This may have been covered before here, but it seemed appropriate SDN material:
SUMMARY: Researchers find that men who masturbate frequently are at a reduced risk of cancer.
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Frequent masturbation may help men cut their risk of contracting prostate cancer, Australian researchers have found. It is believed that carcinogens may build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly, BBC News reported on Wednesday. The researchers surveyed more than 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer, and 1,250 men who had not. They found that men who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to get cancer. Men who ejaculated more than five times each week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer.
Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because of the higher risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could in turn raise the risk of cancer. "Had we been able to remove ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have been an even stronger protective effect of ejaculations," Graham Giles of the Cancer Council Victoria, who led the researchers, said in the article.
The prostate produces a fluid that is incorporated into ejaculation, which activates sperm and prevents them from sticking together. Studies on animals have shown that carcinogens like 3-methylchloranthrene can be harbored in the prostate. Frequent ejaculation encourages the cancer-inducing fluids to "flush out." (The Advocate)
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I've heard of this before, I think somethin like this was posted previously.
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Wow. I'm going to be fucking immortal. [whacks furiously]
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around! If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!! Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
This reminds me of the subject when I was posting on a board called ProgressiveU. There was a blogger on it called PeppermintFrost. A female who constantly pushed her Christian views on any subject regarding homosexuality, intercourse, masturbation. She would INSIST masturbation was wrong and no matter what evidence I showed to her in terms of studies like the above, she would just parrot the typical Bible quotes and basically say that since it was written by God, it HAD to be true no matter what evidence was out there. God people like that are so frustrating. I always had a burning desire to jump through the screen and cheerfully bang her head against the wall repeatedly. I don't know how I'd deal with people like that in person. I never run into them thankfully.
You have to realize that most Christian "moral values" behaviour is not really about "protecting" anyone; it's about their desire to send a continual stream of messages of condemnation towards people whose existence offends them. - Darth Wong alias Mike Wong
"There is nothing wrong with being ignorant. However, there is something very wrong with not choosing to exchange ignorance for knowledge when the opportunity presents itself."
Justforfun000 wrote: God people like that are so frustrating. I always had a burning desire to jump through the screen and cheerfully bang her head against the wall repeatedly. I don't know how I'd deal with people like that in person. I never run into them thankfully.
You should bang her.
Against the wall. Many times.
She probably needed that release more than anything
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. - NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
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She probably needed that release more than anything Wink
LOL. Undoubtedly. She was one of those that is "saving herself" for marriage. I wonder what she'll do if she ends up in a bad marriage and can't divorce due to her divine beliefs. I'll bet she'll change her mind on masturbation quick enough....
You have to realize that most Christian "moral values" behaviour is not really about "protecting" anyone; it's about their desire to send a continual stream of messages of condemnation towards people whose existence offends them. - Darth Wong alias Mike Wong
"There is nothing wrong with being ignorant. However, there is something very wrong with not choosing to exchange ignorance for knowledge when the opportunity presents itself."
Goddammit, now I'm forced to say in public that I agree with Mr. Coffee. - Mike Wong
I never would have thought I would wholeheartedly agree with Coffee... - fgalkin x2
Honestly, this board is so fucking stupid at times. - Thanas GALEForceCarwash: Oh, I'll wax that shit, bitch...
Wait, let me check the figures here, but is this the only thing to come out a medical research study that DOESN'T cause cancer?
"And the sign said, 'Anybody caught tresspassing, will be shot on sight.' So I jumped over the fence and yelled at the house, 'Hey! What -'" BAM*BAM*BAM*BAM*BAM
Qwerty 42 wrote:This may be the most ridiculous question I've ever asked, but are there comparable benefits for female masturbation?
This works by keeping the prostate healthy dude, so probably not.
But masturbating women give men something to masturbate to, so that means it's good for the prostate too.
Goddammit, now I'm forced to say in public that I agree with Mr. Coffee. - Mike Wong
I never would have thought I would wholeheartedly agree with Coffee... - fgalkin x2
Honestly, this board is so fucking stupid at times. - Thanas GALEForceCarwash: Oh, I'll wax that shit, bitch...
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