I’m seeing nothing in any of your cites (and yes, I looked at them ALL) that says
In fact, more than one of your cites says exercise appears to increase BDNF levels.
This cite: http://cure-erectile-dysfunction.org/sex-and-masturbation-addiction indicates that, rather than depleting BDNF, over-masturbating causes an “over-release” of BDNF, which supposedly leads to addictive behaviors. I’m going to take that site with a grain of salt anyway, because they’re big on penis-related supplements, and I’m getting a real woo-woo vibe from it.
This link: http://www.iovs.org/content/38/12/2619.full.pdf demonstrates that male patients with retinitis pigmentosa also usually have abnormalities in their sperm. Studies in monkeys indicate that DHA supplements offer promise. The only mention of masturbation is, that’s how they collected the sperm to test it.
This one: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21219381 says nothing about masturbation at all; it’s about the effects of dietary omega-3 supplements on sperm count and motility. Effects seem to be positive, indicating that gee, if you’ve somehow become depleted in omega-3s, take some supplements, they seem to help.
None of your cites support your hypothesis in any way, shape or form.
Your hypothesis is basically an arm waving contention that the presence of seminal fluid in a man’s testicles is (somehow) critically necessary for the support and health of other systems in the body, and that ridding your body of seminal fluid and it’s yummy basket of these chemicals depletes these systems.
You offer zero proof for this contention in your cites other than the fact that some processes and organs in the body use the same chemicals components present in seminal fluid, so (somehow) these systems must be dependent on this storehouse of seminal fluid in the testicles for their function and health.
This hypothesis is just stupid. I mean really, really stupid.
Whew. I was getting worried, before you revealed this bit of lunacy.
“The ancients said long ago” that disease was caused by evil spirits, and they didn’t even know enough to wash their hands, or boil water, to prevent all kinds of diseases. I’m not going to put a lot of stock in their opinion of internet porn.
If you want to post something useful about excessive masturbation, tell me what the ancients had to say about tennis elbow.
If one is really worried about the amount of other guys’ wanking, I’d suggest more contributing to as entertaining threads as this one and arranging more two-week visits by our relatives. Thanks, all.
Your contention is not supported here (your other claims have already been debunked). In order to demonstrate that excessive masturbation has no effect on rape, one would have to demonstrate that rapists masturbate excessively.
Maybe your research is flawed, then. Plenty of women wank, and plenty have more orgasms per session than I do. If these chemicals are so important, where are they getting them from and how are they not losing them. If your research has ignored 50% of the species, I have little respect for it.
Assuming you are an adult male, that could be your problem right there.
Read your own cite, man (wooey as it may be). Regular, daily masturbation is fine–a boon to mankind! Yes, wanking several times a day, every day, might not be a good idea for many reasons.
And now I’m counting down the minutes until some doper comes around to passionately refute that last part.
You’re confusing eggs and sperm. See link above about constant rate, for example.
Based on hypotheses about cancer, Mel Greaves states in “Cancer - The Evolutionary Legacy” that prostate cancer risk might be increased by the number of orgasms.
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn of other possible disadvantages to “excessive” masturbation (many times a day, over a lifetime). Most kinds of obsessive behavior have their drawbacks. But I suspect occasional masturbation is healthier, in general, than complete abstinence.
Nope. Like it says in the quote of My post ‘in Hindu and Buddhist traditions’.
And I started ‘Don’t they…’ because I’m pretty sure I’ve heard it somewhere. Also I don’t see how eggs could be recklessly used out. Hniyer:
I seem to remember Cecil writing a column that says it could prevent cancer ( i.e. preventing it getting cut off - now that’s shrinkage for You! )
I thought it was the opposite, a reduced risk of prostate cancer. Well, according to Wikipedia some studies did find an increased risk, but probably due to multiple sex partners and an increased risk of infections (they also only looked at intercourse, not all ejaculations):
Sorry, misread your post. Perhaps some believe that sperm, like eggs, are all created at birth, but research shows otherwise: sperm cells are continuously being manufactured.
Not to get all TMI or anything and I understand anecdote /= data but I’m almost positive my penis has increased in size since I started masturbating. (at ~12years old)
Fresh sperm should be fine, and even the oldest sperm is only a few days old, since the body constantly creates new sperm and absorbs old sperm. So there’s really no “geezer sperm” anyway. It all dies young, in your body or, if you’re lucky that night, in a woman’s body. But an older man may have more problems with DNA replication of the sperm. It’s the age of the man that matters, not the sperm.
