What is musturbation?

Question

Our society is ridden with too many myths about sex. They include misconceptions like  masturbation is ?bad?, harmful to sexual life, causes weakness, pimples, premature ejaculation, impotence (erectile dysfunction), mental disorders.. etc. 
The truth is that masturbation is a healthy and natural part of the normal human sexual development.

It helps in relieving sexual tensions in men and women who do not have opportunity for safe sex in a comfortable  setting. Scientific studies have proven that masturbation has no known ill-effects at all. On the other hand, it saves the individual from sexually transmitted infections including HIV, sex crimes and attendant social consequences.

One can masturbate as and when the body and mind demands sexual relief. The count doesn?t matter as long as one masturbates out of need rather than habit.

Poosha Darbha · Accepted Answer

Our society is ridden with too many myths about sex. They include misconceptions like  masturbation is ?bad?, harmful to sexual life, causes weakness, pimples, premature ejaculation, impotence (erectile dysfunction), mental disorders.. etc. 
The truth is that masturbation is a healthy and natural part of the normal human sexual development.

It helps in relieving sexual tensions in men and women who do not have opportunity for safe sex in a comfortable  setting. Scientific studies have proven that masturbation has no known ill-effects at all. On the other hand, it saves the individual from sexually transmitted infections including HIV, sex crimes and attendant social consequences.

One can masturbate as and when the body and mind demands sexual relief. The count doesn?t matter as long as one masturbates out of need rather than habit.

Shashank Agrawal · Answer

Masturbation is a natural habit in both the genders during their life time. Continuous masturbation in men will certainly leads to unwanted curvature of penis and in women clitoris looses its sensitivity due to rough use of their fingers on clitoris. Later they may not get normal pleasure or orgasm in intercourse (thrust of penis) after their marriage.
Masturbation once a week is fine but do not make it your habit.

Kamalakanta Sahoo · Answer

Masturbation is when a person sexually stimulates himself, usually by touching or rubbing his own genitals, for the purpose of sexual pleasure or orgasm. It is a common form of sexual expression practiced by both men and women. Masturbation is a safe and healthy form of self sexual satisfaction if it is done in limit. Masturbating twice or thrice week is a healthy practice but more than that could be harmful.