what is it about pr0n?

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: SnapIT

Originally posted by: floccus

Nope, that is completely wrong, the body does not "get rid of old sperm through wet dreams" the body reabsorbs it...

The first mechanism is to realease it. The second is much more costly in terms of energy because the body doesn't like destroying its own cells unless it abs. has to. Its sort of analagous to fat cells. When you lose weight your fat cells shrink instead of being destroyed b/c the body doesn't want to destroy something it took energy to create.

For the guy with the vasectomy, the reason your testicles don't explode is that your body notices that there is a blockage and is forced to destroy and reabsorb the sperm. This takes energy to accomplish, which when added to the energy used in creating the sperm in the first place, comes out to be unfavorable.

Wrong again, an orgasm is one of the most energy consuming things for the body to perform, far more energy consuming than breaking down cells and reabsorbing them (the body does this with cells at all times during the day)...

Some males never have wet dreams, or have only one or two their whole lives. The old theory was that sperm built up in the male and if it did not come out in masturbation or other sexual activity it would have to come out in some other way: namely wet dreams. According to that theory someone who was masturbating or having other regular sexual outlets would not have a buildup of semen and wet dreams would not occur. But the new evidence is that it is not so clear-cut as all that. Evidently the body can and does reabsorb unused sperm and the occurrence of wet dreams is not so closely related to the absence of other sexual outlets as was once thought. Some males stop having wet dreams about the time they start masturbating. Others only have wet dreams during times in their lives when they are very sexually active. Still others have frequent wet dreams no matter what they do, while yet others never or almost never have them.

Will you have more wet dreams if you stop masturbating or have fewer if you do masturbate? Maybe. Maybe not.

A thing that really shoots down the old sperm-build-up theory is that it is now recognized that some women have sexual dreams leading to orgasm. This doesn't tell us a lot about the function of sexual dreams, but it does indicate that getting rid of excess sperm is not the right answer.

This may be too much information here, but I never have wet dreams unless I go for long periods without masturbation. So at least for me there is a connection.

I'm not saying that there isn't ANY connection, if you looked at the stats for women you could probably see the same connection, i'm just saying that the link between ejaculation just to rid the body of "old sperm" and wet dreams isn't there, it's probably more that you take care of your fantasies in your dreams instead of when you're awake (that being the cause for wet dreams, i mean)...

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: floccus

I find it extremely hard to believe that a man who doesn't get any play or doesn't masturbate will have a wet dream just so his system will clean out the old sperm and make way for the new sperm.

Hmm. lets see, I don't know what you majored in in college, but I'm microbiolgy/genetics double, so I think I know a thing or two more about this are. So yes, the body will flush out old sperm in wet dreams. Masturbation is a more common technique to achieve this means, not so much because we need to (I've already stated the wet dream thing) but its jsut easier. It also not only releases aggression, but also is just very calming overall. Many people find having sex helps them sleep because the chemical changes due to an orgasm spur a greater level of melatonin release. But whatever, you can believe what you want, I'm just stating my side of the coin.

owned!

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

and about the collections of porn...I don't think a whole lot changes from one vid to another...I mean, isn't it usually some variant on guy on girl/girl on girl/many girls/many guys and girls? That's about 8-10 vids tops I think.

That's like saying "every relationship is the same, it's just a guy and a girl". Or "every car is the same, it's just wheels and an engine".

 

[Soybomb]

I'm not saying that there isn't ANY connection, if you looked at the stats for women you could probably see the same connection, i'm just saying that the link between ejaculation just to rid the body of "old sperm" and wet dreams isn't there, it's probably more that you take care of your fantasies in your dreams instead of when you're awake (that being the cause for wet dreams, i mean)

I think it makes alot more sense to believe that its the result of the brains need for sexual release, living out fantasies and getting that sexual gratification than it is about a purely biological need to do so as the "old sperm" theory would imply. If you want to go swimming, you dream about swimming, etc. The brain processes your dreamed sexual feelings the same as if you'd been awake in those instances, afterall isn't it all about whats in your head that takes care of things. Ever been in the middle of something and about had someone walk in on you? It can halt the fun pretty quick even if the physical stimulation is still there. So anyway its the mental and not the physical and you're just dreaming about what you desire.

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Soybomb

I'm not saying that there isn't ANY connection, if you looked at the stats for women you could probably see the same connection, i'm just saying that the link between ejaculation just to rid the body of "old sperm" and wet dreams isn't there, it's probably more that you take care of your fantasies in your dreams instead of when you're awake (that being the cause for wet dreams, i mean)

I think it makes alot more sense to believe that its the result of the brains need for sexual release, living out fantasies and getting that sexual gratification than it is about a purely biological need to do so as the "old sperm" theory would imply. If you want to go swimming, you dream about swimming, etc. The brain processes your dreamed sexual feelings the same as if you'd been awake in those instances, afterall isn't it all about whats in your head that takes care of things. Ever been in the middle of something and about had someone walk in on you? It can halt the fun pretty quick even if the physical stimulation is still there. So anyway its the mental and not the physical and you're just dreaming about what you desire.

Exactly, and i have yet to meet a human without any sexual desire...

It's also known that many people often dream about the "forbidden desires" when they cannot live out those desires, or don't even want to recognize them in awake fantasies... That would also indicate that it has more to do with the psychological part of the sex drive rather than the physiological part...