Last updated on February 21, 2024
Question:
I’m a 17 year male. Why haven’t I ejaculated semen yet? What stages does this occur in? Anytime I masturbate and orgasm, it’s all pre-cum, never white semen. I have signs of puberty, by the way. Am I just a late or slow bloomer?
Answer:
Ejaculation depends on a number of your organs reaching the proper levels of maturity. Critical organs for ejaculating semen are the seminal vesicles, which produce the actual semen.
Ejaculation can happen in a male anywhere from stage 2 to stage 4. While you mentioned you are 17, you didn’t mention your developmental stage, so I can’t answer the question of whether you are a late bloomer or not. In order to answer whether you are slow in maturing, I would have to know when you reached puberty (started stage 2).
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So, is basically every 17-year-old boy sexually mature, and I’m an outlier?
Answer:
You would be considered a late bloomer. But there are many others like you. It is hard to find an exact number, but somewhere between 1 and 3 percent of boys are late bloomers.
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Sorry for one last question, just so I’m not confused. Pre cum is a thin clear sticky liquid, right? And actual cum is white and milky and thick?
Answer:
Correct. Though sometimes semen can be “watery” when the body is still developing. Pre-cum is clear and dribbles out the penis. It doesn’t shoot out. Semen shoots out when you have an orgasm.
There are conditions where semen is clear or nearly clear and watery. If that is what you are seeing, then you need to talk to your doctor about it. It usually indicates a thyroid problem.
Question:
My cum shoots out when I orgasm by masturbating, but it’s clear, it doesn’t dribble. Is it pre-cum or semen?
Answer:
That would be semen. The fact that it is clear is something that should be discussed with your doctor.
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It’s kind of clear and cloudy, if you get what I mean, but not white or milky by any means. I do cum in spurts.
Answer:
Then, you are ejaculating semen. Early on, the mixture for semen is not steady, so a watery-looking semen is common and will usually correct itself after a while.