Editing Nocturnal emission (section)

===In males===
The frequency of nocturnal emissions is highly variable. Some reported that it is due to being sexually inactive for 5–26 weeks, with no engagement in either intercourse or [[masturbation]]. Some males have experienced large numbers of nocturnal emissions as teenagers, while others have never experienced any. In the U.S., 83% of men experience nocturnal emissions at some time.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kinsey|first1=Alfred C.|title=Sexual Behavior in the Human Male|date=1948|page=190|publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0253334128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfMKrY3VvigC&pg=PA519|access-date=2014-10-20 }}</ref>

For males who have experienced nocturnal emissions, the mean frequency ranges from 0.36 times per week (about once every three weeks) for single 15-year-old males to 0.18 times per week for 40-year-old single males. For married males, the mean ranges from 0.23 times per week (about once per month) for 19-year-old married males to 0.15 times per week (about once every two months) for 50-year-old married males.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kinsey|first1=Alfred C.|title=Sexual Behavior in the Human Male|date=1948|page=190|publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0253334128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfMKrY3VvigC&pg=PA275|access-date=2014-10-20 }}</ref>

In [[Indonesia]] surveys have shown that 93% of men experience nocturnal emissions by the age of 24.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR157/04Chapter04.pdf |title=Knowledge about Human Reproduction and Experience of Puberty |work=Indonesia Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey 2002–2003 |publisher=Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS-Statistics Indonesia), Jakarta, Indonesia; National Family Planning Coordinating Board, Jakarta, Indonesia; Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia, ORC Macro, Calverton, Maryland, U.S. |page=27 |access-date=2011-04-07 |archive-date=2012-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209171035/http://measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR157/04Chapter04.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Some males have the emissions only at a specific age, while others have them throughout their lives following puberty. The frequency with which one has nocturnal emissions has not been conclusively linked to the frequency of masturbation. [[Alfred Kinsey]] found: {{quote|"...some correlation between the frequencies of masturbation and the frequencies of nocturnal emissions. In general, the males who have the highest frequencies of nocturnal emissions may have somewhat lower rates of masturbation."{{fact|date=September 2023}} }}

One factor that can affect the number of nocturnal emissions males have is whether they take [[Testosterone (medication)|testosterone-based drugs]]. In a 1998 study by Finkelstein ''et al'', the number of boys reporting nocturnal emissions drastically increased as their testosterone doses were increased, from 17% of subjects with no treatment to 90% of subjects at a high dose.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Finkelstein |first1=Jordan W. |author2=Elizabeth J. Susman |author3=Vernon M. Chinchilli |author4=M. Rose D’Arcangelo |author5=Susan J. Kunselman |author6=Jacqueline Schwab |author7=Laurence M. Demers |author8=Lynn S. Liben |author9=Howard E. Kulin |year=1998 |title=Effects of Estrogen or Testosterone on Self-Reported Sexual Responses and Behaviors in Hypogonadal Adolescents |journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism |volume=83 |issue=7 |publisher=The Endocrine Society |pages=2281–2285 |doi=10.1210/jcem.83.7.4961 |pmid=9661595 |display-authors=6 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Thirteen percent of males experience their first ejaculation as a result of a nocturnal emission.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kinsey|first1=Alfred C.|title=Sexual Behavior in the Human Male|date=1948|page=190|publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0253334128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfMKrY3VvigC&pg=PA190|access-date=2014-10-20}}</ref> Kinsey found that males experiencing their first ejaculation through a nocturnal emission were older than those experiencing their first ejaculation by means of [[masturbation]]. The study indicates that such a first ejaculation resulting from a nocturnal emission was delayed a year or more from what would have been developmentally possible for such males through physical stimulation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kinsey|first1=Alfred C.|title=Sexual Behavior in the Human Male|date=1948|page=299|publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0253334128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfMKrY3VvigC&pg=PA190|access-date=2014-10-20}}</ref>