• chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    Pegging isn’t a replacement for a prostate exam any more than getting punched in the tit is a mammogram, despite the similar sensation. Get your butt (and your boobs) checked.

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      Prostate exams actually aren’t recommended for most people anymore. It turns out they weren’t great at catching prostate cancer anyways. Now they only recomend them if you actually have a family history of prostate cancer or other risk factors.

      But also I don’t think this is refering to pegging being a prostate exam. I’m fairly certain it’s refering to the fact that some studies have shown that regular prostate stimulation slightly reduces the risk of prostate cancer.

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      Yes, but he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1990. People generally wouldn’t pursue the office if they knew they would die in only a couple of years.

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          I’m not about to find them but there were a couple studies a while back that said regular prostate stimulation reduces the risk of prostate cancer.

          Of course those could always be like the studies that come out every year about how eggs/chocolate/coffee are good/bad for you.