Masturbation continues to be an issue that is not talked openly in a generalized way.Touching to get orgasm, pleasure, sexual self -satisfaction is something very private."It has always been executed but it is a behavior that is exhibited.It belongs to the universe of the intimate.Masturbation behavior and especially sex in adulthood, in old age, remains a theme still taboo, as an uncomfortable topic.Social models do not favor that kind of expression of sexuality but a change is being seen, "explains the sexologist and researcher Jesús Rodríguez, director of the Murcian Sexological Institute (ISM).After all, remember, “the most active sexually are longest people and have a higher quality of life."

A neurochemical cocktail

Orgasm has long -term benefits

And it is that the neurochemical cocktail- which includes, among others, oxytocin, prolactin, serotonin or dopamine- that triggers a complete sexual cycle both in men and in women favors the nervous, endocrine system, and so on."It is certainly a healthy factor.It has undoubted short -term benefits but then they are also seen in the long term. Es un reforzador, una actividad cardiosaludable y también ejerce un efecto ansiolítico" apunta el director del ISM.

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In men it has been shown that ejaculations make the prostate work as a gland, which benefits its good long -term tone.In addition, the ejaculatory process prevents certain types of prostate infections and some types of cancer.

For women, sexual health the orgasmic response favors vaginal maintenance - very much, tissues, pelvic soil ... - Increase blood flow, it favors tone and control. “Una mujer saludable a nivel genital es una mujer que disfruta también de esa respuesta orgásmica" destaca Jesús Rodríguez.

Masturbation as pleasure and health

The loss of the couple can lead us to sexual self -building

Taking into account the benefits, it becomes relevant to live sexuality in the mature age;However, the loss of the couple can lead us to sexual self -building and not to contemplate, at least more in men than women, masturbation as a release of that part of our life and our body.

Masturbation allows us to maintain healthy sexuality at ages when you cannot have a partner or in which you cannot have relationships with it and that directly affects mental health and this is directly related to physical health.“The most active sexually are longevas people who have a higher quality of life.It is still cause or consequence.Or that people who arrive physically well at an advanced age enjoy more of their sex. Hay una correlación pero no queda claro en qué dirección" señala el director del instituto sexológico murciano.

Do men or women masturbate more?

98 percent of men and 72 percent of women masturbate

It is a very frequent question when talking about masturbation and very difficult to answer with reliable data.The investigation of the activity and sexual from a rigorous scientific point of view is still very early- it begins in the 90s of the last century- and it is impossible to have an investigation that draws a map of sexual habits worldwide.However, at the statistical level, the statistical studies of the ISM can be taken as a reference- the Murciasexproject- that, in the case of men, with a test carried out throughout the region in which the average age was 35.18 years, the answer was that at 98.27 percent practice masturbation and from them 88.44 percent do not feel guilt for doing so.

As for women, the average age of the consultation was 26.3 years.72 percent said he practiced masturbation and 43 percent said he always reach orgasm in doing so.As for the feeling of guilt for this habit, the 75 of the respondents said it did not have it.