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There's a line of perv guys that tell girls that if they don't ejaculate it will be painful and it may cause health issues, mostly as a way of coercing for sex.
There are manipulative people, of both sexes, who lie for sex.
That being said, Epididymal Hypertension (aka blue balls) is a real thing and not an urban legend only used to manipulate people.
As I would say: Buddy, there's your hand and there's the bathroom and if you need it, here's the wifi password.
Sure, it doesn't entitle anyone to sex.
I was just pointing out that it's just not as simple as "That's just a thing people say to guilt trip others into sex."
Reminds me of a joke somewhere.
One day the Queen* comes to visit a hospital. During the tour, she glances into one of the rooms and sees a man masturbating. Shocked, she asks the nurses that tour her around "What in heaven's name is that‽"
The nurse quickly guides her away and replies "That patient has a condition where he needs to ejeaculate regularly, and when you've gotta, you've gotta. He's been given a private room to not bother the other patients."
Some time later they walk by another room, where there's a patient receiving oral stimulation from an attractive nurse. Shocked, she looks at the nurses who tour her around and asks "What the- what is going on in here‽"
The nurse answers: "same condition as the other guy, better insurance."
* replace for whatever head of state or high ranking official you'd like.
my balls hurt if i go too long without emptying them, yes
is that... not normal?
Yes but it's the coercion that's the problem.
yeah like… jerk off then?
Bingo!
that’s a different game but i’m interested to see how this version is played
thats fair.
If you jerk off and don't finish maybe but even that goes away after a bit. Otherwise not really... I've gone weeks and it didn't hurt.
if i try to go weeks ill lose my ability to sit
Sure, that's normal
It's calles epididymal hypertension. Aka blue balls.
The blood flow combined with the tension of the tissues caused during the preparation for sexual activity causes the part of the testicles that stores spermatzoa to experience discomfort.
Yup. It's really shitty