What Is That Line?

This question comes from Faithful Reader Stan:

"I have always wondered and have asked many, with no real answer. I have seen in numerous photos and in many men. The line that seems to always come between the left and right testicle. I have it, I’m certain you must have it. The question is….what is it, why is it there ? Something to do with birth?"

Not birth, it has to do with developmental gestation. At the moment of conception we are all female. (This is the reason men have nipples.) It remains so until the Y chromosome triggers a wave of testosterone within the fetus. Through that bath of male hormone, the clitoris turns into a penis, the ovaries become testicles, Fallopian Tubes develop into Spermatic Cords (Vas Deferens and Seminal Vesicles,) and the the labia majora (the outer lips of the vaginal area) close up to form the scrotum - and, thus, the line, or "seam" that you notice called the Middle Septum.

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The odd thing is that there is no female counterpart to the Prostate. That is strictly a male component and, to my knowledge, there still is no idea as to why. Maybe it was given as a replacement for that missing rib. LOL.

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Now, take a look inside and you'll find that each testicle is shrouded within the Tunica Vaginalis, which is enshrined by the External Spermatic Fascia. Those are to help keep the testicles separated from one another.  

It is the deformity of the Tunica Vaginalis which enables easy testicular torsion (twisted testicle) a very painful strangulation of the testes) in some men.

Nature is a wonderful thing, and the reason we shouldn't be ashamed of what we've been given.

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We should be proud of it - because don't have anything which nature has not provided.

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 It functions as nature intended.

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Thanks for the question, Stan!

Time is of the Essence

I hope everyone had a most wonderful weekend; that your Hanukkah and Christmas celebrations were all you had hoped - filled with the love and laughter of friends and family.

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The family of one of my wife's co-workers did not have such a great weekend. Her son spent the weekend in the hospital recovering from surgery.

He’s 17. School is out for the holidays. He calls his step-dad. (His biological father died of prostate cancer years before – at a mighty young age, I might add.) He’s in severe pain and there’s an evident lump on one of his balls. He’s told to put ice on it; it’ll be fine. Day two, he calls again, sobbing. Step-dad leaves work and takes him to Urgent Care. Urgent Care examines him, and calls an ambulance. He’s rushed the hospital where a team is standing at the ready. He’s taken directly into surgery. He comes out of surgery with one ball.

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Testicular Torsion, "twisted testicle" happens as a sports injury, but also commonly occurs at night during sleep.

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When that happens, it is typically a result of "Bell-clapper syndrome" wherein the Tunica Vaginalis doesn't anchor the testis as it should.

A sign of a twisted nut is a "blue dot" on the sac. This is a sign of the blood supply already cut off and pooling.

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But, a twisted ball can be corrected if done soon enough. Get “The Boys” toasty-warm so they hang real low. Sit on a chair and dangle them over the edge of the seat, and gently tap or otherwise massage.

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 If it doesn’t release – get to a hospital immediately.

Time is of the essence.

48 hours after, there simply was no way to save this kid's ball. A tragic example of how the "suck it up" machismo is wrong – particularly when there is something wrong with the package. It’s beyond me how a guy could withstand that much pain. I believe most men would’ve experienced nausea and vomiting, and/or passed out.

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But, yet another example of why young guys need to learn about what hangs between their legs.

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And what normal functioning is. That means a decent force to the stream when you piss.

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Waking up with a woody most mornings

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Good strong boners

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Knowing that not all men produce copious amounts of pre-cum

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That when a man cums semen is ejaculated out of the cock.

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