Why do one's loins ache after a session of nonclimactic arousal?

To quote “Ghost World,” one one of the best movies ever made:

“Have you never heard of the miracle of masturbation?”

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“At least one researcher has suggested that pressure in the gonads during sex can cause a back-up of sperm into the prostate, which in turn can lead to prostate cancer”

Congestive prostatitis is a well know risk but it’s a big jump to prostate cancer when you consider thousands if not millions of Chinese practice “reverse ejaculation” in the mistaken belief that ejaculation weakens a you somehow.

I understood the rule, and remembered to copy the topic title but forgot to link it. Sorry!

How exactly do you ‘practice’ reverse ejaculation? I thought it was caused by a swollen prostate or something.

I’ve heard of this, but where do you get the numbers?
I wonder if chinese women who experience ejaculation ‘practice reverse’?

I hate to ask, but is this a joke? I thought the ususal treatment was, well, I didn’t know this was something that* was* treated