ejaculate

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  • Ruthie

Jack, Thanks for sending in your question! Although you've asked about the lifespan of sperm outside your body (and anyone else's), I would like to spend a little time addressing your fear of touching your sperm, too. That's a really important concern, because I want you to be able to be happy and...

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  • Heather Corinna

Condoms are designed and tested -- each and every one of them, by every manufacturer -- to be able to withstand ejaculation (what you're calling "erupting") as well as to contain a single ejaculation: the amount of semen a person with a penis emits when they ejaculate. They test them by blowing...

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  • Sarah Riley

Whether you orgasm or not, sex without a condom leaves you open to both STI transmission and pregnancy risk (assuming your partner is not using another form of contraception that would protect against pregnancy). Pre-ejaculate (sometimes referred to as "pre-cum"), the fluid that is released by men...

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  • Heather Corinna

Take a big breath. It's all going to be okay, and there's just no reason for you to be so scared. For starters, it's totally normal for ejaculate to run out like that after intercourse where the partner with the penis ejaculates without a condom. That's plain old gravity: when you're laying down or...

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  • Sarah Riley

As I'm sure you've discovered, porn rarely answers one's questions about sex in a very thorough fashion. A big part of that is probably because porn is fiction and fantasy portrayed in a way that will (supposedly) appeal to the audience. In real life, people don't have the (dubious) "benefit" of...

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  • Susie Tang

First and foremost: Pornography is not real. Always remember that. Life doesn't happen the way it does in the movies. Likewise, sex doesn't happen the way it does in porn. Porn actors are actors. Is there anything wrong with the way you ejaculate? No. The force of a shot of semen depends on the...

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  • Heather Corinna

What it most likely is is just normal vaginal discharge. We have a good piece which outlines what is or is not normal here -- Honorably Discharged: A Guide to Vaginal Secretions -- but I'm happy to put it into more context for you here. Basically, throughout most or all of your fertility cycle --...

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  • Heather Corinna

When we wipe after toileting, it's pretty unusual for us to even directly touch our vulva, let alone stick our fingers into our vaginas and touch our cervixes. And really? Truly? About the only way you could become pregnant from sperm on your hands was if you had a lot of it, perfectly fresh, and...