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Happy Masturbation Month!

May 27, 2010

How do you plan to celebrate the last weekend of National Masturbation Month?

The majority of people either masturbate or have done it at some time in their life — enough so that a month-long celebration was initiated several years ago. Self-pleasure cannot lead to pregnancy, sexually transmitted infection, or heartbreak. The only harm that comes from masturbation is due to the stigma that makes some people feel that they are doing something shameful if they enjoy touching their own bodies. Or the criminal record that may follow masturbating in public, but that’s an entirely different issue.

Recent research has found:

70 to 95% of adult men and women masturbate
46% of adults over 65 masturbate
20% of senior citizens masturbate once a week or more.

Masturbation offers comfort, deepens sleep, enhances sexual confidence, maintains blood flow to the genitals (and lubrication, in women), and exercises pelvic floor muscles. If it leads to orgasm, masturbation has the added impact of offering up to 24-hours of pain relief. Masturbation is also a great way to learn how to build arousal, maintain arousal, and what it takes to experience orgasm. Once you know how to please yourself, you can teach a partner what you like by allowing that person to watch you or by guiding a partner’s hand, mouth or body.

No props or tools are required for masturbation — many people rely on their hands, a powerful shower or bath jet, a pillow for rubbing against, etc. If you enjoy a little extra ooomph, toys are available for both males and females. You can learn more about some of these toys here. For women who have never experienced an orgasm with or without a partner, my brochure, Taking the Mystery Out of Female Orgasm, can be helpful. The brochure can be useful for partners, too.

While National Masturbation Month is a reason to celebrate, don’t let June’s arrival prevent you from continuing your self-explorations — self-pleasure can be a year-round activity.

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Written by MDavis · Filed Under Sex, Honestly

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