Scarleteen

Howdy strangers,

I recently made this account just to ask you guys this one question. I am a male. I have always been told and ready on the internet that masturbating helps the body develop. To this day I have not masturbated yet. Is it harmful? Will it hinder my development?

Sincerely,

naturefreak

Nah, you might feel sexually frustrated if masturbation is something you want to do but that's...about it? Its' not gonna physiologically affect you. Where did you get your info from? Sometimes teenage friends can be misinformed and pass that misinformation on a lot.

Nope, it isn't harmful to your body or development any way if you don't masturbate. Whether you masturbate or not won't have any impact on your development.
If it's something you find you're curious about or find you enjoy, it's totally fine to masturbate, but if you aren't interested or choose not to, that's fine as well.