Masturbating is healthy—so why don’t we treat it like the rest of our healthy habits?

There are plenty of healthy habits we work hard to achieve—eating better food, getting more exercise, sleep, and downtime. We talk about them fondly, and often. And even though masturbating is as healthy for your bod as anything else, it doesn’t get as much airplay. On a to-do list, we place it in that microscopic footnote section we pretend isn’t there, like side effects to a medication.

Even though most women masturbate a minimum of once a week, we’re all hush-hush about it like there’s something wrong with us. No, you don’t have to dish on the exact play-by-play, but why get all uncomfortable if it comes up in conversation?

Here are 7 reasons you should (proudly!) enjoy a little menage a moi:

1. It’s a happiness booster

Word is orgasms release endorphins—specifically, dopamine and oxytocin—which can boost your mood and create a natural high.

2. It can improve your self-esteem

Studies have shown young women who masturbate on the regular view their sexuality in a positive light—especially when able to talk openly and honestly about it in a way that emphasizes the normalcy of giving yourself a hand.

3. It can relieve menstrual pain

This is not a drill: Masturbating releases certain hormones that can relieve menstrual pain. It also helps relax the muscles that are causing those icky cramps of yours. Cha. Ching.

4. It eases tension

If it’s been a while or you’ve had a particularly brutal day (or both), it’s a great way to satisfy your libido while relieving stress. Really, it’s multitasking at its finest.

5. It helps you sleep

If you suck at the whole sleep thing, you should for reals consider using masturbation as a sleep aid. Post-orgasm, your blood pressure lowers, your body relaxes and your mind clears—better than any sedative!

6. It improves your sex life

How are you going to have amazing sex with a partner if you have no idea what your likes and dislikes are? (As we already know, guys aren’t exactly mind readers.) If you don’t know how to turn yourself on, your love life’s going to turn into a really bad rom-com trying to find someone who can.

7. Uh, orgasms

What’s not to love about masturbating? As far as healthy habits go, it’s definitely the most fun. You won’t get pregnant. You can’t get an STD. You don’t have to deal with someone else’s needs. You don’t have to snuggle afterward. You can just get to the point and mosey on with your fabulously busy life.

Do you treat masturbating differently than the rest of your healthy habits?

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These women have brought self pleasure to a whole new level.

While we don’t sound off about it as much as the guys, I have to say women are super lucky in the self pleasure department. We can pretty much get busy anytime, anywhere. We don’t have anything to whip out, no mess to clean up, and we have many ways to go about our business without anyone knowing. That’s hot.

There are the more traditional naughty places you might find yourself quietly flicking the bean—movie theatres, planes, bathroom stalls, even your cubicle at work—but when it comes to self pleasure in unconventional places, women across the globe are really bringing their A game.

Here are 32 unconventional places a woman may be getting randy with herself (like, right now):

1. In a church pew (Amen!)
2. Baskin Robbins
3. In the dentist’s chair
4. Behind a transport truck
5. On top of a car
6. In a corn field
7. In a porta-potty
8. In the boss’s office
9. Walking to class (?!?!?!)
10. On an escalator (?!?!?!)
11. In jail
12. On a riding lawn mower
13. On a paddle board
14. In the doctor’s office
15. In traffic
16. The Louvre
17. A rock-climbing gym
18. On a hammock
19. In the steam room at the gym
20. On a tanning bed
21. On top of a piano
22. At a skating rink
23. In a walk-in freezer
24. In a carpet store
25. In a library
26. In a dressing room
27. Piano teacher’s living room
28. In class
29. At a concert
30. In a storage closet
31. At a bus stop
32. In the middle of a Starbucks

Did any of your self pleasure locales make the cut?

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