Shootin' and dribblin' (and we're not talking basketball!)
Is there anything wrong with ejaculating into my own mouth?
- age 16, Wisconsin
No. If you enjoy doing this, go ahead. It's completely non-toxic, and there are no harmful side effects – although for health reasons it's not a good idea to eat anyone else's semen.
It's embarrassing when my semen gets on my underwear after I masturbate.
I have found that urinating after cleanup prevents excess semen from oozing out during the night. It seems to clear out the passageways within the penis. Is this true?
Absolutely. If you aren't going to urinate, though, it helps to "milk" the penis gently once your erection has gone down, as this squeezes out most of the semen from the part of the urethra that passes through your penis.
Lately my semen temperature has risen quite dramatically.
It isn't painful when I ejaculate, but the semen is burning hot. What is causing this, and should I be concerned?
- age 22, New York
Lately when I ejaculate, the amount of semen seems less than normal, and I think it might have something to do with this body wash I started using.
It says it has Yellow #5 in it, and I've always heard Yellow #5 reduces sperm count. Is this true? And is this the cause for the decrease in amount of semen?
Most of the time when I masturbate, my semen smells like Clorox bleach.
This just started about a month ago, and I am getting really worried.
Relax! The smell is completely normal. Some people describe it as smelling like Ajax or some other kind of cleanser. The bleach-like smell is extremely common, if not universal.
My semen is very thick. You can basically pull it out of my penis, almost like a noodle.
I didn't think anything of it until my girlfriend mentioned that it's unlike the semen of the other males she's been with. I was told to drink a lot of fluids and to ejaculate often, but it hasn't helped at all. I've been tested for AIDS and a few other STDs, and they have all come back negative. Is there something wrong with me, and can I change it?
Sometimes when I ejaculate, my semen is lumpy. It looks kind of like Jell-O.
What causes this, and is it okay?
This is actually quite common and, as far as I know, completely normal. It has to do with the various components of the semen mixing when you ejaculate, which causes the fluid to thicken – sometimes into an almost semi-solid form.
The other morning I was masturbating in the shower. After I reached orgasm, I slowed down and ejaculated a small portion of semen.
I then began to masturbate more rapidly, and surprisingly, I had a second, stronger orgasm and ejaculated a little bit more than the first one. Can boys really get multiple orgasms like girls, or did I just happen to get lucky?
- age 15, New York
The other night my girlfriend masturbated me. It was unbelievable – I'd never seen myself ejaculate so much.
My question is: Is the amount of semen ejaculated affected by the level of stimulation you experience? I might add that we had been making out previous to her masturbating me, and that I'd come pretty close to ejaculating a couple of times but hadn't. Might that have increased the amount of semen I ejaculated, or was I just hallucinating?
This sounds gross, but every now and then after going #2, the head of my penis is wet with semen.
Sometimes it even drips. If I squeeze my penis, a little more will come out, like it does after you're finished masturbating – but the last time this happened, I hadn't masturbated for a few days. I know it is not V.D. because I am still a virgin.
It's not actually semen but rather prostatic fluid, which is a major component of semen. The prostate lies against the wall of the rectum, so sometimes a bowel movement can put pressure on the gland, pushing fluid into the urethra and out the penis. It's nothing to be concerned about.
