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</ref> In the Western world, masturbation in private or with a partner is generally considered a normal and healthy part of sexual enjoyment.
Medical science has not established any limits on the quantity or frequency of masturbation. One is free to do it as much and as often as one desires.
==Male masturbation==
The manner of male masturbation tends to be controlled by the [[circumcision]] status of the individual.
How one masturbates depends on whether one has an [[intact]], internally-lubricated, movable erogenous [[foreskin]] that [[gliding action| glides ]] up and down the shaft or whether one has been [[circumcised]].
Masturbation may be helpful in reducing a persistent [[erection]].
Young adolescents may experience dry orgasms until secretion of semen secretion commences.
===Intact penis===
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}}</ref> [[Intact]] males simply use their hand to glide the [[foreskin]] back and forth. It is ''not'' necessary to retract the [[foreskin]] while masturbating. If the foreskin is of adequate length, then the [[intact]] male will usually keep it forward for additional stimulation. Keeping the head covered by the foreskin protects the sensitive [[mucosa ]] covering the head. The motion of the foreskin stimulates the nerves ([[Meissner's corpuscles]]) in the foreskin. Use of lubrication is optional for intact males.
Prolonged and/or vigorous masturbation occasionally causes [[lymphoedema]] of the foreskin, which causes swelling of the foreskin. The condition is painless and harmless. It usually resolves within about 24 hours.
====Masturbation with phimosis====
[[Phimosis ]] generally does not create any kind of difficulty with masturbation. It is ''not'' necessary to retract the [[foreskin]] while masturbating. Phimosed men may pull their non-retractile [[foreskin]] away from the body. There is some anecdotal evidence that phimosed males will stimulate their [[acroposthion]] more than non-phimosed males.
Beaugé (1997) stated that adult [[phimosis]] is caused by unusual methods of masturbation that fail to [[Stretching| stretch]] the narrow [[foreskin]] of childhood. According to Beaugé, the condition may be treated by changing one's method of masturbation so that the foreskin is pulled back against the head of the [[penis]] causing the foreskin to stretch.<ref name="beauge1997">{{REFjournal