Dear Alice,
Maybe you will answer my question this time finally! Is it a myth or a fact that some people say there's a fixed number of male orgasms or cum-shots one could have in his lifetime? Say three million sperm or 3000 times of orgasming? Once you reach this maximum, you can't have orgasms anymore. Please tell me this is WRONG, and provide me, the ignorant one, with some truth. Thank you very much!
— Desperate for answer
Dear Desperate for answer,
Right away, something is funny about the figures and math of this myth. For one, a healthy human male produces about 30 million sperm each day. With one ejaculation, 300 to 500 million sperm are released. Men continually produce sperm, day in and day out, throughout their lives. There is no need to be concerned about running out.
Even if there were no sperm available, you would still be able to ejaculate. Sperm comprise a small percentage of what's in a typical dose of ejaculate, or semen. About 60 percent of semen is seminal fluid, produced by the seminal vesicles. There are many other components of semen, too, which help the sperm in such ways as providing an energy
source and protection from the acidic environment of the uterus.
No need to cry over spilled sperm, and it's certainly not necessary to keep a running total of your orgasms. If nature wants us to procreate, then why would it put limits on one of the very things necessary to do so?
- Alice
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