About one in ten perimenopausal or menopausal women masturbate to relieve their symptoms, according to a study that has generated media interest around the world. The attention is likely because masturbation is a novel (and possibly somewhat salacious) strategy to ease these symptoms, and older women are often seen as asexual . So does masturbating really relieve symptoms, as the study published in the journal Menopause suggests? Let's see if the evidence stacks up. The health benefits of