This is what I get for reading my friend of list...

[conuly]

The amount of misinformation contained here is scary.

It is perfectly natural to not masturbate. Some people just don't. And, of course, it's perfectly natural to masturbate, and to want to - it will not make you go blind, grow hair, or get pimples. I'm a bit wary of searching for a link to prove that a lack of masturbation isn't connected to a frequency of wet dreams (don't want to find nothing but porn!) but I'm 93% confident that I am correct in that statement.

Nobody *has* to masturbate. You won't die if you don't. It's just that most people prefer to than to not.

Comments

[katschakai.livejournal.com]

That's so stupid. I'm not a guy but I can go month's without masturbation and be fine without it. I couldent think that this wouldent be same same for males.

[blurrygauze.livejournal.com]

I take it you don't continuously produce sperm

[carakarena.livejournal.com]

If you don't masturbate, hair will start growing from your palms...er...yeah...

[the-turtle-girl.livejournal.com]

I thought you got hair on your palms when you do masturbate. I am confused....

LOL

[fascinoma.livejournal.com]

Oh, and what's more is, people masturbate for all kinds of reasons besides being horny. It's good for relieving menstrual cramps, or helping you get to sleep.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

*ponders* From what I know (both from teaching informal sex-ed classes and from growing up with a lot of guy friends) you're mostly right. However, I'm pretty sure it's been proven that in the thick of puberty, frequency of masturbation usually has a direct correlation to frequency of wet dreams. However, once the hormonal surge levels out, sex drive becomes a personal thing.

Some men have lower sex drives that allow them to live comfortably without needing regular relief through masturbation. Conversely, some men have much higher sex drives, and may find themselves experiencing wet dreams if they break with a regular masturbation routine. It all comes down to the individual, just like in women. You're right - it's only social conditioning that tells us that men need release all the time.

[stejcruetekie.livejournal.com]

The first comment in that posting is rather stupid. However, the guys arguing that wet dreams and masturbation have a direct correlation are 100% correct. We're speaking from personal experience here (something you girls don't have). Sure, it may be true that technically/clinically speaking there's not a direct correlation. But the fact is that for the majority of the guys the majority of the time, there IS a direct correlation. Certainly that's been the case with every guy I've ever talked to about it.

I can't speak for girls - I'm not one, and very few websites even mention that girls have wetdreams. I do wish that you girls would stop trying to speak of something you know nothing about.

The "build up" theory? Maybe it's clinically incorrect - but it sure *feels* true. You can feel it building up over time, you can feel it released afterwards. And there's significantly more sperm after a week than after a day.

[conuly]

I do wish that you girls would stop trying to speak of something you know nothing about.

But I *do* know something about this. I educate myself. I read medical information. I don't just make stuff up.

The "build up" theory? Maybe it's clinically incorrect - but it sure *feels* true.

But it's not true. And it's wrong to act like it is just because it "feels" true. It feels true and obvious that the sun is what moves around the earth, but it's not true and there's no need to spread that misinformation.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I do wish that you girls would stop trying to speak of something you know nothing about.

Just because we don't experience ejaculation doesn't mean we know "nothing" about it. As Conuly said, some of us actually read about it, whether official studies or simply personal accounts. And some of us have been in relationships for good lengths of time--I think that sleeping with a guy for years allows me some insight into how it all works.

As I understand it, based on a scientific study I read (and my own experience), it's true for some men that when they deny themselves for a long period of time and then give in, the ejaculate tends to be greater in volume. However, that is not due to a buildup of material, as Conuly has said; it's true for women, too, that we'll often spasm harder after prolonged periods of abstinence. And when abstaining, sexual dreams (feminine wet dreams) are more common, too.

So now, perhaps, you can speak for girls, at least in a general way. Such is the wonder of communication and research.

[adiva_calandia]

It surprises me that there isn't much info on female wet dreams. Female sexuality has become so much more open in recent years. . . . Anyway, I haven't experienced one (so far as I can tell) but I know it happens.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

Amusingly enough, I read in new scientist that there is a significantly reduced prostrate cancer risk in males who ejeculated more frequently than those who did not.
So while the whole semen aspect seems liek a bunk, there are actual health benifits asociated with daily masturbation

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

My coparent(Ken) didn't masturbate nor had any sexual urges between Des(exwife) and I.

