{"id":40589,"date":"2017-06-08T03:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T03:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=40589"},"modified":"2017-06-08T03:00:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T03:00:37","slug":"6-common-embarrassing-questions-masturbation-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=40589","title":{"rendered":"6 of the Most Common (and Embarrassing) Questions About Masturbation Answered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: rgb(47, 56, 70); font-size: large;\">Lanae St. John for<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: rgb(47, 56, 70); font-size: large;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/em><em>YourTango<\/em><em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: rgb(47, 56, 70); font-size: large;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(47, 56, 70); font-size: large;\">gives us a refreshing and honest take on how to talk to yourself, and your kids, about masturbating.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>You may have noticed an increase in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>articles related to masturbation<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>last month. That&#8217;s because every year during the month of May, Sexual Health Educators celebrate National Masturbation Month.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><strong>So, why do we do this? Quite simply, to educate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Masturbation<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>can and should be talked about more openly and more people should learn that it&#8217;s a common and natural behavior so that we can stop casting shame and guilt onto others \u2014 which included passing our own shame and embarrassment on to our kids. It&#8217;s time that we recognize that learning about masturbation doesn&#8217;t have to be scary or shocking or shameful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"video-ad-player-container\" style='margin: -10px 0px; height: 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; overflow: hidden; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>\n<div id=\"video-ad-player-header\" style='height: 28px; text-align: center; color: rgba(47, 56, 70, 0.45); font-family: Texta, AvenirNext-Regular, \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246);'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"sugar-player\" id=\"video-ad-player\">\n<div tabindex=\"0\" class=\"jwplayer jw-reset jw-state-complete jw-skin-seven jw-stretch-uniform jw-flag-aspect-mode jw-breakpoint-4 jw-flag-user-inactive\" id=\"sugar-player-preview\">\n<div class=\"jw-aspect jw-reset\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-media jw-reset\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-preview jw-reset\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-overlays jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-plugin jw-reset\" id=\"sugar-player-preview_googima\">\n<div id=\"sugar-player-preview_ad\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"713\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/core\/bridge3.170.0_en.html#goog_950288841\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-plugin jw-reset\" id=\"sugar-player-preview_jwpsrv\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-plugin jw-reset jw-plugin-related\" id=\"sugar-player-preview_related\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-controls jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-display jw-reset\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-controls-right jw-reset\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-nextup-container jw-reset\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-controlbar jw-background-color jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-group jw-controlbar-left-group jw-reset\">\n<div tabindex=\"0\" class=\"jw-icon jw-icon-inline jw-button-color jw-reset jw-icon-playback\" style='list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em; border: 0px currentColor; height: 2.5em; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none; line-height: 2.5em; font-family: jw-icons; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline-block; position: relative; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; min-width: 2.25em; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-feature-settings: \"liga\" 1; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit;'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" class=\"jw-icon jw-icon-inline jw-button-color jw-reset jw-icon-rewind\" style='list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em; border: 0px currentColor; height: 2.5em; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none; line-height: 2.5em; font-family: jw-icons; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline-block; position: relative; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; min-width: 1.56em; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-feature-settings: \"liga\" 1; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit;'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"jw-text jw-reset jw-text-elapsed\">00:00<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-group jw-controlbar-center-group jw-reset\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-group jw-controlbar-right-group jw-reset\"><span class=\"jw-text jw-reset jw-text-duration\">00:00<\/span><\/p>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" class=\"jw-icon jw-icon-tooltip jw-icon-volume jw-button-color jw-reset jw-off\" style='list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em; border: 0px currentColor; height: 2.5em; text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none; line-height: 2.5em; font-family: jw-icons; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline-block; position: relative; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; min-width: 1.75em; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-feature-settings: \"liga\" 1; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit;'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" class=\"jw-icon jw-icon-inline jw-button-color jw-reset jw-icon-fullscreen\" style='list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em; border: 0px currentColor; height: 2.5em; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none; line-height: 2.5em; font-family: jw-icons; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline-block; position: relative; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; min-width: 1.56em; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-feature-settings: \"liga\" 1; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit;'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"afs_ads\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-ad-player-footer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><strong>Here are questions people ask about masturbation more often than you might expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 style='margin: 50px 25px 1em; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Texta, AvenirNext-Regular, \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>1. What is masturbation?