# A short survey about masturbation.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 19, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642 "2007-06-19T22:07:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/21 "2007-06-20T02:14:37Z")
1). Do you?
Certainly.
2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?
Nope. Would probably watch.
3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?
Only if I’d been turned down that day for sex. My sex drive is higher than his.
4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?
Depends on the person.
5). Age/Sex/Orientation
28, Female, Bi but now hetero by marriage.
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### Author:  [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/22 "2007-06-20T02:44:50Z")
1). Do you? yes
2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you? no
3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating? no
4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended? neither. I don’t take that personally.
5). Age/Sex/Orientation 36/f/s
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### Author:  [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/23 "2007-06-20T03:15:20Z")
1). Extremely rarely (like, a few times a year).
2). Currently single, but if s/he was offended, I’d know right then that the relationship was on very shaky ground.
3). Not in the slightest.
4). It would depend on the person, quite honestly. Most likely I wouldn’t care. A few people I’d be flattered. Others would earn themselves a smack upside the head.
5). 20, female, something like bisexual.
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### Author:  [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/24 "2007-06-20T05:03:58Z")
1). Do you?
Mm-hmm.
2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?
Don’t have one currently.
3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?
No. (Well, probably not. Depends a lot on the context, I guess.)
4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?
I’ve had someone tell me flat-out that he did. It sounds sketchy, but at the time it totally turned me on.
5). Age/Sex/Orientation
25/F/Straight
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### Author:  [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/25 "2007-06-20T09:28:38Z")
1). Yes
2). n/a
3). No
4). Flattered…even if I didn’t find them attractive I’d probably be flattered they did so for me.
5). 24/m/straight
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### Author:  [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/26 "2007-06-20T09:34:10Z")
1. Yes
2. Probably
3. No
4. Flattered, if by a female. Still probably flattered, yet a bit squicked (although not offended) if by a male.
5. 43/M/S
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### Author:  [@Quinterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quinterra)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/27 "2007-06-20T09:50:12Z")
1). Yes
2). Nope
3). God no
4). Very flattered
5). 21/F/Straight
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### Author:  [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/28 "2007-06-20T10:07:32Z")
1. You betcha.
2. Don’t have one, but don’t think current exBF/FWB would mind. I don’t do it around him. (Partly b/c of item 3.)
3. I’m not offended by a man masturbating around me. Or not around me. The only time I get pissed is when I’m horny and he’s beating his own meat. I had an ex that did this a lot. It wasn’t me, it was him. Really.
4. I used to work as a stripper. Didn’t like watching it too much, but it doesn’t bother me. If I knew I had someone who was trying to insert themselves into my daily life, and also pointing out they fantasize about me, that would bother me.
5. Female/30/straight.
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### Author:  [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/29 "2007-06-20T13:07:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz]
1). Do you?
2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?
3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?
4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?
5). Age/Sex/Orientation
[/QUOTE]
1. Of course.
2. She hasn’t been so far…
3. No. Might surprise me and derail me for a moment, but only because it would take me out of whatever was happening in my head at the time. Wouldn’t be offended and I’d soon be back in action.
4. Totally flattered.
5. 40/M/straight.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/30 "2007-06-20T13:18:23Z")
_1). Do you?_
Yes, but not in the last few months. I’m on a sort of personal challenge.
_2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?_
No SO at the moment, but any SO I’ve ever had would have been offended.
_3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?_
Only if we hadn’t had sex in a long while, in which case I’d be going “WTF?” Otherwise, cool.
_4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?_
Flattered in the extreme, whether or not the feeling was mutual.
_5). Age/Sex/Orientation_
33/M/hetero
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### Author:  [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/31 "2007-06-20T13:45:43Z")
_1). Do you?_
Yup. Still.
_2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?_
Yeah, 'cuz she’s a little old-fashioned.
_3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?_
Nope. (Hon, where d’you keep the video camera?)