I do think with some it depends on how they feel about themselves/the opposite sex/ the world in general.

She treated him like crap, I didn't & he's still a horny toad after me.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not interested in touching on the masturbation issue, sorry, but I got something else interesting.
Apparently you're very famous on the internet, or on livejournal or something. link (http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/conuly) Yes...searching for something of mine, and I found there were a lot of links to you, and after a simple search...yes.

[katschakai.livejournal.com]

That's so stupid. I'm not a guy but I can go month's without masturbation and be fine without it. I couldent think that this wouldent be same same for males.

[blurrygauze.livejournal.com]

I take it you don't continuously produce sperm

[carakarena.livejournal.com]

If you don't masturbate, hair will start growing from your palms...er...yeah...

[the-turtle-girl.livejournal.com]

I thought you got hair on your palms when you do masturbate. I am confused....

LOL

[fascinoma.livejournal.com]

Oh, and what's more is, people masturbate for all kinds of reasons besides being horny. It's good for relieving menstrual cramps, or helping you get to sleep.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

*ponders* From what I know (both from teaching informal sex-ed classes and from growing up with a lot of guy friends) you're mostly right. However, I'm pretty sure it's been proven that in the thick of puberty, frequency of masturbation usually has a direct correlation to frequency of wet dreams. However, once the hormonal surge levels out, sex drive becomes a personal thing.

Some men have lower sex drives that allow them to live comfortably without needing regular relief through masturbation. Conversely, some men have much higher sex drives, and may find themselves experiencing wet dreams if they break with a regular masturbation routine. It all comes down to the individual, just like in women. You're right - it's only social conditioning that tells us that men need release all the time.

[stejcruetekie.livejournal.com]

The first comment in that posting is rather stupid. However, the guys arguing that wet dreams and masturbation have a direct correlation are 100% correct. We're speaking from personal experience here (something you girls don't have). Sure, it may be true that technically/clinically speaking there's not a direct correlation. But the fact is that for the majority of the guys the majority of the time, there IS a direct correlation. Certainly that's been the case with every guy I've ever talked to about it.

I can't speak for girls - I'm not one, and very few websites even mention that girls have wetdreams. I do wish that you girls would stop trying to speak of something you know nothing about.

The "build up" theory? Maybe it's clinically incorrect - but it sure *feels* true. You can feel it building up over time, you can feel it released afterwards. And there's significantly more sperm after a week than after a day.

[conuly]

I do wish that you girls would stop trying to speak of something you know nothing about.

But I *do* know something about this. I educate myself. I read medical information. I don't just make stuff up.

The "build up" theory? Maybe it's clinically incorrect - but it sure *feels* true.

But it's not true. And it's wrong to act like it is just because it "feels" true. It feels true and obvious that the sun is what moves around the earth, but it's not true and there's no need to spread that misinformation.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I do wish that you girls would stop trying to speak of something you know nothing about.

Just because we don't experience ejaculation doesn't mean we know "nothing" about it. As Conuly said, some of us actually read about it, whether official studies or simply personal accounts. And some of us have been in relationships for good lengths of time--I think that sleeping with a guy for years allows me some insight into how it all works.

As I understand it, based on a scientific study I read (and my own experience), it's true for some men that when they deny themselves for a long period of time and then give in, the ejaculate tends to be greater in volume. However, that is not due to a buildup of material, as Conuly has said; it's true for women, too, that we'll often spasm harder after prolonged periods of abstinence. And when abstaining, sexual dreams (feminine wet dreams) are more common, too.

So now, perhaps, you can speak for girls, at least in a general way. Such is the wonder of communication and research.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

Amusingly enough, I read in new scientist that there is a significantly reduced prostrate cancer risk in males who ejeculated more frequently than those who did not.
So while the whole semen aspect seems liek a bunk, there are actual health benifits asociated with daily masturbation

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

My coparent(Ken) didn't masturbate nor had any sexual urges between Des(exwife) and I.

I do think with some it depends on how they feel about themselves/the opposite sex/ the world in general.

She treated him like crap, I didn't & he's still a horny toad after me.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not interested in touching on the masturbation issue, sorry, but I got something else interesting.
Apparently you're very famous on the internet, or on livejournal or something. link (http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/conuly) Yes...searching for something of mine, and I found there were a lot of links to you, and after a simple search...yes.