Male Masturbation Research Articles

Male chacma baboon ( Papio ursinus) sexual arousal: Mediation by visual cues from female conspecifics

(1) The changes in masturbatory behavior for nine adult males exposed to, but not allowed to contact, naturally cycling stimulus females were quite similar to the changes in perineal swelling shown by these females. (2) Serum testosterone concentrations of seven adult males exposed to a cycling stimulus female were related to their masturbatory behavior, with high levels occurring during the female's follicular phase. (3) Graded estradiol benzoate treatments of ovariectomized stimulus females revealed individual dosage levels below which there was no positive effect on the occurrence of visually stimulated male masturbation. (4) The present series of experiments documents the importance which visual cues have in the sexual interactions of this particular species.

Sex therapy with orthodox Jewish couples

The sexual relationship of the Orthodox Jewish couple is profoundly affected by laws and values which, among other factors, prohibit male masturbation and limit sexual activity to specific monthly periods. This paper conceptualizes the interplay of religious, cultural, psychological, and interpersonal dynamics as they are related to both the etiology and treatment of sexual dysfunctions within this group. Three clinical illustrations are presented. They attempt to show that the ubiquitous presence of these Jewish laws and values create an ambience whereby the successful treatment of dysfunctions can only occur through the simultaneous resolution of key marital difficulties and the development of more intimate relational bondings.

Men's and women's reactions to sexually explicit films: a serendipitous finding.

We proposed that men and women would be "turned off" by watching men and women like themselves engaged in sexual activity and ""turned on" by watching someone of the opposite sex engaged in the same activity. We tested this hypothesis by showing college men and women eight films: films depicting male and female homosexuality, male and female masturbation, and males and females engaged in heterosexual intercourse. We assessed men and women's reactions via the Byrne-Sheffield (1965) Feeling Scale and Griffitt's (1975) Physiological Arousal Scale. We found support for our hypothesis. We also attempted to determine whether men and women differed in how easily they became aroused by sexually explicit films. We found that they did not.