Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Hi, everyone. Let's talk about sex.
[00:00:03] I'm Dr. Laura Prescott, Associate professor for the Clinical PsyD Program at the Chicago School of Los Angeles.
[00:00:11] Rubbing one out, flicking the bean, waxing the bishop's candlestick. You may not have heard every euphemism for masturbating, but chances are you've done it.
[00:00:22] Masturbation is an extremely common sexual act, yet it's one that many people are embarrassed or afraid to talk about.
[00:00:30] Hopefully, as we talk about it more in today's podcast, you'll feel a little bit more comfortable admitting to doing it, doing it, and even maybe talking about it.
[00:00:38] Let's talk about a few fun facts with regards to masturbation.
[00:00:42] The first one is people of all ages masturbate. And I'm not just talking about. Yes, people up into older age masturbate, but even young children can masturbate.
[00:00:53] Kids sometimes do it, not because they're precocious perverts or anything like that, but because it just feels good to them.
[00:01:00] There's even been some argument of images of babies maybe doing it in the womb.
[00:01:06] It wasn't something that people were sure about, that that's what they were seeing, but it could be a possibility.
[00:01:12] If a young kid does it, you don't want to just scream at them, go, oh, no, no, don't do that.
[00:01:17] You don't want to scare them away from doing it, but they shouldn't be doing it in public. And sometimes they may do that because they don't understand.
[00:01:23] So just simply say, hey, you know, don't do that in public, okay?
[00:01:29] Another fun fact is that animals masturbate, too.
[00:01:32] You're probably familiar with cats and dogs. Dogs often like to hump people's legs, and cats will often lick or rub. And cats and dogs sometimes rub against stuff. But you'd also probably be amazed to learn that other kinds of animals do it, too. Horses will like to rub up against things. Squirrels, even turtles and walruses, believe it or not, they have some amusing strategies, like using their flippers. And they can even give themselves oral sex, which takes a lot of talent and flexibility.
[00:02:08] Another fact is there can be too much of a good thing.
[00:02:12] If you masturbate too much, you actually can injure yourself. It's not just a matter of chafing, which in and of itself is kind of annoying and painful, but you can injure yourself. You can actually get penile fractures from too much masturbation.
[00:02:27] Sometimes if there's wounds that form, you can get those wounds infected and have gangrene. And the infection.
[00:02:34] So do be careful not to masturbate yourself into oblivion.
[00:02:40] Masturbation is the most common human sexual practice in the world.
[00:02:45] And this makes sense because you don't really need very much to do it. You just need yourself and your hand. You can use sex toys, of course, if you want, but you can always do it when you're alone. You don't need another person.
[00:03:00] Last but not least, masturbation has tons of health benefits.
[00:03:04] One thing, obviously, is that you can learn more about your own body. And because you learn more about what you like, you can have better sex when you are with a partner.
[00:03:15] Masturbation also helps reduce stress and tension, and even can help reduce menstrual cramps.
[00:03:22] It's something that has been shown to reduce prostate cancer risk. So the frequent ejaculation from orgasm actually may lower the risk of getting prostate cancer.
[00:03:34] And masturbation can even help boost immunity.
[00:03:37] So get going and get masturbating, everybody. It'll help your health once again. I'm Dr. Laura Prescott, Associate professor for the Clinical PsyD Program at the Chicago School of Los Angeles. Thanks for tuning in.
