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Q and A - Masturbation
"I've touched my privates before, but I don't know if I have done the masturbation. How do I know?" Well, masturbation is a word that means a person touching their own private parts to feel good. So, if the person asking this question was touching their private parts on purpose and they were doing it because they wanted to feel good, that would be masturbation. But if they were touching their private part, for example, in the shower just to wash or clean, that would not be masturbation. That might be part of personal hygiene. Hope that answers your question. "Why do girls masturbate?" Well, this question could also say: why do boys masturbate? Masturbation is something people do because it feels good. So, most of the time, if a person is choosing to masturbate, it's because they want to feel good or if they are exploring their bodies to see how they work. Masturbation cannot hurt anybody so it is okay to do as long as it is in private. "Why do people get erections when they are masturbating?" Well, people get erections while they are masturbating because blood rushes into the genitals when the genitals are aroused. In other words, when people feel good, theres a lot of blood that moves into that part of the body and their genitals become stiff and stick out a little bit. For men, that would be the penis sticking out. For women, the clitoris sticks out from the body slightly, but most of the part of the body that gets erections while masturbating is inside the body, so you would not see it so much if a girl was masturbating. "Is masturbation bad for you?" Well, there are a lot of opinions about masturbation, but what we know is that masturbation cannot hurt a person. It is important to remember that masturbation is something that someone should do in private, where they wouldn't be interrupted.
