Britney Spears says it's good to masturbate and for girls to talk about it.
The pop tart, who has just released Touch of My Hand, an ode to masturbation, told People magazine that women should "make themselves happy" and then let their partners "kind of follow up."
She said: "It's a positive thing to indulge in yourself in a sexual way sometimes. It's life. Guys can talk about it. Why can't girls? It's a positive thing. I think if you say you don't do it, you're lying
"Being alone you really start to figure out what makes you happy. And then you're able to give more to other people.
"When you turn yourself on, that really is what turns the guy on. So just make yourself happy and let them just kind of follow up after you."
REGULAR sex can reduce the risk of catching the common cold.
Doctors found people who make love twice a week boost the body's defences against bugs.
This is because more of a substance called Immunoglobulin A (Ig A) is produced.
Ig A is the body's first line of defence in fighting off respiratory infections.
But researchers at Wilkes University, in Pennsylvania, also found you can have too much of a good thing.
They discovered that those individuals who had sex more than twice a week produced less Ig A.
The data for the study was based on 111 students 44 male and 67 female who werequestioned about their love lives before undergoing medical tests.
The volunteers were asked about how long they had been with their partner and how they rated the relationship.
However, co-author of the report Professor Francis Brennan said: ``We found no direct relationship between Ig A and either length of relationship or sexual satisfaction.''
Now the research team have turned their attention to finding out what effect love has on Ig A levels in the body.
Their report, The Effect of Sexual Behaviour on Immune System Function, is to be presented at a convention in the United States next April