Research into the origins of masturbation shows that primates 40 million years ago were already masturbating to stop disease and promote reproduction.
In accordance with The keepermasturbation is not just a way to have fun.
“It’s not that some species woke up one day and started doing this. It’s an ancient and evolutionary trait,” Matilda Brindle, principal investigator of the study at University College London, said in a statement. The keeper.
According to data published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society for Biological Sciencesthere are two important points in masturbation: the cessation of diseases and reproduction.
One of the goals is to increase the chances of reproduction. The researchers realized that in the case of male competition, masturbation can play an important role. A man of lower social status may masturbate to get aroused before sex and therefore ejaculate faster (before another man interrupts him). Masturbation can even help get rid of old semen.
In terms of reducing the likelihood of disease transmission, the same study suggests that the likelihood of contracting a sexually transmitted disease may be reduced by masturbation after sex, while cleaning the urethra.
“Unfortunately, we were not able to collect as much data on women as we did on men. This may be because female masturbation and arousal are harder to detect, but it also reflects that, historically, female sexual behavior and morphology has been less studied. than men,” explains the study of masturbation in women.