22:15:27Z")
> [@Burrido](#): > > He contents that nothing would really happen if you, _ahem_ manually obstruct yourself from ejaculating. Umm… OUCH! ---
**Author:** ![lesandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@lesandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesandi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/18 "2006-04-12T00:29:28Z")
I’d be very curious to see the **automatic** version of an ejaculation obstructor Now that could really be “ouch!” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Means\_Go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Green\_Means\_Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Means_Go)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstruction-to-ejaculation-tmi-im-guessing/351775/19 "2006-04-12T01:50:27Z")
> [@scott62](#): > > I seem to remember reading somewhere that tantric sex can involve several orgasms without ejaculating or somehow ejaculating into the bladder!! Am I making this up or have I really read it??? I can’t remember - I’m getting old, apologies. In the book “Tantra: The Art Of Concious Loving” by Charles and Caroline Muir, a whole chapter is devoted to the idea of orgasm without ejaculation. They recommend the practice of starting and stopping the flow during urination as a method to strengthen the pubococcygeal muscle so you can use this as an avenue to stop ejaculation. The also mention methods that involve pulling, pressing, or squeezing various areas. They don’t mention the bladder thing. Probably because the squick factor is high enough as it is! 🙂