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?

  • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    914·
    6 months ago

    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).

    • Lung@lemmy.world
      205·
      6 months ago

      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
      • lseif@sopuli.xyz
        11·
        6 months ago

        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

        • Lung@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 months ago

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

      • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        512·
        6 months ago

        Well done, you’ve provided some anecdotal effects and benefits, which I didn’t deny exist.

        However none of them demonstrate necessity.

        Breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, shitting - those are necessities.

        Having orgasms is not, no matter how much you try to convince yourself and others.

        • Lung@lemmy.world
          71·
          6 months ago

          Sure you don’t “have to” bathe but you’ll have a bad time if you don’t