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Masturbation good or bad n a week. any side effect on man s fertality.

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Neither good nor bad: Masturbation is neither good nor bad. Only thinking makes it so. There is absolutely no effect on fertility or mental health or hair loss or sexual function in the future.

Answered 2/20/2013

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