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Can masturbating be harmful to your health?
Not if you believe science. No credible studies have shown that masturbation can cause you any physical harm. It definitely DOES NOT stunt your growth, cause hair to sprout on your hands or any of those other outrageous myths you might have heard. So stop worrying.
Masturbation is natural and normal. Most people do it. Surveys show that 80 percent of males and 59 percent of females have masturbated by age 18.
In your early teen years, your body changes. Hormones make you feel tension in your penis or vagina. This tension builds and you can feel really uncomfortable until you find a way to release it. Masturbation is one way to do that.
It's also a good way to get used to your body and your sexual feelings without the complications that sometimes come when you have sex or do sexual things with someone else.
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Your Comments
i masturbate everyday
Posted by: jk lol on Jun 23rd, 2008 6:04pm
i can't stop. i masturbate everyday. is this healthy? and is
it normal?
Mutual masturbation boy to girl
Posted by: LucindaH on Jun 6th, 2008 2:45pm
It sounds like you may be getting chaffed or irritated.
Check out this FAQ: http://www.sexetc.org/faq/std/603. And
if you're having vaginal, oral or anal sex with your
boyfriend, use condoms and dental dams to reduce the risk of
an STD. Both of you should be tested for STDs to make sure
neither of you has been exposed to one. Click here to get
more info on where to get tested:
http://www.sexetc.org/page/get_tested/.
Mutual masturbation boy to girl
Posted by: girly92 on Jun 3rd, 2008 11:46pm
me n my boyfriend do this frequently and the last time he
did it it was kinda of rugh.now im a female and my part kind
of burns arond the inner lips like a rug burn.This has
happened before and it went away a couple of days after
that. Is this dangerous or is it that he was just rubbing a
bit too rough?
I did it
Posted by: SkittlezGurl95 on Apr 20th, 2008 10:29pm
Like I did it about 20 mins ago, and it was fun, but why
don't I act like myself I acted really crazy? Why does this
happen?
RE: ......
Posted by: DanR on Apr 18th, 2008 8:19am
No. Not at all. Sperm will digest in your stomach just
like anything else would. It can be harmful, however, to
swallow someone else's sperm because that can put you at
high risk for certain STDs. For more information on how to
avoid getting and STD, check out this link:
http://www.sexetc.org/faq/std/1047.
......
Posted by: ese_shorty on Apr 14th, 2008 9:44pm
is it harmful if you swallow your own sperm????
RE: what to do?
Posted by: DanR on Mar 10th, 2008 10:58am
People masturbate in lots of different ways. Touching your
own body for sexual pleasure is different for everyone,
depending on what makes your body feel good. Females
usually use their fingers to touch themselves on or near the
clitoris, the sensitive bump above the opening of the
vagina. Masturbation sometimes results in orgasm and
sometimes it doesn't. Masturbation can be a great way to
release sexual tension if you just take some time to get to
know your body and what feels good to you.
what to do?
Posted by: CuriousGirl on Mar 9th, 2008 8:50pm
i never masturbated before and im always tense all the
time
how do i learn?
can anyone teach me?
RE: Ruins Sex
Posted by: DanR on Feb 22nd, 2008 12:14pm
Physically, no, masturbation can not harm you in any way
that it would make sex less pleasurable for you. Some
people might say that because through masturbating a lot you
will get to know your own body, and know what feels good to
you. In turn, when you are with a partner, that person will
not know your body as well as you do, so at first, it may
not be as pleasurable. That is nothing a little time and
honest communication can't fix, so no need to worry!
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RE: i masturbate everyday
Posted by: DanR on Jun 24th, 2008 1:15pm
Do not worry. Physically, masturbation can not harm you.
If you do it too much, it can cause chaffing, which can be
uncomfortable, but it will go away once you start to
masturbate less frequently. Masturbation is a very personal
thing and some people never do it, others do it once in a
while, and some people do it 1, 2, even 3 times a day or
more. It is all perfectly normal, so you have nothing to
worry about.