Sexual Health: Why Are Penis Owners Practicing Semen Retention?

What is semen retention?

Semen retention is the practice of not ejaculating for days, if not weeks at a time. This doesn’t mean not masturbating or not having sex. It is just refraining from ejaculation. People have claimed that it is a solution or remedy for all difficulties and diseases. Multiple men have stated that it helps alleviate their anxiety, depression, poor memory, general fatigue, and other ailments. Semen retention can be practiced by abstaining from sexual activity altogether or learning how to orgasm without ejaculating.

Since the orgasm has this negative effect on males, its avoidance has the opposite effect. By storing up sexual energy a man becomes stronger, healthier, and more vital. He becomes more ambitious too and creative in doing good. He becomes more patient and successful with people. And he develops stamina and endurance to see his works through to conclusions. So the sexually restrained male becomes more successful in general. Beyond that, he even develops occult power to influence things by sheer thought and will.

Bliss of the Celibate, Julian Lee

The community helps each other by giving them tips on how to overcome it step by step:

stop porn and Go 120 days clean without watching it

stop masturbation (or do it only once a month, if you are too weak, but always without porn)

forgive yourself for your past.

“Abstaining from porn desensitizes your Dopamine receptors”, explains one member. “You’re not constantly squeezing your reproductive organ for pleasure. So pleasure in other parts of your life starts to pop up where they never were before. If you were socially anxious before you suddenly might enjoy talking to people again, that pleasure was robbed from you when you started over stimulating your Dopamine Receptors with porn watching”.

Many men usually start this journey to quit porn addiction, but later found semen retention because of different reasons to enhance the benefits in different aspects. It is important for men to recognize why they are on this journey in the first place so that they can focus and stay put and not lose their streak.

“I decided to go celibate after my divorce”, says Ganesh, an IT professional from Chennai. “I was not ready to get into any kind of relationship but my sexual desires made me seek out desperate one-night stands and temporary sexual pleasures from porn, sexting, etc. So I decided to go celibate. In Hindu culture being a Brahmacharya is not a new concept. Now I have got back to my earlier passion of bodybuilding and practicing semen retention has helped me channel my energy and stamina into it completely”.

While semen retention may seem like a new fad, it is actually being practiced in ancient cultures.

karezza (Italian)

maithuna (Hindu Tantra)

sahaja (Hindu Yoga)

tantra (Hinduism and Buddhism)

cai Yin pu Yang and cai Yang pu Yin (Taoist)

What is non-ejaculatory masturbation, dry orgasm and semen retention?

It’s possible to have an orgasm without ejaculating or to ejaculate without having an orgasm, but they usually happen together. But men can have an orgasm without ejaculating at all. They will still have the feeling of having an ejaculation (coming) but no semen comes out. Either there is no semen produced, or the semen travels backward into the bladder instead (retrograde ejaculation). Sometimes dry orgasm can happen after surgery to the bladder or prostate or pelvis radiotherapy. This is also what happens after a vasectomy.

When you feel orgasm approaching, squeeze the end of your penis where the head joins the shaft. Maintain that squeeze for a few seconds while the urge to ejaculate passes. …

With your fingers, apply pressure to your perineum.

Benefits of semen retention

There is a belief that not ejaculating for a period of time may allow people to experience more intense orgasms.

Edging is the practice of engaging in sexual stimulation to the point of orgasm before stopping and starting again.

Some people may believe that semen retention can improve sperm quality and therefore increase fertility. However, there has been limited research into this.

Benefits of ejaculation

When a person ejaculates, the body releases endorphins, which are hormones that can help block pain and make a person feel good.

Typically, frequent sexual activity in a partnered relationship is associated with greater well-being.

Some evidence suggests that ejaculation frequency may be inversely related to the risk of prostate cancer.

While there is not much scientific evidence to suggest that it is either healthy or unhealthy to hold in semen, we only have the testimonials of men who have practiced this and swear by its benefits. A person can choose to abstain from sexual activity for as long as they wish.

Do you know someone or have a partner or are someone who is practicing semen retention. Tell us about your experience.

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A popular name in the television industry, Sriti Jha has wooed her audiences with her endearing performances in blockbuster shows like Dil Se Di Dua, Saubhagyavati Bhava and Kumkum Bhagya for many years.

Sriti Jha is yet again winning hearts and this time the reason is more personal. An old video of Sriti reciting her poem ‘Confessions of a Romantic Asexual’ has gone viral. The video is from Spoken Fest held in Mumbai in January 2020. It has Sriti Jha candidly and confidently sharing her experiences about being an asexual.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJ9EZqRhoIl/?utm_source=ig_embed

Most of us have little knowledge about asexuality. It is what the ‘A’ stands for in LGBTQIA. The poem touches upon most of the curious questions and misconceptions we have about asexuality.

What is Asexuality?

Asexuality is a sexual orientation, just like homosexuality, bisexuality, and heterosexuality. It describes a lack of sexual attraction. Asexual people may experience romantic attraction, but they do not feel the urge to act on these feelings sexually. They have the same emotional needs as everyone else, but no sexual yearning.

“You can feel all the butterflies,
And your heart skip a beat for someone,
And yet not want to do “it”.
Does that make your love any less?
Does that make you incomplete? “
–Excerpt from ‘Confessions of a Romantic Asexual’

Abstinence, Celibacy, Asexuality – it is not the same

Abstinence is about deciding not to have sex. This is usually temporary. For example, many people decide to abstain from having sex before marriage.

Celibacy is a voluntary vow of sexual abstinence. In some cases, it can also be a promise to remain unmarried. In most cases this is usually for religious reasons and is often a lifelong commitment.

Abstinence and celibacy are choices. Being asexual is not a choice, it is who you are and that is what makes it completely different from abstinence and celibacy.

This is not to prove me greater.
I do not celebrate celibacy,
I am not a sex hater”
–Excerpt from ‘Confessions of a Romantic Asexual’

Not a medical condition or any hidden “cause”

One tends to find reasons for every feeling that does not conform to the “normal”. Feeling sexually attracted to someone might seem natural to the majority of the people. Lack of this sexual attraction is often labelled as a medical condition or perceived as an outcome of past trauma or fear.

There may be various reasons of low sexual attraction in certain people, but what asexual people feel is not a medical condition. It is not genetic. It is not due to trauma. It is not due to stress. It is normal. And there is nothing to be fixed.

“When I said “no” I meant “no,”
They said you’ve got to try a little more,”
–Excerpt from ‘Confessions of a Romantic Asexual’

Love? Relationship? – Is it possible when you an Asexual?

Love, sex, relationship are words we use so frequently with each other, that it is difficult for us to imagine removing one (that is, sex) completely from the equation. An asexual person might not experience sexual attraction, but they might still experience romantic attraction. Relationship with an asexual person is likely to involve love, closeness, fun, trust, humour and excitement just like sexual relationships. Asexual people are perfectly capable of intimacy and love, just not in sexual ways.

“I had felt wow in hugs and kisses.
I had felt wow every time fingers had run through my tresses.
But beyond a point, when it went, I was left alone.
So I learned to lie in words in moans.”
–Excerpt from ‘Confessions of a Romantic Asexual’

The poem strikes the right chords, so much so that we tend to forget momentarily how taboo this topic is. The poem gives us an understanding of what an asexual person goes through. Most of all, it does not leave us feeling sorry for the poet. It leaves us admiring the courage that Sriti Jha showed in opening up to the world and asking for acceptance and nothing else – for her and for others like her. As she defiantly ends her poem –

“I am asexual,

I’m not the only one

I am everything I need to

Better recognize me now.”