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Dr Prakash Kothari, India's foremost sexologist, says that one of most common myths he hears is that "semen is vital, and therefore must be conserved".
This is categorically false, says Dr Kothari. "Semen is manufactured for being excreted and not for being stored up. In fact, no male can store it," he points out. "If one does not indulge in sexual intercourse or in intercourse with the hand (masturbation), then it will spill out as dream intercourse (sleep emissions)."
According to Dr Kothari, "69 percent of semen production comes from the seminal vesicles, 30 percent from the prostate and 1 percent from the testes. It's being manufactured 24-7."
Dr Girish Karmarkar, another practicing sexologist from Mumbai's suburbs, agrees. "Many patients believe they have a limited amount of semen to make do with throughout their lives. And they think that, because they've had a habit of masturbation, they will not be able to conceive. This is absolutely false. The body keeps producing semen until the very late years, into the 90's. It is very much like the working of salivary glands -- they keep producing saliva throughout one's lifetime."
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12:32 PM on July 28, 2011
