It's exactly the other way around (under the condition that you don't engage in degenerate masturbatory habits in wich case having sex is obviously better) and there's plenty of proof for that. For example, a book from the 17th Century explains how the inhabitants of Ragusa are exceptionally strong, handsome and sexy because they marry around the age of 25 on average for both sexes. Tacitus gives the same reason for the exceptional vigour of the ancient German nations. In fact male virginity ca…