..................       What is semen        .................

Semen (also known as Cum) is a mixture of sperm, secretions from the seminal vesicles, and fluid from the prostate. The prostate secretions include prostaglandin, sugar to keep those little fellows going on their way to the egg, and water and minerals including zinc and calcium to keep their tails lashing furiously as they swim upstream. Often the components of semen are not well-mixed, and there may be glutinous threads among the white emissions of the prostate; after a while semen liquefies and becomes much more uniform in texture. There is great variation in the volume of ejaculate, and indeed the age at which young men produce their first ejaculation. The average volume is often quoted as 2 to 5 ml, the latter figure being about a level teaspoonful. I have to say that many men seem to produce more rather than less fluid as they get older, although this could be because their frequency of orgasm has decreased, of course, and they are storing it up between less-frequent ejaculations. And many men seem very concerned that they are producing too little fluid, when they are in fact producing the average amount. As I mentioned above, if you want to produce more, all you have to do is to extend the early phases of sexual excitement for a longer time. Most teenage boys (and men) will masturbate to orgasm with great regularity, perhaps even twice a day. I think it can be unhelpful to report figures such as this because there are undoubtedly many teenage boys who do not experience orgasm this often, and there is no reason why they should feel different or wrong because they are not doing so. I think the thing to grasp is that, rare problems excepted, whatever frequency of orgasm you are comfortable with is the right frequency of orgasm for you. But if you really want to know, on average at age 40 a man will orgasm about two or three times a week. By age 60 he will probably be experiencing this pleasure about 35 times a year.