why do people masturbate?
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It's Normal, Healthy and Okay to Masturbate!\n    eve and adam Masturbation can be defined as self-stimulation to cause sexual sensations. The use of the word masturbation usually suggests that the person is manipulating his or her genitals to the point of intense pleasure or orgasm. (Orgasm refers to a period of intense excitement in which genital muscles enter in to a series of highly-pleasurable contractions or movements).\n\n    While masturbation can involve another person, most of us think of it as a very private act. According to some health care providers masturbation allows a healthy way to express & explore your sexuality and to release sexual tension without all the associated risks of sexual intercourse. Health professionals generally agree that this private touching is a natural, normal mode of self-exploration and sexual expression. Unfortunately, after the excitement of the moment has passed, many people find themselves filled with guilty and or shame.\n\n    Why all this guilt and shame? Actually, from American History.\n\n    A little bit of American History:\n    Our attitudes about masturbation have deep roots for sure. Around the turn-of-the-century, some adults were so against masturbation that they forced their daughters to wear gloves made of a steel-wool-like material (like Brillo pads) at night and to put a powder on their genitals that made them painful to touch. They made their sons wear metal chastity belts at night that made it painful to have an erection. During the 1820s male masturbation was prevented by piecing the foreskin with a wire and soldering the ends together. Boys and girls were discouraged from masturbation by the threat of blindness, madness and illness. Of course, all of these are not true.\n    Of course, the subject of masturbation was taboo years before the United States was created. All kinds of chastity belts and other devices were used to prevent masturbation, probably as far back in history as you can go. This will vary from culture to culture.
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• Masturbation is not bad for your health. It won’t make you go blind, insane, or bald, give you spots, stunt your growth, or turn you into a pervert.\n\n \n\n• Masturbation can be good for you as it helps relieve stress. It also causes your body to release endorphins (pleasure hormones) which make you more chilled-out.
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Please, forget about the bible and all that crap, masturbation is a throughly natural human response. You will not go to hell for it and it will not make you a sex maniac.
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There is a strong taboo against masturbation and a lot of myths have been spread. But actually masturbation is very healty. It's good for both genders but especially for males - it is good for our prostate to have a "release" at least once a day.
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Masturbation is quite common in young children. In most cases, it is considered a natural, normal behavior in children of all ages. Children often begin masturbating at around eighteen months of age. Masturbation tends to peak when children are between the ages of three and five. It then declines in frequency until puberty.\n\nMany parents are surprised and/or shocked to find their children masturbating. Parents should keep in mind that masturbation generally causes no physical harm to their children. In most cases, problems result only when adults overreact.\n\nFor parents to deal with their children's masturbation they must know when it is normal and when it might indicate some underlying problem.\n\n\nWhy Children Masturbate :\n\n*Pleasure. Children learn very quickly that it feels good to masturbate.\n\n*Self-soothing. For many children, masturbation reduces tension. These children may masturbate when they are upset, tired, bored, or feeling stress.\n\n*Exploration. Many children will masturbate as part of the natural curiosity they have about their bodies.\n\n\nWhat Parents Can Do :\n\n*Ignore it. Masturbation is, after all, a normal behavior for most children. Parents can best handle it by treating it matter-of-factly. Parents shouldn't try to get their children to stop masturbating by punishing, threatening or scolding. If they do, they run the risk of giving their children the idea that their genitals are bad and/or dirty.\n\n*Remain calm. Parents should try not to overreact. They should also keep in mind that no physical harm will come to their children as a result of masturbation. If parents overreact, they may put fear into their children about their bodies.\n\n*Don't be surprised. Masturbation among young children is very common, and quite normal.\n\n\nWhen Children Masturbate in Public Places :\n\nMasturbation is something that should be done in private. Most young children, however, don't know the difference between public and private behaviors. In these cases, children must be taught. Parents should treat public masturbation as they would any other behavior that is not acceptable in public places, for example, nose picking. Here are some specific things that can be done to minimize masturbation in public places.