You are conflating two separate things--the physical need to ejaculate, and the much more powerful and complicated need to have a woman. Masturbation satisfies the former, but it has only a very weak and brief effect on the latter.
Agreed. It's the difference between winning a video game and getting a promotion / winning the high school football game / launching that product and getting an email that somebody loves your work / etc.
Re:Three Myths About Porn
by helveticaman on Monday December 22, 2008 @04:41PM
(#406921)
Interesting. I had not thought of this, but this explains why people who can only masturbate can still be sexually frustrated.
Re:Three Myths About Porn
by jcromartie on Monday December 22, 2008 @03:08PM
(#406819)
I know this is tongue-in-cheek, but it's also pretty true. Sexual energy is powerful and is prime fuel for creativity. Wether that energy and creativity is used for good (art) or evil (rape) is up to the individual and subject to their self control and morality.
As I get older, I am learning this over and over again about myself. I don't understand why this topic is not discussed more. It can make a huge difference in motivation for pretty much anything, at least for me. Not masturbating also makes me more confident and gung-ho in attracting females when single, and more romantic when in a relationship... I suppose that is not unexpected. But still, it surprises me how little this is talked about compared to how huge of a difference it seems to make on my state of mind.
PS: I love the anonymity of the internet.
Castration was once used as a form of punishment for felonies. The recidivism rate was 2.2%.
Because of population growth policies and parental preference for boys, there are substantially more boys than girls in China. Historically, when Portugal had a lot of landless young noblemen in the early 1400s...well, you know how that went. I don't want to think about what these restless Chinese dudes will do to prove themselves to the opposite sex.