Ejaculation control: those vital missing seconds.

1.- Bladder
2.- Prostate
3.- Vas deferens
4.- Seminal vesicle
5.- Scrotum
6.- Testes (testicles)
7.- Penis
8.- Corpus spongiosum
9.- Glans
10.- Foreskin
11.- Urethra


Ejaculation is a reflex. The functions of the prostate, the vasa deferentia and the seminal vesicles are triggered by excitation of the erogenous zones. In the prostatic region the walls of the urethra come under pressure from the accumulation of seminal fluid (the medium in which the sperms swim). Ejaculation is triggered by the release of the seminal fluid under the impact of this pressure.

This mechanism, sketched very briefly here, is also influenced by chemical interactions which affect the speed of the ejaculation process. For example excessive production of sympathin and adrenaline, which are secreted by the sympathetic nervous system, provokes ejaculation, whereas a normal level of acetylcholine production, which is liberated by the rachidial system and leads to erection by distending the erectile tissue in the cavernous spaces of the penis with blood, neutralizes the "accelerating" effects of the sympathin and adrenaline.

The parasympathetic action must be stronger than that of the orthosympathetic system if ejaculation control is to be achieved.

The Assal and Benès method neutralizes the "accelerating" effects and reinforces the "slowing-down" effects by simple means which are easy to put into practice. The critical difference between the accelerating and slowing-down effects is very short - a matter of seconds only. But those few seconds are crucial to ejaculation control. It's a bit like running for the bus when you are late: you either catch it or you don't. In your case, the "slowing-down" effects that let you control your ejaculation kick in a fraction too late. But here, too, it's all or nothing, and a miss is as good as a mile!