\n\n*Explain. If parents discover their children masturbating in a public place, they should tell their children that is something that should be done only in private, for example, in the children's bedroom or the bathroom. Parents should use words like, "It's all right to do that in the bathroom or the bedroom, but not in the grocery store or when other people are around." Parents should try not to criticize, nag, or punish their children. They should treat the behavior matter-of-factly.\n\n*Offer alternatives. Parents should provide their children with something else to do with their hands while they are in public. They could also try to distract their children from masturbating by suggesting some other activity.\n\n*Be consistent. If children, for example, masturbate while they are at day care, parents should work out a solution with their children's day care provider. It is important that the behavior be treated in the same way by parents and by other care providers.\n\n\nWhen to Seek Help :\n\nOn rare occasions, children's masturbation habits may be an indicator of other problems. Parents should consult their children's health care provider if:\n\n*Children's masturbation interferes with their social interactions.\n\n*Techniques to eliminate public masturbation have failed.\n\n*Parents have any concerns about their children's well being.\n\n*Parents feel that their children are possibly not masturbating, but scratching or rubbing the genital area because of discomfort. It may be possible that such children have an infection or a rash.\n\n*Masturbation is constant.\n\nParents should keep in mind that in most cases, masturbation is a common, normal
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MASTURBATION is an expression of lusting over someone. No scripture tells us that masturbation is a sin.\n\nKeep growing in the Lord Jesus and you will find later that this habit will stop.\n\nConnect with strong Christian men in your locality. \n\nALL THE BEST.
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Lack of sensitivity and / or and inability to perform with a real partner because you become accustomed to your particular method.  \nThis can be particularly problematic if you have a favorite fetish or fantasy that you think of while masturbating.  If that idea transcends being just a fetish and becomes an obsession that you can't act out with your partner you might not be able to perform satisfactorily.  \nPlus my mother said it'll make you go blind!!!
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Masturbation is the manual excitation of the sexual organs, most often to the point of orgasm. It can refer to excitation either by oneself or by another (see mutual masturbation)
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• Masturbation is not bad for your health. It won’t make you go blind, insane, or bald, give you spots, stunt your growth, or turn you into a pervert.\n\n• Masturbation can be good for you as it helps relieve stress. It also causes your body to release endorphins (pleasure hormones) which make you more chilled-out.\n\nFormal info, I don't know, but follow the BBC link below:
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Because of excessive masturbation
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Some men may feel their love life with their spouse is inadequate and therefore masturbate to porn to achieve sexual satisfaction. Or perhaps, they just want to get ideas to spice up their sex life.\nI think porn is good so long as it doesn't take control of the relationship like "Want to have sex?" "No, I would rather look at porn".
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Masturbation is definitely a healthy sexual activity. It is one way for you to enjoy your own body, and to give yourself sexual pleasure. It can also tune you in to your own sexual likes and dislikes. You then have the choice of sharing that information with a sexual partner to enhance a sexual relationship.
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you married someone that gets mad if you masturbate?What a joke! she's probably masturbating herself feels guilty and tries to accuse you of doing it. I masturbate and so does my boyfriend.Its normal.
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Sigh.  I guess I'll try to answer this the best I can so you don't get some horrible other answer.  Masturbation is the touching of one's own genitals for pleasure, often (but not always) to sexual climax (orgasm).  Men generally do it by rhythmically moving a hand up and down on the penis; women by doing a similar rhythmic motion with the fingertips on the clitoris.\n\nMy recommendation for learning what it is: give it a try!
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Because they find it erotic.
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Masturbating is simple for woman. There are several ways to do it. You can use your fingers or go to a sex store and buy little toy's like vibratores or dildows made specally for that. It all depends on what you are going to like.\nYou are basically masasing you private area. I hope I helped.
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Here's the thing, when men use toys it's kinda creepy because men masturbate a lot more than women do, and it just seems like you can't use your perfectly capable hand. When women use toys it's more along the lines of exploring their body and sexuality, the reason is simply because people think that women are afraid to masturbate, so by buying toys it shows boldness and it's considered sexy. Yes it is unfair, but what can you do?