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Dear Professor Stanley Ducharme:
If I may, I want to ask 2 questions. I would apprecaite very much your expertise and willingness to clarify these issues.
1) Do the age of beginning of adolescent masturbation and the duration it during adolescence have the significance for sexual well being? To be more specific, for example: one boy starts masturbating at 12 years old and his adolescent masturbation lasts for 5 years, but another boy starts at 13 years old and his adolescent masturbation continues for 4 years? Say, all other components of this activity (attitude toward sexuality, frequency, privacy, messages from adults/parents, etc.) are the same. From sexual health's point of view, is there a difference?
What is better for the boys/men' sexual well being: 12 years old and adolescent masturbation for 5 years, or 13 years old and masturbation for 4 years? Does it matter for boys? Is it significant for the sexologist/sex educator?
Again, are the length of time of adolescent masturbation and when a boy starts masturbation significant towards his sexual health?
2) What age in average/normally do boys start masturbating? At 10, 12, 15 years old??? How long in average does adolescent masturbation last: 2, 3, 5.6 years??? What is modern sexology view on these?
I apologize for the redundancy in my first question, but I wanted to be understandable: it is important to me to understand whether the age of beginning masturbation and the duration of masturbation during adolescent has the significance for sexual health.
I appreciate very much your expertise and time, and I hope to receive your response.
Once again, thank you very much for your work!
Warm regards
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by Stanley Ducharme: (06/22/2004)
Bob;
Thank you for your question although i am not sure if I have all the answers you are looking for. In general the age and duration of masturbation does not have a specific relationship with sexual well being. Especially if if the age is generally in the same range such as 12 or 13.MAsturbation does provide an opportunity to become familiar with one's genitals and does help young men learn to control ejaculation and orgasm. This is obviously important as the individual matures and becomes active with a partner.The age of beginning mastuirbation varies among boys and is probably more directly related to the age of puberty than anything else.Generally, masturbation begins within a year of puberty and extends for different times in different boys. For some men, it last for a lifetime. For others it may last until the boy becomes active with a partner and then masturbation patterns may change.So again, sexual health is more related to whether masturbation occured in adolescence rather than the exact date it began or the length of time it extended.If there is more specific research on the questions that you asked, i am not familiar with them. I hope this is helpful.Reviewed by Sexual Health Editorial Team
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