<\/h2>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Masturbation is touching or rubbing one&#8217;s genitals, typically with the hands, but sometimes incorporating other objects for stimulation. Most people think masturbation has to lead to orgasm. This does happen often for some people, but not everyone masturbates with the goal of orgasm in mind.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Masturbation is also a simple, straight-forward method of attaining self-knowledge. When you<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>masturbate,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>you get to figure out what feels pleasant for you. (I&#8217;ll talk more about this part later.)<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Here&#8217;s a fun fact: even babies touch themselves in utero!<\/p>\n<h2 style='margin: 50px 25px 1em; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Texta, AvenirNext-Regular, \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>2. How has society responded to masturbation in the past?<\/h2>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Masturbation feels good, and as a result, it&#8217;s a tough behavior to regulate, although many attempts have been made to control masturbation in the past.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul style='margin: 0px; padding: 14.54px 58.23px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>\n<li>In the late 1700s, a physician named<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Samuel-Auguste Tissot<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>thought semen was made up of blood and therefore concluded that ejaculation must be harmful to one&#8217;s health. He didn&#8217;t know much about the subject, but he wrote about it anyway, and his writings influenced social and medical views for generations.<\/li>\n<li>In 1878, Kellogg&#8217;s founder John Harvey Kellogg<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>developed Corn Flakes to help prevent masturbation<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>because he thought bland food dampened sexual desire.<\/li>\n<li>To keep kids (and adults) from masturbating in the early 1900s, authorities employed several barbaric practices to control masturbation from male circumcision to clitoridectomies to applying carbolic acid to clitorises to tying hands at bedtime to fitting people with restrictive anti-masturbation devices that look like chastity belts.<\/li>\n<li>Doctors used to masturbate their female patients to orgasm in order to treat a now debunked medical condition then known as Hysteria, which was defined by symptoms such as anxiety, sleeplessness, irritability, nervousness, erotic fantasies, feelings of heaviness in the lower abdomen, and wetness between the legs. This is, as the story goes, why vibrators were invented. Doctors grew tired of doing this manually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>And as recently as in 1994, Dr. Jocelyn Elders was pressured to resign from her position as Surgeon General under then-President Bill Clinton for merely suggesting that kids should learn about masturbation in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>sex<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>ed. When<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>asked at a United Nation conference on AIDS whether masturbationshould be taught in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>sex education<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>classes as a way to prevent young people from engaging in riskier forms of sexual activity, her response led to public outrage.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>&#8220;In regard to masturbation, I think that that is something that is a part of human sexuality and it is a part of something that perhaps should be taught, but we&#8217;ve not even taught our children the very basics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style='margin: 50px 25px 1em; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Texta, AvenirNext-Regular, \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>3. What are some other terms people use when referring to masturbation?<\/h2>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>There are a bajillion (note: that is an accurate scientific figure) slang terms people use to refer to masturbation and I cannot name them all, but there are plenty of lists out there.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Some sound violent and some sound silly, like whack-a-mole, polishing-the-knob, self-love, jacking\/jerking\/jilling off, and petting-the-kitty, just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>And there are differences between what penises owners and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>vulva owners call it.<\/p>\n<h2 style='margin: 50px 25px 1em; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Texta, AvenirNext-Regular, \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>4. How common is masturbation?<\/h2>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>This is a question I hear often from my college students. First off,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>masturbation is very common.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Another typical question people have along the same lines is, &#8220;How acceptable is masturbation?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>The answer to this depends on who you ask. Many religions shun the behavior, especially since masturbation does not lead to baby making and for many religions procreation is the only legitimate reason to be sexual, so in their teachings, sex must be practiced only within a heterosexual marriage.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 style='margin: 50px 25px 1em; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Texta, AvenirNext-Regular, \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>5. Why do people masturbate?<\/h2>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Contrary to what Tissot and others believed centuries ago, there are several health benefits to masturbation.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Some of the advantages are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul style='margin: 0px; padding: 14.54px 58.23px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>\n<li>It relieves stress.