Masturbation Facts
- 95-98% of men and 56-89% of women have
masturbated at some point in their lives, according to a 1993 study by researchers Janus and Janus and a 2002 study by researchers Pinkerton, Bogart
- Male college students reported masturbating
an average of 4 times per week, 12 times per month
- Female college students reported
masturbating a little more than 1 time per week, 4.7 times per month
- African Americans report masturbating fewer
than whites, averaging 62% at some time in their lives, compared with 98% of white males, in a 2002 study by researchersRobinson, Bockting, & Harrell.
- Of those who live with a sexual partner, 85%
of men still masturbate and 45% of women continue to masturbate, according to a 1994 study by researchers
Laumann, Gagnon, Michael and Michaels.
- Masturbation potects against Prostate Cancer.
Men who masturbate more than 5 times a week in their 20's are 33% less likely to develop the most aggressive form of prostate cancer later in life. A 2003 study by Graham Giles at the Cancer Council of Victoria in Melbourne Australia found that the ejaculate helps to "flush" or rid the male body of carcinogens.
- Masturbation appears to tone the penis by
exercising the pubococcygeal (PC) muscle, commonly known as the "pelvic floor". The PC extends from the mons pubis to the anus. You use your PC to hold your water, preventing urination. Dr. Arnold Kegel a Californian obstetrician developed the "Kegel exercises in 1946 to prevent incontinence. Since then, Kegel exercises have been used to tighten the vagina after childbirth and to heighten sexual pleasure in both men and women.
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