Masturbation means touching and rubbing your penis or clitoris and breasts for sexual pleasure. It’s a normal and healthy way for people to explore their own bodies. It’s also a form of safer sex that lets people find out what feels good, where and how they like to be touched and how to have an orgasm.
Even though it’s normal, some people who masturbate feel ashamed or embarrassed about it. This is partly because masturbation has been wrongly labelled as deviant, dangerous and sinful over the years and many of these out-dated myths still exist.
Mixed messages and misinformation about masturbation from parents, friends and the media can make them more anxious.
MALES
About 94% males are involved in Masturbatoion which leads to orgasm.Some individuals do not masturbate because they do not have sufficient sex drive.
Some boys masturbate by moving the penis against a bed or against some other object.
All males experience sexual fantasies during masturbation, some use erotic pictures &
some additional stimulation in observing their own genitalia.
FEMALES
About 62% females masturbate at some time in the course of their lives.
There is higher incidence of masturbation among the older females because the oestrogen
level falls,the sex stimulating testosterone hormone level increases.
Females choose more types of technique of masturbation than males do. Females most frequently involve in manipulation of clitoris/ labia minora & very less deep penetration of vagina. Nipples of the breast are erotically sensitive in nearly half of the females
Masturbation in babies and young children
Infants tend to masturbate as part of general body exploration. Boys generally start masturbating at an earlier age than girls, since the clitoris and vagina are harder to find than the penis. Sexual fantasies don’t usually accompany masturbation in childhood
Young children begin to pick up on their parents’ attitudes towards masturbation. If parents react negatively, the child can feel ashamed of their sexual feelings and behaviours. Studies show that parents negative reaction also impacts on their child’s sexual attitudes and behaviours in adulthood.
COMMON MYTHS & MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MASTURBATION
- Getting pimples
- Weight loss/general weakness
- Mental dullness
- Impotent
- Decrease in size of Genital organs