If Nature Were Holding Our Keys

People have discussed how long lock-ups last and the time without ejaculation for a while. I want to share another viewpoint drawn from my talks with MY urologist, not just some random doctor I saw online. Because I was being treated for prostatitis, it felt important to tell him about my interest in chastity so he could advise me and see if long-term abstinence played any role in my condition. His quick verdict: No. He explained that simply not ejaculating generally isn’t bad and didn’t trigger my prostatitis. (The probable cause was a hidden infection, perhaps from getting teeth cleaned, which moved to the prostate and got aggravated by cycling.) This prompted me to ask him: How often ought men to ejaculate for optimal health? His response: Let your desire or plan to have children guide you. If you aren’t planning on making more babies, there’s no real need to ejaculate. If your wife can’t or won’t have kids anymore—again, no need. To put it simply, the body handles its own fluid levels through nocturnal emissions if it needs to clear out what isn’t removed otherwise. Then I asked: Since my wife has run out of eggs (she hasn’t hit menopause yet, but can’t get pregnant now because there are no more eggs), does that mean I don’t need to ejaculate either? He said yes, exactly. In fact, he added, I might actually be doing better by not forcing ejaculation at 47. So if Mother Nature were the one holding our keys for men… P.S., keep in mind I’m only talking about ejaculation here. The doctor wasn’t entirely fond of using a device to stop erections altogether. Regarding that, he advised removing it often so tissues can fill with blood and “stretch”. David