The need to masturbate

People masturbate for different reasons — it helps them relax, they want to understand their body better, they want to release sexual tension, or their partner isn't around. But most people masturbate because it feels good. Many people think that masturbation is only something you do when you don't have a sex partner.

28 Jan No one's sure. But your body seems to respond differently. Even the makeup of semen is different if you masturbate instead of having sex. Still, does it really matter? Have you honestly been masturbating all these years only because you wanted to boost your prostate health? Didn't think so. But one study.