Scientific research suggests that sexual stimulation, including stimulation through masturbation, has many health benefits. In addition to reducing stress, releasing tension, improving sleep quality and increasing concentration, masturbation will give you sexual pleasure.
There are different myths that, despite having been denied on more than one occasion, resurface again and again. A recent study by News Medical Today revealed details about this sexual practice.
Masturbation is a sexual activity where the sexual organs are stimulated by caressing with the hands, to obtain sexual pleasure. While this action may or may not lead to orgasm, it is a common practice among men and women that plays a key role in healthy sexual development.
According to the study, masturbation elevates mood, improves sexual intercourse.
In the case of women, according to experts, it relieves menstrual pain, reduces vaginal dryness in older women and pain during sexual intercourse.
Myths and truths about masturbation
There are different myths about masturbation (such as the possibility of going blind, or the growth of hair on the hands) that have been roundly disproved.
There is no scientific evidence to show that masturbation causes any of the suggested adverse effects: it does not cause blindness, it does not cause hairy palms, much less impotence in adulthood.
Other myths that the News Medical Today report debunked include; erectile dysfunction, penile shrinkage and curvature, low sperm count, mental illness, and physical weakness.
The Medical News Today report ensures that, among adolescents between 14 and 17 years old, 74% of men and 48% of women masturbate; and among adults between 57 and 64 years old, 63% of men and 32% of women engage in sexual practices.
Effects of masturbation on the brain
While there is no evidence that masturbation has negative effects on the brain and memory, excessive porn consumption would.
A study carried out by the Center for Life Cycle Psychology in Berlin in 2014 determined that the consumption of pornography has a significant impact on how sex is conceived, especially among the youngest. In addition, viewing sexually explicit content continuously has been linked to learning disabilities and memory loss.
What happens in our brain when we watch porn?
Excessive consumption of pornography would affect the volume of gray matter in the right lobe of the brain, where neuronal tissue related to intelligence is housed, according to the aforementioned study. Therefore, this reduction in gray matter could affect functions such as learning and memory.
What happens in our brain when we watch porn?
Excessive consumption of pornography would affect the volume of gray matter in the right lobe of the brain, where neuronal tissue related to intelligence is housed, according to the aforementioned study. Therefore, this reduction in gray matter could affect functions such as learning and memory.
Specialists emphasize that the consumption of pornography per se is not a bad thing. The problem is the excess. Studies indicate that around 75% of men and 25% of women in the general population consume pornography on a regular basis.
Sex addiction affects 7% of men and around 1 to 3% of women, who see how pornography becomes their main leisure activity, deteriorating their work, family, social and personal lives.
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