Strengthening muscles, for one thing. Women who suffer from incontinence or a prolapsed uterus can exercise their pubococcygeal muscles—not to mention have more satisfying orgasms—by doing Kegels. Those muscles get an even better workout if you use weighted, balls, and spring-loaded devices.
While sex toys are often used recreationally, they can also improve sexual function for people with certain medical conditions. Diabetes and multiple sclerosis, for instance, affect nerve transmission, which can dull sexual sensation. People taking medications for high blood pressure and depression can also suffer side effects that limit sexual response. And women who undergo hormonal changes during menopause or who suffer nerve damage after surgery sometimes find their clitorises to be less sensitive; a sex toy might be necessary to increase arousal.
A unique way to combat low libido during menopause.
As you approach and pass through menopause, lower levels of estrogen and testosterone can cause vaginal dryness, less sensation, and pain or soreness with intercourse. The body is changing, even if the mind and the relationship are not. Luckily, a vibrator can come to the rescue! In addition to other help, like a personal lubricant and making healthy lifestyle choices, a vibrator can be a menopausal woman’s best friend.
Vibrators offer a different kind of stimulation to meet changing sexual needs. More intense and direct stimulation helps with arousal and orgasm ability, which can require more effort. While young women may lubricate almost instantly, it can take up to three minutes in post-menopausal women. Giving yourself the time and proper stimulation to get there is important. Orgasms may follow more easily.
Regular stimulation enhances blood flow to the genitals, which is important for menopausal women. The old “use it or lose it” definitely holds true when it comes to the vagina and menopause. Plus, vibrators provide a fun way to spice things up with your partner or to take your sexual satisfaction into your own hands.
A medically sound method of body care and naturally healthy process: Orgasms.
The urge to masturbate stems from powerful physiological factors that have evolved as a way to keep us healthy. Evolutionary biologist Robin Baker details the medical necessity of both male and female masturbation in his landmark book about sexual response called “Sperm Wars” and the recently published follow up “Baby Wars”.
Masturbation, it seems, is a form of genital “housekeeping”. Women experience the urge to masturbate as a way to eliminate debris or genital “gunk” that inhabits the mucus of the vagina and uterus (i.e. menstrual remnants, old sperm, or colonies of invading viruses and bacteria at the opening of the cervix). Dr. Baker explains, ” An orgasm via masturbation solves a dual problem. In the absence of the spoiling effects of semen, the orgasm rids her cervix of older mucus, relining the vaginal walls, ready to lubricate her next intercourse. An orgasm without semen present makes the remaining cervical mucus more acidic, hence more resistant to infection.”* Daily discharge routinely keep the vagina clean, but the urge to masturbate comes when there is more debris than the daily discharge can accommodate.
