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“Let’s take
this party
downstairs.”love & lust
Q. I masturbate a lot. Like,
every day. Is there a medical
reason why it’s bad for me?A. As long as you’re not so
obsessed with masturbating
that you’re missing work to
lock yourself in your room,
blast the Divinyls’ “I Touch
Myself” and get down with a
feather tickler, then no there
is not. Touching yourself is
actually good for your health.
It relieves tension and releases
the same endorphins that flow
post-workout. “Masturbation
can make you feel independent
and empowered,” explains Dr
Doerthe Brueggmann, ob-gyn
and cofounder of the online
magazine Health Goes Female.Q. Miley Cyrus
claims pineapple
juice makes blow
jobs taste better.
Is this true?
A. Tragically, there’s no
good data on this. Still,
“there’s no end to old
wives’ tales about the
magical semen taste-
enhancing powers
of pineapple juice,”
says Debby Herbenick,
associate professor at
Indiana University. When
we eat pungent foods,
they can linger in our
systems and aect the
smell of our breath and
urine, says George Preti
from the Monell Chemical
Senses Center. Something
similar could happen with
semen and pineapple. But
Miley’s comment might be
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