I am sure that many of us have heard some of the myths surrounding masturbation. Things like how one can go blind, sterile, grow hairy palms, become a nymphomaniac, develop a curved penis or bigger clit lips are myths. In reality, masturbation is actually very good for you. For women in particular, masturbation can help overcome pre-menstrual tension or other physical conditions associated with their menstrual cycles. By releasing tension in the uterus the cramps that are caused during menstruation are reduced. Masturbation can also lead to a more relaxed sleeping condition that can aid in some peoples health. Men can actually reduce the risk of prostate infections by masturbating. Dr. Ken Goldberg wrote in his book Prime Health and Fitness that because the prostate provides some of the fluid in semen, ejaculation may help keep it well drained . He recommends one or two ejaculations a week should be sufficient. If that s true, I know some people whose prostates are squeaky clean including my own.
I have never believed that masturbation was bad for a person because if that were the case I would have gone blind or died a long time ago. I don't think I'm the only one that would have had reason to fear this either. My friends and I are pretty open about masturbation with each other. We all know that we do it, so why hide it? Some of my female friends are a little less enthusiastic to talk about it, but a few of them admitted that they like to masturbate every once in a while. I think that almost all women either masturbate or have at least tried it. In my opinion, there are two types of liars when it comes to self-ejaculation, those who say they've never tried it and those who say they've quit. I don t understand why people are so ashamed of it.

If masturbation is so good for you and everyone does it, why is it one of those topics never talked about? As we get older and learn about masturbation, we are taught that it is bad. People create myths like the ones I mentioned earlier. If that doesn't scare you enough not to do it, we are told that it is immoral or a sin and that you will go to hell for it. I don t ever remember going to church and hearing the preacher say that in Next Sunday's sermon we will discuss the 11th commandment: thou shall not masturbate.

Aside from personal religious beliefs, I have never heard of anyone becoming hurt through the casual practice of self-ejaculation. There was one incident in which a 40-year-old phone sex operator claimed that she developed carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands from masturbating as many as seven times a day. Of course this wasn't caused by masturbation itself. Carpal tunnel syndrome in her case was probably caused by lack of vitamins and the constant working of her hands on her vagina. This would have happened if she did something as ridiculous as giving her husband a foot massage seven times a day. If her fingers were starting to hurt when she masturbated, why didn't she just get a vibrator? There are so many different new ways to learn how to get yourself off .

There are actually places in which women pay money to learn how to masturbate. I'm not talking about a sleazy little shack where women are taught how to touch themselves by some tramp thinking she could make a quick buck teaching it. In actuality it is very different. Dr. Betty Dodson author of critically acclaimed books Self Loving and Sex for One is the teacher/guru of Masturbation 101. Betty, also known as the Mother of Masturbation is a seventy-year old women that doesn t look a day over fifty. She says, she owes it all to masturbation . Betty's Bodysex Group , conducted in the living room of an almost palace like home, is a group of women from across the country that want to learn some of Betty's secrets on how to get the best orgasmic experience for themselves, by themselves. The group starts out by getting naked and getting to know each other personally. Then they get little mirrors and look at their vaginas and describe what they see to each other. Betty says that "the idea of the exercise is to show that there wasn't one "right" way for a women's body to look". Next, they were given vibrators, but not just any vibrator, but a Hitachi's "Magic Wand," the Mercedes Benz of electric lustmates. They are taught to use it in many different ways in order to achieve an optimal orgasmic experience. They learn to straddle it, ride it, and many other positions I am not able to describe, due to the fact that I am not able to do any of them being a man. They are told not to have an orgasm through the session until after they have learned them all.

Of course the women get frustrated and want to have one after a couple of positions, but Betty says that she "teaches gourmet selflove, not fast food cum sessions" and the women would benefit more by waiting until the end of the session. After they have tried all of the positions they are given the rest of their time to come as many times as they please. Once all of the women are done, they talk about their orgasms. Betty says that most women she sees come to her classes don't like their bodies and think that they are incapable of selflove. After Betty's two- day seminar they leave, more confident with themselves both physically and mentally, knowing that other women think some of the same things she did. They learn that all of them are beautiful in their own way and that they no longer need to be ashamed of their bodies or themselves for (gasp!) masturbating
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