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?

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    Religion, capitalism. Powerful groups want more people to have more children.

    Luckily I’m in a progressive enough country that even in school we were taught that masturbation is a thing and not necessarily bad.

    As for negative effects - if you do it TOO much, particularly with a very strong grip, then don’t be surprised if, when having actual intercourse, you’re just not feeling much and might be unable to reach orgasm. You might even be uninterested in your partner sexually. A few days without masturbation will fix it though, doesn’t seem to be permanent. Day 2 without doing it and I couldn’t keep my eyes (or hands) off my wife’s body.

    Sex was very infrequent for me and my wife in the last few months of her pregnancy, so that’s how I know. Soon as we started doing it on a somewhat regular basis again, I opted to quit jerking it because I wanted to enjoy the real thing more, even if it’s not every single day. No long-term negative effects that I’ve noticed.

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      Capitalism is powered by fapping, the fuck are you talking about?

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        A lot of the power users in this thread have clearly never heard of “sex sells”.

        Title

        Also non-zero chance some of these guys might have an association with Mindgeek. Just a hunch, given how easy reddit like sites are to manipulate.

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        It’s powered by there being enough of us wage slaves, which requires us to procreate, which is why red states in the US ban sex education, abortion, etc.

        Of course, other capitalists have realized they can show ads on porn