Can Self Pleasure Lead To Better Health?
According to archaeologists who found ancient artifacts
portraying people masturbating, masturbation has existed since
the dawn of time. Yet, there are many controversies surrounding
autoeroticism, especially during the Victorian era when metal
chastity belts were employed on young men and women to prevent
them from touching themselves while sleeping. Such methods
appear arcane and obsolete today; however, masturbation is
proving to be a touchy subject in this day and age even when the
modern man claims to be enlightened.
Masturbation is widely accepted by both experts in the medical
field and sociologists as healthy, natural and helpful in sexual
self-exploration. Apart from abstinence, it is said to be the
safest sex experience. Nonetheless, the act of pleasuring
oneself is still receiving widespread infamy. In 1994, the first
US woman Surgeon General, Jocelyn Elders, was dismissed when she
answered a question concerning sex education in public schools,
saying masturbation "is something that is part of human
sexuality and its part of something that perhaps should be
taught."
"Masturbation" is said to have many health benefits. Medical
professionals have noted that it can: