Before I go on, let me emphasize that I am not saying that masturbation is the end-all-be-all. My point is to show that masturbation has indeed many benefits.
Here is a list of about 50 benefits, adapted from Albert Ellis, Ph.D., a famous sexologist.
For budding teens, the first 10 items in the following list are of major importance, although they still remain relevant whatever the age.
Sexual advantages of masturbation
Masturbation can…
- … help to understand that sex is good in, by, and for itself ; and that there are no harmful consequences in experiencing sexual pleasure.
- … help to explore one’s sensuality and discover which one kind of stimulation one’s responsive to and maximally satisfying with.
- … help in learning enjoyable forms of sexuality that can subsequently be used to achieve satisfactory sex with others.
- … help in focusing one one’s sexual sensations and pleasures without the interference of other’s needs.
- … help in exploring one’s sexual fantasies, since one does not have interferences or distractions from others.
- … help to engage in much longer periods of arousal and near-orgasm than one would with partners.
- … give more intense and more satisfying forms of arousal and orgasm than is likely with others.
- … help one in having access to sexual and orgasmic pleasure almost at will, without any restrictions from a sex partner.
- … help to release the sexual tension build-up as a result of infrequent non-solo sex play.
- … help one release their sexual tension virtually anywhere as masturbation does not require a lot space.
- … help controlling inadequate or inappropriate sexual longings, thus avoiding being tempted in resorting to various kinds of unethical or criminal behaviour in response to these temptations.
- … help in catering to one needs if one has some kinds of handicaps (such as mobility or hearing) or deficiencies (such as extreme shyness or shame of one’s body) that limit’s one access to non-solo sex.
- … allow the use of sexual toys or fetishes that wouldn’t be used with a partner (because said partner doesn’t share this interest, for instance).
- … help in planing one’s sexual life (or desired lack thereof) in one’s schedule since one does not have to depend on others.
- … help to in avoiding undue demands on their sexual partners, consequently helping these partners in having a maximum of sexual satisfaction and a minimum of pain or frustration.
- … be used to offer visual stimulation to a partner, while also demonstrating to this partner what one finds sexually gratifying.
- … help in evaluating one’s general interest in sex and determine the place sex should take in one’s life. (Not every one is sexually inclined.)
Masturbation can…
- … help adopt a philosophy of enjoyment that not only will aids one in their sexual but also in their general life.
- … help learn the value of giving also to themselves, and not merely to others
- … help in distracting from anxiety, self-downing, depression, and other disturbing feelings. Obviously, it will not solve these basic emotional problems ; but act as a distraction technique serving as temporary palliation.
- … help as an assignment to one one’s useless shame and guilt resulting from an overwhelming superego in various rational-emotive therapies, to overcome the encroachment and overwhelming dominance of this superego in their live.
- … help gain confidence in oneself.
- … be a form of self-exploration, to discover exactly what they like or do not like sexually.
- … help in releasing bodily and emotional tensions.
Masturbation can…
- … help avoid prostatic cancer.
- … help lower blood pressure by alleviating stress
- … help one find a peaceful sleep.
- … give access to sexual relief when one is temporarily ill. General wellbeing has been shown to influence directly on one’s recovery.
- .… help one keep in physical shape either because it gives a goal or because the physical activity they go through as they masturbate.
- … help avoid undesired pregnancies and avoid abortions.
- … help minimize the risk of sexually transmitted diseases.
Although masturbation can obviously be a solitary pursuit, masturbation can also be of help in relationships. For instance, masturbation can…
- … enable one partner to be steadily satisfied and, at the same time, not impose on the other (when one partner wants much more sex than the other). This kind of consideration for the other partner frequently enhances the love relationship between the two.
- … help maintain sexual readiness when one partner has a lower sex drive. The other partner may thus keep up his level of arousal and interest, and may therefore be ready for sex when the first partner is available again. Otherwise, both partners might sink into a kind of sexual apathy and inertia and their sex and love lives might be impaired.
- … help avoid hostility against a partner when one wants a kind of sex that the other does not, for instance, or for various kinds of nonsexual reasons. By resorting to masturbation, hostility abates since one partner is no longer sexually deprived and the other is no longer being imposed on.
- … give partners a large measure of freedom and self-satisfaction and help diminish the potential feeling of constraint brought by a relationship ; thereby increasing the wellbeing of both, as well as increasing their tolerance to other inevitable non-sexual frictions in a couple and thus may lead to a more loving relationship.
- … help bringing about better attitudes on the part of both partners toward themselves and toward others.
- … enhance interpersonal sex relations, by increasing each participant’s understand of sex and knowledge of themselves.
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