Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you?

https://lemmy.world/post/16357640

Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you? - Lemmy.World

people have been demonizing it for most of the AD years i think but it’s quite pleasant really. are there any proven negative effects?

I think the simpler answer is, you are so right, it barely has to be valorized. It sells itself.

I think the long answer is that porn addiction is a real thing that can affect people. Also lots of people in charge of things like sex education have historically been prudes who see masturbation as some sort of gateway to promiscuity.

Orgasms are normal, healthy and necessary.

Orgasms are normal, healthy and necessary

Yes, yes, no.

While orgasms are normal and can potentially have some physical and mental benefits, there is no physical or mental necessity to have them (plenty of asexual and otherwise celibate people of all different kinds out there to prove it).

I don’t agree, in the experience of my friend circle, if you don’t release for a while:

  • you start having wet dreams
  • prostate harm - increased rates of prostate cancer in multiple studies - and my friend developed pelvic floor issues
  • the “mental harm” is having to walk around horny all the time, constantly thinking of sex, and affecting your interactions
  • even celibate people mostly masturbate, that’s not what it means. Including many confessions from priests

the “mental harm” is having to walk around horny all the time, constantly thinking of sex, and affecting your interactions

this is not a problem which normal people face. if you are constantly thinking about sex, you may have an addiction or an otherwise unhealthy relationship with sex

Hey don’t shame ppl for normal variance in sex drive. Being horny is not a disease