Masturbation

Masturbation is the stimulation of the genitals to the challenge of pleasure, orgasm and satisfaction of libido free intercourse with another person. Apart from people, masturbation and answered a large number of animal species vasileiou. Μasturbation is sexual activity of both men and women, which occurs for the first time, usually during adolescence the individual, but not limited to it. A large percentage of people masturbating and into adulthood, and studies in infants and toddlers have shown that the extraction of pleasure from contact with the genitals have been found from this age group.

Although masturbation is usually done using the hand may be used as sexual objects and devices. A variation is the mutual masturbation, during which two people of different or the same sex irritate one another in order to reach orgasm. Mainly used as a sexual toy, but it can happen between two people who for whatever reason are unable or unwilling to come into full contact.
Μasturbation is taboo for certain people, while during adolescence may be a source of guilt, which to some extent since it is normal for a new and unknown aspect of adolescent sexuality. In past seasons were considered detrimental to the physical or mental health, with widespread rumors that it can lead to deafness, blindness and cause kyphosis. But today science is no longer connects to any type of physical or mental effects, except where the act is too often a substitute or a normal sex life of an adult. Used by analysts in the 19th century. for "treatment" of hysteria in women. In the coming years the idea prevailed that masturbation is removed stuff from the bone marrow, but today such a view is misguided and totally wrong by scientists.