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Dear Dr. Konstance McCaffree,
I would appreciate very much if you can clarify me 2 questions:
1) What age in average do boys start masturbating? At 10, 12, 15 years old???
2)Does the age of beginning masturbation and the duration during adolescent have the significance
for sexual well-being?
For exampl, from sexual health's point of view, is there a difference if one boy starts masturbating at 12 years old and his adolescent masturbation lasts for 5 years, but another boy starts at 13 years old and his adolescent masturbation continues for 4 years? Say, all other components of this activity are the same.
What is better: 12 years old and adolecsent masturbation for 5 years, or 13 years old and 4 years? Does it matter for boys? Is it significant for the sexologist/ sex therapist?
Do these question sound stupid? However, It is important to me to underdtand whether the age of beginning masturbation and the duration during adolescent has the significance.
I appreciate very much your expertise and hope to receive your response.
Best wishes now and always,
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Answer:
by Konstance McCaffree: (06/21/2004)
I don't know that the length of time and when a boy starts masturbating is as significant towards his sexual health as other things might be.
Sometimes when a boy discovers masturbation at a young age, his youthful enthusiasm encourages him to explore more, but older boys can enjoy this exploration as well. The average boys starts may vary tremendously depending on where he lives, what his family privacy is like, what the religious messages are that he receives, what other boys have told him, etc.
What influences his later enjoyment and his sexual health is his freedom to masturbate and really enjoy it. Too often males are taught through the culture's messages that to masturbate is sinful or wrong. He may also learn erroneously that certain things happen to those who masturbate. I have heard from males that they think they use up their sperm from this, that their eventual partner can tell they masturbate and will forbid them to during the relationship, that the fantasies they may have are perverted, etc.
I hope you realize that masturbation is really healthy for both males and females. In addition to the cardiovascular strengthening that having an orgasm can do, the actual orgasm/ejaculation releases prostaglandins that create muscle and joint relaxation and pain relief. Scientists continue to find other positive body responses to orgasm, as well as improvement in thinking and mental health.Reviewed by Sexual Health Editorial Team
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