Research indicates that prolactin increases following orgasm are involved in a feedback loop that serves to decrease arousal through inhibitory central dopaminergic and probably peripheral processes. The magnitude of post-orgasmic prolactin increase is thus a neurohormonal index of sexual satiety. Using data from three studies of men and women engaging in masturbation or penile-vaginal intercou...

Delayed ejaculation (DE) is the least understood and least common male sexual dysfunction. Any procedure or disease, as well as some drugs, that disrupts the nervous systems path to the genitals may produce delay on ejaculation[1]. In the last 5 years in our clinic, there has been an increase among men who cannot ejaculate inside vagina for psychological factors, even though they are able to ej...

BACKGROUND Less is known about the sexual health of young adults than about adolescents, despite 20 to 24-year-olds' greater risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmissible infections. This paper provides information on college students' prior and current sexual practices including oral sex, vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse and masturbation. METHODS We analysed data from a cross-...

Imipramine hydrochloride was administered to five male horses (400-500 kg b.wt.): one experienced young stallion, two mature normal breeding stallions, one 5-year-old stallion with erection and ejaculatory dysfunction, and one long-term castrated male horse. Oral imipramine treatment (100 to 600 mg, twice daily) led to frequent erection and masturbation while at rest in the stall in a nonsexual...

Masturbation is a quite common human behavior which occurs in 90-94% of males and 50-60% of females at a certain point in their lives (Leung & Robson 1993). Masturbation behavior is easily recognizable and in classical form it should not be diagnostically problematic. However, in early childhood it is not often recognizable because there is no genital manipulation (Bradley 1985, Leung & Robson ...

Serious alarm about female masturbation first emerged during a transitional period for beliefs on sexuality. This article examines the gender history of through shifting constructions femininity at work in early anti-masturbation discourse. While founding campaign (Onania, 1716) portrayed autoeroticism as significant concern, existing scholarship pays limited attention to how sentiment interact...

This blog-style paper written for PSYC333 concerns the rampant misinformation regarding safe and healthy sexual practices of masturbation, informed by research masculinity, health. In today's society, especially amongst adolescents young adults, idea “No Nut November,” other trends where masturbation is discouraged, runs a very common source this misinformation. paper, problematic roots No Nove...