«Don't mess with masturbation. "It's making love with someone I love." They are words of Woody Allen that serve to remove a little iron from a pleasurable activity that has nothing negative, quite the opposite.
The National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB) at Indiana University, between March and May 2009, collected data from 5,865 Americans between 14 and 94 years of age regarding masturbation. The survey was presented anonymously and online to ensure that people lied less. You can see the results in the following table:
Averages
On average, 78 percent of respondents ages 14 and older say they have masturbated at some point in their lives. Doing it very often does not reflect any problem, as long as this activity does not steal time for things that we consider more important.
When men in their 30s were asked if they had masturbated at any time in their lives, 93.4 percent said yes. 80.3 percent of 30-year-old women say they have masturbated at some point. One explanation for the differences between age groups could be that masturbation has become more frequent as taboos around masturbation itself have weakened.
Masturbation increases oxytocin levels in both sexes. Masturbating helps strengthen the immune system, since when you ejaculate, hormones such as cortisol are released, which improve defenses.. Reduces infections or diseases of the urinary tract. Men who practice masturbation between the ages of 20 and 50 have a lower risk of suffering from prostate tumors, according to a study published by the journal of urology BJU International.
By the way, May was Masturbation Month. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, It was believed that a swollen nose was a sign of sexual obsession and that it revealed a habit of masturbation., but fortunately we no longer have to hide our nose (or anything else).
Via | FiveThirtyEight
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