A friend had told me that it is medically harmful for a male
to go long periods of time without ejaculating. Is this true
or just a myth? I have searched the net myself and can't find
any answers. My question isn't about whether masturbation is
right or wrong, or if it is good or bad for your body.
Simply, is it unhealthy or is it ok to go long periods of time
without ejaculating? Can you help with an answer?
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:03 PM
Great question! Unfortunately I don't believe there's a solid
medical answer. By that I mean, I don't believe there have
been any clinical trials to actually determine the answer.
That said, I personally have gone months without ejaculating
when I was much younger and it did not cause me any harm. I
did experience some nocturnal emissions but that is probably
to be expected.
There are really two schools of thought regarding this topic.
Some think it's harmful because you are not exercising your
internal organs. When the body is not used, it tends to
atrophy and weaken. The same might be said of the parts of
the body that are stimulated, or in this case, not
stimulated through the process of ejaculation.
Others feel that withholding ejaculation actually helps by
lowering your energy expenditure. This tends to be a more
Eastern philosophy (Chi, internal energy is believed by some
to be directly tied to semen production). To be clear
however, most practices such as Taoism aren't saying to just
stop ejaculating. They use specific exercises to stimulate
the genitals and a sort of meditation to circulate the store
of energy throughout the body. We have some articles on these
types of practices here:
http://www.penis-resources.com/taoist-penile-enhancement.html
I hope you find this information useful. Ultimately I feel
that abstaining from ejaculating is neither right nor wrong,
it's a completely personal decision.
