"Army medical records dating back to the Revolutionary War show significant soldier losses due to venereal diseases. In a two-year period during the Civil War, the Union Army documented 100,000 cases of gonorrhea. During World War I, the Army lost 7 million person-days and discharged more than 10,000 men because they were ailing from STDs. Once Penicillin kicked in in the mid-1940s, such infections were treatable. But as a matter of national security, the military started distributing condoms and aggressively marketing prophylactics to the troops in the early 20th century."
The Enemy in Your Pants Mother Jones
Sex with a partner is certainly enjoyable, but the risks today make it a potentially life-threatening endeavor. Whereas masturbation has no risks whatsoever. And in fact numerous health benefits both physical and psychological.
"It prevents cancer. A 2003 Australian study found that men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer. Disease-causing toxins build up in your urogenital tract and when you rub one out, you flush the bad guys out of your system, says Brame.
It makes you harder. As you age, you naturally lose muscle tone … even down there. Regular sex or masturbation works out your pelvic floor muscles to prevent erectile dysfunction and incontinence. “It keeps the angle of your dangle perky,” says Brame. Aim to (ahem) arrive 3 to 5 times a week for rock-solid results.
It helps you last longer. Taking yourself to palm prom may help you stretch your sack sessions. “[Masturbating] an hour before a date will give you more control,” says Brame. Train yourself by timing how long it takes you to orgasm, suggests Ava Cadell, Ph.D., founder of loveologyuniversity.com. If it usually takes two minutes solo, try for three next time. Or count how many strokes you need to get to your happy place. If you’re spurting after 50, shoot for 60. “Most men can double the number of strokes and the time within one month,” Cadell says. Practice makes perfect, right?
It ups your immunity. Ejaculation increases levels of the hormone cortisol, says Jennifer Landa, M.D., a specialist in hormone therapy. Cortisol, which usually gets a bad rap as a havoc-wrecking stress hormone, actually helps regulate and maintain your immunity in the small doses. “Masturbation can product the right environment for a strengthened immune system,” she says.
It boosts your mood. Masturbating releases a slew of feel-good neurochemicals like dopamine and oxytocin that lift your spirits, boost your satisfaction, and activate the reward circuits in your brain. “An orgasm is the biggest non-drug blast of dopamine available,” says Brame. “A brain scan of someone having an orgasm looks like a heroin addict’s." "
Health Benefits of Masturbation Men s Health
As a lifelong proponent of masturbation I can attest to the benefits of it. Whereas many of the rather stupid things men do seem to be to attract female attention, if your libido isn't calling the shots, your able to behave listening to the better angels of your nature. Plus in addition to the benefits listed above, it gives us an excellent motivation to get up in the morning. And climax helps us shut down at bedtime. Rather than coming to rely upon chemical sleep aides, or miserable exercise regimes, take half an hour before bed and have a bit of fun.
And in an era where ED seems to be a thing, I can only guess that many who suffer from it do so from simple lack of use. Can't go days or weeks without getting off then expect things to work properly when finally called upon - use it or lose it. Just like running a marathon, if you never train you'll never finish.
I don't really think it's for procreation purposes.
Protein, you know?
Clever!