_4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?_
Probably flattered.
_5). Age/Sex/Orientation_
55/M/straight
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### Author:  [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/32 "2007-06-20T16:28:09Z")
1). Do you? -Yes… a lot. More than might be healthy, actually…
2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you? -Yes. It’s kind of an issue. The only way she might not be if it was to our videos or pictures.
3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating? -Not in the slightest. But I would be concerned, as it would indicate a change in her behavior that’s pretty profound.
4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended? -Flattered.
5). Age/Sex/Orientation -32/M/Straight
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### Author:  [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/33 "2007-06-20T16:37:06Z")
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> 1). Do you?
You betcha. I’ve never come close to mastering my domain.
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> 2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?
Nope. Not unless I turned down her advances to do it, which I wouldn’t.
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> 3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?
Nope. Not unless she turned down my advances to do it, which she wouldn’t.
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> 4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?
Depends who he/she was. I can imagine being flattered by some, weirded out by others.
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> 5). Age/Sex/Orientation
Straight male forty something.
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### Author:  [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/34 "2007-06-20T16:44:31Z")
I realize I misread question 3, so I need to change my answer:
1. Definitely wouldn’t be offended, and I would either (a) start my own solo session, or (b) wait until she was done and see if she was ready for me. If not, see 3(a).
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/35 "2007-06-20T17:37:29Z")
1. Daily
2. n/a
3. n/a, but I think it’s hot
4. flattered
5. 45/m/hetero
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### Author:  [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/36 "2007-06-20T17:54:33Z")
1 Yes but not often (see #5)
2 No
3 No
4 Flattered, I guess
5 67/M/Het
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/37 "2007-06-20T20:28:55Z")
Oo, I’ll be an outlier in the survey.
1). Nope.
2). N/A
3). Probably not.
4). Slightly ooged unless it was the SO.
5). 38/None, I mean female/Celibate, straight for purposes of relationships
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### Author:  [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/38 "2007-06-20T20:55:14Z")
Answering for both myself and my wife:
1). Do you?
Me: Yes, daily.
Wife: No. Never has.
2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?
Me: No. My wife encourages me to “take care of business”.
Wife: N/A.
3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?
Me: No. I would be elated.
Wife: No.
4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?
Me: Flattered. A co-worker once told me she often thinks of me while masturbating. How could I be offended?
Wife: Flattered if it’s me doing the fantasizing, offended if it’s someone else.
5). Age/Sex/Orientation
Me: 39/M/Straight
Wife: 38/F/Straight
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### Author:  [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/39 "2007-06-20T20:58:33Z")
**1). Do you?** Yes
**2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?** I very much doubt it if my husband would be offended.
**3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?** No–do I get to watch?
**4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?** Since I can’t control at all who fantasizes about me and who doesn’t, I choose to be flattered.
**5). Age/Sex/Orientation** 44/F/straight
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### Author:  [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-survey-about-masturbation/408642/40 "2007-06-20T22:04:07Z")
Out of 39 respondants
**19 Males reported**
1). Do you?
19 said Yes
2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?
3 said yes
10 said no
6 reported N/A
3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?
1 said yes
17 said No
1 recorded N/A
4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?
17 reported flattered
2 reported maybe, depends, or inconclusive
**Females (20 respondents)**
1). Do you?
15 reported Yes
5 responded No
2). If you have a SO, would the SO be offended if he/she caught you?
0 responded yes
11 reported no
9 stated N/A
3). Would you be offended if you caught your SO masturbating?
2 responded yes
16 responded no
2 reported N/A or inconclusive
4). If you knew someone was fantasizing about you while masturbating (I don’t know how you would know, but could we suspend disbelief for a minute here) would you be flattered or offended?
8 responded flattered
3 responded offended
2 responses were N/A or inconclusive
I would like to request pix from some respondents, purely in the interest of fighting ignorance. 😃
Sgt Schwartz
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