Not only is it important that boys masturbate, it's absolutely necessary. I began when I was 12 but didn't have my first girl until I was 16. If I hadn't masturbated for those four years I'd have weighed 300 pounds (150 pounds of it stored up semen) and had more pressure built up in that thing than there is in a firehose. Imagine a girl on the receiving end of that. She may have considered it too much of a good thing.
If your a guy go ahead and use your hand to increase your grip and build up arm strength, and if your a girl, get yourself one of those neat toys and have at it as often as you feel like.
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