Can Masturbation Save Men From Prostate Cancer?

The next guilty teenage boy you see on the street... buttonhole him, and whisper, "You're not doing it ENOUGH! You better beat off like your life depended on it!"

A new study shows that regular masturbation can reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer. Seriously.

The Australian researchers who carried out the tests found men who ejaculate more then five times a week were better off then men with more modest numbers. And the younger you start, the better the results.

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Also on today’s show, I take a look at one literary author's secret success in writing erotic novels. Writer Rupert Smith takes on the "nom de porn" as James Lear as he writes steamy gay porn fiction.

I think that erotic literature serves the same purpose as other genre fiction, but with a more literal outcome. A good crime novel, be it by Agatha Christie or Alexander McCall Smith, provides a failsafe formula of crime, investigation and solution. The porn parallel is encounter, seduction and sex. While a whodunnit plots this pattern across an entire book, a porn writer must repeat it several times within one novel, allowing the reader time to recover before revving up the engines again. The reason why dirty books remain in the shadows is very simple: the book trade is not comfortable with masturbation. Books in which children are abused, women murdered and men brutalised crowd the shelves of WH Smith. Books in which consenting adults enjoy each other for the healthy entertainment of literate wankers do not.

Finally, in my Try This at Home mailbag, a listener reminisces about her debauched youth in New Orleans, in our continuing conversation about why we love this city so much!

Don't forget, you can send your confidential questions, feedback about the show, and requests for free show coupon cards to susie@audible.com. (Episode 340, May 16, 2008)

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Comments

[sfmike]

That is my favorite masturbation study EVER, and of course it only makes sense. Thanks for passing it on.

[Linda Rowland-Jones]

God, I just LOVE that they are Australian researchers. I can just imagine them, Fosters in hand, admiring roos, well you get the idea. Now if only we could have a study for women, linking positive hormonal balance, say, with lots of, what is it, "Jilling off" ? thanks again for making me grin from ear to ear. xoxoxo Linda

[Steve]

Crack me up!

I'm reminded of an older man in our area who, upon hearing that a very high proportion of sex offenders have a history of abuse, exclaimed "Sheesh! The way I went at it when I was younger, it's a wonder I didn't turn out to be a sex offender!" Raucous laughter ensued. I'll share with him he'll likely not have any problems with his prostate. We'll probably have another good laugh over that.

[Ian]

Even though it's always good to push masturbation as a Good Thing, when does a study stop being 'new'? This one is rapidly approaching its fifth birthday!

[Sandrino]

Wife knocks on bathroom door.

Jane: John dear, what is taking so long?
John: Nothing, just taking care of my prostate.

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What makes me wonder is if getting your prostate massaged has similar effects? This could mean that doctors soon may prescribe masturbation and strap on therapy as preventatives.

[chuck]

Hooray for Scientists validating what many men will continue to do regularly even if it eventually does not turn out to be good for us

[Adele]

This is good news about this study, especially since, in our sex-negative society, we have to keep reminding people that masturbation and sex in general are good for you. I've been making myself read the godawful book "Pornified" by Pamela Paul, and it turns out that much of it is an over-the-top screed against masturbation.

P.75 "When a man looks at pornography and masturbates, he undergoes all the giddy physical sensations of sexual release. Adrenaline rushes through his veins. His brain releases dopamine, seotonin, and oxytocin - all powerful neurotransmitters associated with feelings of pleasure. Testosterone surges. It's a potent high. There's also the thrill of the hunt. And the surge of voyeuristic pleasure in observing and fantasizing once the sought-after object is found."

In other news - the sky is blue, and isn't that just awful!

[mabbo]

Yeah, Pam Paul is this decade's Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon. No doubt her own boyfriend/husband and Son (if she has one) love watching tons of porn behind her back. These people spend so much time and energy fighting basic human natural urges: to have hot sex. Humans are also visual creatures, hence why pornography is so popular. The North American industry alone is over a billion a year industry. All these politicos who profess anti-porn measures are only blowing smoke with no real fire behind it. Simply put, if the tax revenue the government collects off of porn companies are in the several million, then no politician, no matter how conservative, will actually make it illegal. Let's not forget that to do that would also be highly unconstitutional. They merely pretend to be publicly anti-porn to placate their constituents.