<\/li>\n<li>It relieves menstrual cramps.<\/li>\n<li>It enhances the functions of our immune system.<\/li>\n<li>It helps one gain confidence in themselves.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a way to experience sexual pleasure with absolutely no risk of contracting an STI.<\/li>\n<li>It can<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>help you to know what feels good to you<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>so you can teach a future partner how you like to be touched rather than relying on them trying to figure it out and both of you possibly feeling disappointed if they don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re doing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style='margin: 50px 25px 1em; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Texta, AvenirNext-Regular, \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>6. What can parents say to their kids about it?<\/h2>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>There&#8217;s a difference between teaching children &#8220;to&#8221; masturbate versus teaching kids &#8220;about&#8221; masturbation. I advocate for teaching<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>about masturbation<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>because this is one sexual behavior that kids will figure out on their own (if they haven&#8217;t already).<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Teaching them to be hygienic, safe, and private is important. You can share the goal of keeping hands clean before and after to prevent the spread of germs (and it&#8217;s just a good habit).<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>You can tell them to be careful if they start playing with objects. This can be where you talk about the importance of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>flared bases<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>for kids who also play with their anus.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Giving them permission to do this in a private place like their bedroom or the bathroom teaches them that it&#8217;s OK to have time for themselves. It also teaches children to respect other people (like relatives) who have their own reasons for having time alone or who don&#8217;t agree that this behavior is OK.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>I mentioned earlier using masturbation to figure out what feels pleasant for you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>Teen Vogue<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>has been KILLING it lately with their on-point articles. One came out just recently called<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8220;Why You Should Masturbate Whether You&#8217;ve Had Sex Or Not.&#8221;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>I&#8217;m not gonna steal its thunder, but if you&#8217;re a parent, you should check it out as this is the message teens can be getting from you as well.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><strong>Look, I get it. Parents often don&#8217;t want to talk about masturbation with their kids. It&#8217;s awkward.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Again, remember you do not need to give them the actual &#8220;how-tos,&#8221; but the attitude you have about this topic and the way you address it with your kids is crucial.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Think scientific. Be matter of fact. You don&#8217;t need to encourage masturbation \u2014 just acknowledge that it is a common and normal behavior. One funny (if not a tad extreme) approach is this one from the TV show<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>Weeds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>I say a tad extreme because most parents wouldn&#8217;t be this graphic, but I do like this example. Uncle Andy uses<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Jack Annon&#8217;s PLISSIT model<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>to talk about masturbation \u2014 Permission, Limited Information, and Specific Suggestions (there&#8217;s no need for the IT: Intensive Therapy part in this convo). This is the same model I use when working with clients as well.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>The topic is tough, especially if you grew up with shame or embarrassment around the topic. I know I sure did. Try talking to your child about how your parents handled it with you, and if it is a tough topic for you, explain why that is. Lots of kids like<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>to hear stories<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>of their parents growing up.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><strong>The key is to face our own guilt or risk passing it on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>I&#8217;m sure lots of our issues with masturbation aren&#8217;t even our own. They came from our parents or loved ones or someone else altogether.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><strong>And one important note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Some people don&#8217;t feel a need to masturbate at all and that&#8217;s okay too. There&#8217;s no need to push people to masturbate. Like I said, merely acknowledging it is a start.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Masturbation is a topic that stirs up a lot of emotions. Telling someone, &#8220;You will grow hair on your palms&#8221;, &#8220;You&#8217;ll go blind&#8221;, or any other such lies as a way to prevent them from masturbating won&#8217;t likely lead to that desired result.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Think about how much effort has been put forth in trying to convince us that masturbation is wrong and then consider how much one learns about themselves in figuring out how their own body works.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'><strong>Masturbation is NOT a bad thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>So, next May, take a moment to thank a sex educator for making masturbation mentionable with (hopefully) less shame.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>xxoo,<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 20px 0px; color: rgb(47, 56, 70); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"PS Savoy\", Lora, Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;'>Lanae<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lanae St. John for&nbsp;YourTango&nbsp;gives us a refreshing and honest take on how to talk to yourself, and your kids, about masturbating. 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