2A Monday, May 6, 1996 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Ninety percent of adult males are self-fulfilled Masturbation more accepted as more people alleviate stress By R. Adam Ward Kansan staff writer If the University of Kansas received a dollar every time a male student masturbated, it wouldn't need financial support from alumni, and it could lower tuition, said Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare. That is because most adult men, about 90 percent, masturbate, Dailey said. As women enter adulthood, more of them also masturbate. The number of men and women who masturbate increases as they enter college. The prevalence of masturbation has started to make society slightly more tolerant of it, Dalley said. But most people still have biases, and myths still surround self pleasuring. The taboos about masturbation are not based on any scientific evidence that masturbation causes psychological or physical harm, Dalley said. The only negative effect it has for people is if they do it compulsively to avoid relationships. Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said males run the risk of developing prostatitis from too frequent or too infrequent ejaculations. Prostatitis is a swelling of the prostate gland, which is located between the rectum and the scrotum. "Men with prostatitis usually come in for treatment because it can be quite painful," Yockey said. The swelling can be treated with antibiotics. Yockev said. Sonney Sapra, Delhi, India, junior, said his friends talked about masturbation more freely than they used to. There is no harm in it, and it is a good way to take out frustration, he said. Marina Jaffe, Overland Park junior, said people probably were more open about it than they used to be. "I don't believe in Victorian ideas that the body is something to be ashamed of," Jaffe said. "It's a pretty natural thing." It is a myth that women don't masturbate as much as men, she said. "I think everybody should do it because to have sex you have to know what pleases you," she said. "You have to know your own body before you can be with another person." People masturbate more if they are under stress, Jaffe said, because it is a good way to release tension. ON CAMPUS Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will sponsor Resume Writing + Interview Tips from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at 115 Strong Hall. For more information, call the center at 864-3552. Scott Nissen will sponsor an Icthus picnic from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Clinton Lake. For more information, call Josh Clark at 832-2119. International Students Association will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Ravi Hirekatur at 832-8789. KU Meditation will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill - Department of theater and film will sponsor a free performance of Ex-Men by Nick Miller-Schlyer, KU student, directed by Alex Kipp at 7 tonight at the Inge Theater in Murphy Hall. For more information, call Leslie Durham at 841-3358. KU Yoga Club will meet at 7 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Adam Miller at 832-0399 or Paula Duke at 542-1930. CORRECTION A tennis story on page 1B of Friday's *Kansan* incorrectly reported that the NCAA Men's Region V Tournament would be played May 4 and 5. The tournament will be played May 11 and 12 at the Sheldon Tennis Center in Wichita. ON THE RECORD A window was damaged and an amplifier stolen from a KU student between 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7 p.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of New Jersey. The amplifier and damage were valued at $400, Lawrence police reported. A Sony Discman and checkbook were stolen from a KU student between 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1300 block of Sigma Nu Place. Checks were cashed totaling $168.31, and the Discman was valued at $204, Lawrence police reported. A window was damaged at the Alpha Chi Omega House between about 1 a.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of Sigma Nu Place. The window was valued at $100, Lawrence police reported. A passenger-side window was damaged in a KU student's car between about 2:15 Thursday in the 1000 block of New Hampshire. The widow was valued at $150, Lawrence police reported. A deadbolt-style lock in a KU student's apartment was damaged between about 3 a.m. April 29 in the 1200 block of Tennessee. The lock was valued at $30, Lawrence police reported. A tailgate on a KU student's Nissan pickup was stolen between 11 p.m. April 26 and 8 a.m. April 27. The tailgate was valued at $300, KU police reported. 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WEDNESDAY Partly to mostly cloudy with a chance for storms late. Source: Grant Wimmer and Aaron Johnson/KU Weather Service Good Luck on Finals! Have a Great Summer! How are you getting to class this summe It shouldn't be a puzzle, you'll buy a bus pass*. The summer bus schedule... - 24th and Ridge Court - 15th and Crestline will be combined with 6th and Crestline. - Summer Passes are available June 3rd at the banking window on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. - A student pass is only $30.00, non-students are $35.00. *We guarantee that the busses will remain in one piece.