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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Savage Love Locked Up

Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:28 PM

A urologist assesses the particular health risks faced by men who lock up their cocks in male chastity devices in this week's "Savage Love." Here's one risk he didn't mention: prostate cancer.

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The Christianists are going to hit the ceiling about this. Nasty self sex makes one Gay they'll claim. Oh the horror.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn on March 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM

This isn't news. If anyone was going to throw a hissy fit, they'd have done it already.

Posted by DRF on March 6, 2013 at 12:52 PM

It's not just prostate cancer, it is all prostate infections. Back when my son was young and my wife and I were not finding time, I developed a really bad prostate infection that travelled up to my testicles. I hurt to walk!

Any priest or other figure who claims he is COMPLETELY celebate, including no masturbation, needs to explain how the hell he can walk, not to mention leave the bathroom since prostate infections have the nasty effect of making you constantly feel like you have to urinate!

Show me a guy who doesn't masturbate and I will show you someone who is paralyzed from at least the waist down. It's not a question of "morality." We NEED to ejaculate on a regular basis. If the "Intelligent Design" people are right, then God must have intended men to masturbate and/or have sex on a regular basis!

Posted by LML on March 6, 2013 at 1:45 PM

Coming right on the heels of the death of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop (which I think Slog completely ignored), it seems appropriate to mention part of the legacy of former Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders (who, I hasten to add, is still alive).

Posted by rob!

on March 6, 2013 at 1:50 PM

If man wasn't meant to jack off, his arms would be a lot shorter. Form follows function.

Posted by kwodell on March 6, 2013 at 2:32 PM

I just want you to know it seems to be true for women, too. I'm showing absolutely no signs of prostate cancer.

Posted by Alice Dreger

on March 6, 2013 at 2:39 PM

And remember ladies, blow jobs are even better protection against prostate cancer than masturbation.

For your health!

Posted by seandr on March 6, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Interesting. The article implies that masturbation is beneficial even without ejaculation.

Posted by raindrop on March 6, 2013 at 3:37 PM

Though Dan does frequently bring up that sex is the area of life people are most judged for taking risks, and this would be one of them.

Posted by Spike1382 on March 6, 2013 at 3:42 PM

Never thought much of keeping all that old sperm in there, myself. Gotta keep the pipes flushed.

Posted by OutInBumF on March 6, 2013 at 4:05 PM

I remember about 28 years ago, a male friend who had been raised to try as hard as possible to avoid masturbation and was without a girlfriend at the time, went to the doctor for his annual exam. He came back amazed and jubilant because the doctor, a woman, told him he needed to be ejaculating regularly for health and advised him to masturbate several times a week. For him, this was the permission slip he needed.

Posted by nocutename on March 6, 2013 at 7:12 PM

@5 God, I love that. That has to be one of my favorite comments ever.

Posted by floater on March 6, 2013 at 10:26 PM

@3, that's why men can have wet dreams.

Posted by mother of two on March 7, 2013 at 12:27 PM

nocute@11, um... I'm going to go think about that scene for a little while... (the one with the hot lady doctor giving sexy advice, not the one where your friend told you about it afterward :-)

Posted by EricaP on March 7, 2013 at 3:29 PM