One of the truly cool things about the prostate is that it is completely hidden. It is the one sex organ a guy doesn't have to worry about the size of when he's naked at the gym or when he is with a new lover. Prostates are measured in grams instead of inches, and a man has to be pretty neurotic before he'd worry about how his prostate stacks up against another guy's. In fact, you would have to be chewing on some seriously strong mushrooms before you would ever hear one young woman say to another, "You won't believe the size of Bobby's prostate!"
Like the prostate, the seminal vesicles are important sex glands that are tucked inside a man's pelvis, but you don't hear as much about them because they rarely give a guy a hard time. The seminal vesicles sit on top of the prostate like a pair of rabbit ears on a 1960s television. Without seminal vesicles and a prostate, ejaculation would be a non-event. The wad would be a no-show.
In this chapter, we will discuss a range of prostate and seminal-vesicle matters, like why a woman's vagina drips after intercourse and what happens when a man gets his prostate examined. You'll even hear from a man who milks the prostates of 2,400-pound bulls. We'll also talk about prostate problems, including infections and cancer. So here's the skinny on the two sex glands that allow a guy to launch his load—and they are not his testicles.
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