Letters to the Editor
leftychris
Published Letters: 354 Editor's Choice: 4
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@mizbinkley
[Read the article: Post-congressional depression]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]However, naming things gives real sufferers a chance to come out of the closet and get help. Whether most depressed moms are experiencing “normal people depression” or “normal life change depression,” or “normal hormonal change depression,” they're people who need help. Let’s find out some more about them and see what we can do. For some, the primary answer might be medication. But for many, I suspect the answer will be wholesale social change.
Please don't interpret my first post as saying that PPMD women aren't really suffering and don't need help! That wasn't my intent at all. My only question was about PPMD being a truly distinct and special disorder all its own, as opposed to a convenient label applied to a bunch of long-recognized disorders being suffered by a special demographic group (new mothers), that has primarily been created for sociocultural reasons as opposed to truly psychiatric or medical ones. I also questioned the idea that "PPMD" affects a disproportionate share of new mothers, when based on the stats provided the levels of mental illness among them appear to correspond roughly with what one would expect in the population at large. It just seems to be a much bigger and more perplexing problem than it is because they're new mothers, and no one wants to think of new mothers as depressed, OCD, anxious, or psychotic!
I was merely asking some questions of the conventional wisdom, not saying that PPMD women aren't suffering from something and in need of help.
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Rape joke?
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Oh good grief, Ms. Price, you've gone wayyyy overboard here. How is what he wrote a rape joke? She referred to the staff as "emasculated" (obviously in the metaphorical sense) and he responded with a joke by using the word in its literal sense and pointing out that half the staff is female, and that the male half would be willing to drop trou for her in private to prove that they're still "intact". He certainly wasn't saying, "Well, we could all just take you to a room and gang rape you, if you'd like" or whatever the hell else you thought he was implying.
Yeah, it was a lame joke. So? It wasn't about rape.
And perhaps she opened the door to it in the first place by using a word that means "castrated" to describe his staff? If one uses terms that reference sexual matters and genitalia in a broadside, perhaps one should expect a retort that employs some suggestive language too?
Anyway, is there something actually important and meaningful to talk about, or are you content to "entertain" us with a silly rant about trivial bullshit?
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Sperm Count and Quality
[Read the article: Daily wanking]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If ejaculating daily causes the quality of a man's sperm to improve, then my little guys must be a fleet of Mercedes-Benz!
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. Please buy another drink and remember to tip the hard-working staff.
Seriously, though, for optimal fertility, the average guy builds up adequate reserves in 24-48 hours. For the biggest quantity with no loss in quality, he should go no more than 3-5 days between ejaculations. Anything longer than that, and the sperm morphology and motility starts to deteriorate sharply.
Of course, as the study pointed out, guys with impaired fertility to begin with should ejaculate more frequently than average.
If fertility is not an issue, so sperm count is of no concern, then men benefit from rather frequent ejaculations in another way--they help protect against prostate cancer later in life. Studies have shown that men who ejaculated the most frequently when in their 20s had much lower rates of prostate cancer as older men.
There appear to be some good biological and health reasons for men having such a strong drive to "clean out the pipes" on a regular basis. And, of course, the fact that it's fun and feels good doesn't hurt ;-) haha
Now if women would get that through their heads and stop seeing male masturbation as such a bad thing. As long as it's done discreetly and doesn't impair his normal sex life, why should a woman care if her husband or boyfriend jerks off? But too many do--seeing it as gross or compulsive or selfish or unfaithful behavior, instead of something natural that is harmless and has benefits. Whatever--they seriously need to lighten up!