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Why Does Masturbating Feel Good
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Even though most people aren't raised with myths like "masturbation will make you go blind" anymore, few people are raised with a sense that male or female masturbation is actually good for them. But it is! Here's why:
1. Masturbation is a great way to learn to pleasure yourself. This is true for both men and women. Once you learn how you like to be touched, you can show or tell your partner(s) for ultimate mutual pleasure. Ask her how she likes to be touched, too. Maybe you can even show each other at the same time.
2. It can help you to fall asleep. The relaxation that masturbation—and sex—provide is unbeatable just before sleep. Considering how important sleep is to cognitive function and a positive mood, take one for the team and masturbate before bed.
3. Frequent masturbation in early adulthood is linked with a lower risk of prostate cancer later on. Whether you masturbate or have partnered sex often, there seems to be some benefit to clearing out the pipes at least a few times per week. And if you do it more often, good for you! Unless you're causing yourself pain or discomfort or you're turning down work and social opportunities to stay home and self-pleasure, there's no harm in masturbating every day, if you feel like it (or several times per day).
4. It helps you play it cool. Like in Something About Mary, some men find that masturbating before a date can help them to feel more calm and comfortable when they're out with someone they like. Masturbation is certainly known to be a great tension reliever.
Learn fun facts—and some seriously good health information—about masturbation and sexuality in The Big Book of Masturbation.
Debby Herbenick, PhD is a sex researcher and educator, a widely read sex columnist and author of Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction . Follow her on Twitter @mysexprofessor
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Buzzkill, thy name is when a partner whispers,"Are you ready to go to the boneyard, baby?" on a day you're just not feeling it.
Curious about how a little pain might influence your pleasure? Have at it. Wondering what it would be like to have an orgasm in your car? Find out (when it's parked, because safety first). When you don't have to mind anyone else's boundaries, you're free to explore where your own start and end.
No need to compromise by doing something your partner adores that you find meh, since your job is to focus wholly on making yourself feel good.
Sure, you may be able to have them during sex. But on your own, you don't have to wait for anyone else to recuperate in the process.
Like a guy who's either so lost in pleasure or just straight-up rude forgetting to warn you he's about to orgasm.
Hello, extra space to properly position yourself! Goodbye, fear of dying while trying to figure out how two people can make it work in a bathtub!
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The lesson: What Gives You The Best Orgasms 101. When you're masturbating, class is always in session.
Neither your hand nor vibrator has the ability to get offended, so that's pretty clutch.
Wait, was that leg twitch really it? Time for a do-over.
Which you shouldn't have to do in sex either, but sometimes it seems like a necessary evil.
Begone, annoying hand cramp that's ruining all the fun.
There's no one to feel put-out about you using one, so why not?
Because sometimes your bladder chooses the most inconvenient moment to make itself known.
Hey, you gave it the old college try. If your body determines it needs a nap more than an orgasm, go with it.
All the better for heavy breathing that can intensify the experience. And, you know, staying alive.
If you're into porn , maybe you don't feel comfortable watching with a partner or would just rather keep your preferences private. All good when you're alone!
And yes, watching the entirety of 50 Shades of Grey can count as foreplay, as can anything else that floats your boat.
It doesn't make you boring, it makes you efficient!
Sometimes when you have sex, there's the pressure to be so passionate you collapse into a heap afterwards, totally spent from all the vigorous activity. You can do your best sloth imitation while masturbating and still get off, which is great.
Perfect if you absolutely do not want a baby on board at this point of your life.
Big sigh of relief, because you know your entire sexual history and can't pass anything along to yourself.
As exhilarating as it can be to have sex with someone new, sussing out what it says about your relationship status can be both terrifying and exhausting.
During sex, this can arise for reasons like one person wanting to cuddle while the other would rather question Kanye West's artistic genius to his face than do any such thing.
No moment of panic that you said the wrong one, and no guilt necessary.
Without worrying that someone else either thinks it's weird or is taking it the wrong way.
As is going out to brunch, watching a movie, or doing whatever you want without taking anyone else's opinion into account.
This can be pure nightmare fuel when you're having sex. But on your own? Hell yeah, you should appreciate yourself for taking time out of your busy life to be good to your body.
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