LADIES: 3 Things That Happen When You Mastu: rbate

There are many perks of mastur:bation. It helps relieve stress, helps you understand what your body likes, and helps you find pleasure when you don’t have a man. But how exactly does your body react to mastur:bation?

Here are three main things that happen when you masturbate.

1. You get aroused

Arousal in the case of mastur:bation isn’t substantively different from arousal in $.x with partners; your body reacts in the same way. The most obvious reaction to ar0usal is the vag ina lubricating and cli t0ris hardening with blood. Arousal during mastur:bation will cause everything from muscle tension to a quicker pulse and the rearrangement of the uterus inside the body, retracting slightly in order to help penetration (useful if you’re using a toy). And the brain’s reward circuit is being bombarded with pleasurable messages, with positive neurochemicals swilling around to prompt some serious mental highs.

2. The imaginative center of your brain comes on

Arou$al and 0rga$m light up the brain like a firework: the hippocampus, amygdala, cerebellum and hypothalamus combine to get you to your peak. But that’s not all. We’re gradually beginning to understand that (in the female brain at least) the mental patterns of ar0usal and stimulation visible in the brain actually differ between partner $. x and solo mastur:bation. And a lot of it seems to be involved with fantasy and our brain’s capacity for imagination.

Back in 2011, New Scientist reported on two competing studies documenting the female brain at the moment of 0rga$m, which seemed seemed to indicate two very different things. But it turned out that the studies had one crucial difference: in one, the subjects were being ar0used by their partners, while in the other they were solely responsible for their good vibes, as it were.

And the brain seemed to react differently to the solo adventure. In mastur:bation, the female brain’s prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain heavily associated with creative thinking (you can actually zap it with electricity to spark some imagination), turns up the volume. In the case of partner $.x, it seemed that certain elements of it actually turned off, specifically the part that seems responsible for self-control.

Interestingly, female mastur:bation also seems to have the benefit of lowering the possibility of vag inal and urinary tract infections through clearing out accumulated bacteria in the vag ina through a process called “tenting,” a function during ar0usal wherein the uterus is drawn upwards and the cervix withdraws a bit. The process of tenting stretches and pulls the mucous within the cervix, allowing for a rise in acidity in the cervical fluid. This increases ‘friendly’ bacteria and allows more fluid to move from the cervix into the vag ina. When ‘old’ fluid moves from the tented cervix, it not only lubricates the vag ina, but also flushes out unfriendly organisms that can cause infections.

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