|Note: Some information taken from this article is from a Fox News piece entitled “FOXSexpert: The Health Benefits of Masturbation”, which you can read here.
Masturbation isn’t as taboo as it once was. Research shows that 70% to 95% men do it1; even 72% of men who are married2.
Still, as popular an act as it is, there are reasons men should put the aloe vera3 down.
Masturbation has ruined many-a-life; when done in excess, masturbation can be harmful. Even if you never admit to a single soul of your four-time a day habit, you will still not able to look at yourself in the mirror without being ashamed.
There are some sexual drawbacks to too much “self-love”
Depending on your style of masturbating, you could ruin your heterosexual sex life by reducing your penis sensitivity. If you spend your evenings sticking your man parts between your mattresses to get off, I doubt a vagina is going to do it for you anymore.
There are also mental issues that come from chronic masturbation. The dependence on pleasure might take away from other things in your life; such as an interest in spending time with friends or normal, intimate relationships with other people. You may think it sounds silly, but there are many men out there who are so reliant on themselves for gratification that they shun the outside world; it becomes an addiction.
On the scientific side, there are many researched health benefits to masturbation, as noted in the aforementioned article. Masturbation improves the functioning of your immune system, helps build a resistance to prostate gland infection while strengthening your prostate.
Also, masturbation is a great way to relieve stress, improves your mood, helps you sleep, strengthens your pelvic muscles4, and best of all, masturbation is the safest form of sex around!
For an act you do solely to satisfy your carnal desires, there is a lot to gain from a weekly tug on the member.
Masturbation is good and bad, and it sure is fun, but you must do it carefully and in moderation. Frequent stimulation of the penis is beneficial to your life, but not when you’re the one touching it and it happens multiple times a day.
I’m not attempting to tell you to never touch yourself again. You got 25 minutes before you go to sleep and you need to “release”; that’s fine with me. Your latest crush is coming over tonight and you need to “pre-game” before potential sex; go right ahead. Just keep it to a minimum… you don’t want to break your penis off!5
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1 Karen Halls // Mar 8, 2008 at 10:00 am
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2 semishock // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Thank you Karen.
I appreciate women who can actually accept the material on my site. You’re a rare breed.
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5 Josh // Aug 18, 2008 at 3:32 pm
This is a pretty poor article. You link to the Fox article, which only touches on the positive aspects of masturbation – including, for instance, that men who masturbate five or more times a week (far more than the “weekly tug” that you deem acceptable) are 1/3 less likely to develop prostate cancer. You fail to provide any evidence for any of your claims regarding the negative effects. It seems to be simply an opinion piece dressed up with a few footnotes to look like a “scientific article”.
6 semishock // Aug 18, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Josh – I’m not a scientist, thus, my article isn’t attempting to be “scientific”.
It is more of an opinion article laced with research, kind of like the 60 other articles on my site to date.
You’re a tool, btw.
7 Josh // Aug 18, 2008 at 5:30 pm
From your About page:
# Praise/criticism in general – I’m a big boy; I can handle being badmouthed, as long as its constructive and not generally vindictive. If you don’t like something I say on the site, acknowledge it in the comments. Still, if you like the site, let me know too. I do the site for the people and if the people like the site, I feel good about it, so adore me with your words!
I don’t think I said anything particularly vindictive – though I admit my comment was critical. As I said, I think this is a pretty poor article, for the reasons I outlined above. Your “big boy, I can handle it” response is to call me a tool? Interesting.
8 semishock // Aug 18, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Josh – Your comment was not constructive; it is a misguided opinion based on a limited scope of my material.
Before you put your two cents in, it’s always important to check if your currency is valid.
9 Todd // Aug 19, 2008 at 8:06 am
Semishock, you’re acting far more like a tool than Josh. Learn how to handle some criticism like a grown up. Also, this article reads as if it were written by someone who still has some personal guilt regarding sexual self satisfaction.
10 R.F. // Aug 22, 2008 at 11:23 am
I dunno, I thought it was a decent article. There was nothing out of the norm about his opinion on chronic masturbation. I think its obvious if one becomes too self reliant then it can affect relationships. Actually Pilinski’s book “Without Embarrassment” had the same opinion on chronic masturbation as semishock.
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