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Wendy Zukerman

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Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

And so over and over again online, you see people quoting this one study to supposedly prove this point, that if you hold on to your semen, you don't ejaculate, it'll bump up testosterone.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

And here's what the study did.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

I love that researchers did this study.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

They got 10 men to have a wank.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

to orgasm at precisely 4.30pm on the first day of the experiment.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Okay.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Then the men were told to abstain from any type of sexual activity for the next 20 days.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

How do you think you'd go, 20 days?

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Right.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Oh, it's very much in your head.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Yeah, yeah.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

So, okay, so on day 21...

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

They come into the lab.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Oh, literally.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

They got to masturbate.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

And throughout this experiment, like on day one, day 21, before and after the wanks, researchers are measuring their testosterone levels.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

They also asked the men about their levels of sexual arousal.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

And so what did they find?

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

After no fapping for 20 days, the men were more aroused.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

They also said that once they had an orgasm in the lab...