Can a Person Become Addicted or Masturbate Too Much?

Masturbation is a topic many people feel uneasy to talk about. The big question that many people want answered to is masturbation addictive? The stigma attached to it is unfounded and unjust. We have been throughout history by people in power (religious leaders) that it is a sin and wrong. It is a shame that there is still a stigma attached to masturbation as it is stopping many people from embracing what is in fact a very natural human behaviour.

Well people everyone masturbates as Dr. Alfred Kinsey published in his sex survey results after 15 years of study in the late 1940's to early 1950's that stated 95% of males and 60% of females had masturbated. A later study by The National Life Survey confirmed these results suggesting 48-95% of people masturbate. It is known that men do masturbate more then women. Although certain surveys recently claim that 22% of professional women between the ages of 24-35 carry a sex toy with most of the time.

There is no mythical figure that is normal. The amount of times that people masturbate is up to the individual. Professors do agree that there are no physical or mental implications for frequent masturbation, unless it can be linked to a symptomatic or obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD). The easy way to spot this type of behaviour is if it starts to interfere with your daily life such as professional responsibilities or personal relationships.

Masturbation can alleviate tension and does have benefits. Research by Australia's Cancer Council Victoria found that the more you often that a man ejaculates during the ages of 20 to 50, the less likely they were to suffer the diseases that kills more than a million men each year such as prostate cancer. Masturbation can also relive sexual tension. If you have a higher sex drive than your partner masturbation can allow to meet those sexual urges in a controlled and safe manner (i.e. not cheating).

The survey of 1,079 prostate cancer patients and 1,259 healthy men found that those who masturbated had sex at least once a day in their 20's were are third less likely to suffer the predicament in later life. Masturbation can have many benefits and should be something to embrace.

The overall conclusion is that you have to be honest with yourself. If masturbation is damaging your work life or a personal relationship then maybe you have a problem if not why not enjoy the pleasures of your won body?

About The Author-- Holly Franklin contributes to a website what is the average size of a penis. The website offers male masturbation advice as well as ways to get a bigger penis.

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