The Lesser-known Benefits of Masturbation Masturbation, or the act of autoerotic behavior, has been considered a cultural taboo in the United States since the Puritans first set foot on the soil. This, however, does not mean that it stopped any one of them from at least experimenting with the act, even accidentally. In today’s society the taboo still exists but its strength is most apparent among the female population. Researchers since the time of …showed first 75 words of 1540 total…

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