How do people masturbate?
Good reasons to maturbate
Masturbation myths

Aka: "whacking off", "playing with yourself", "jerking off", "self-pleasuring." These words all describe an ancient practice: masturbation.

There have been times in history when negative myths have been made up about masturbation. Studies have proven that masturbation causes no ill effects and is a normal and healthy sexual activity. There is no reason to feel guilty about masturbating. At the same time, it's also important to respect your feelings if masturbation is something you don't feel comfortable doing.

How do People Masturbate?

People masturbate in a variety of ways and you can try different ways to give yourself sexual pleasure until you find what's best for you.

Girls can use their hand to rub their vulva and clitoris, use a finger or fingers to explore the vagina, stimulate the clitoris with a vibrator or with a stream of water from the bathtub or shower, or rub their genitals against a pillow. This stimulation can lead to orgasm.

Guys can masturbate by rubbing their penis with their hand using varying degrees of pressure, or by pumping the penis between two pillows. Often this will lead to orgasm and ejaculation.

Sometimes people will also want to touch their nipples or other parts of their body while they are masturbating. Some people like to fantasize when masturbating, about someone who turns them on, or watch a sexy movie. Others find it exciting to read a sexy story or look at erotic pictures before or during masturbation.

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Good Reasons to Masturbate

• It feels good
• It's safe!! We can't get an infection from ourselves or get ourselves pregnant
• We can learn more about our bodies, what feels good for us sexually
• We can experience sexual pleasure without having a partner

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Masturbation Myths

Only boys masturbate
We tend to think and talk about boys masturbating, but it is true that girls do as well! In our society, we are not as open about female sexuality. This means that girls tend to be more secretive about it because it is less acceptable for them to talk about masturbation.

If you masturbate you're a loser because you can't "get it”
People of all backgrounds masturbate; even people in relationships find that they enjoy pleasuring themselves sexually.

You can hurt yourself if you masturbate too mucholo
The good news is as long as you masturbate in a private place, you can do it as much as you want. Giving yourself pleasure and release through masturbation can even be good for you!

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