# Have you ever used a vibrator to masturbate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855 "2014-05-07T00:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/1 "2014-05-07T00:08:54Z")
Thread title says it all. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/2 "2014-05-07T00:26:55Z")
NO. And it’s a vile slander. I resent you even asking the question. I just accidentally sat on one. It could happen to anybody. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/3 "2014-05-07T00:43:45Z")
Yeah, me too! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/4 "2014-05-07T00:46:12Z")
Who keeps leaving these just lying around where anybody could accidentally sit on one? Or, you know, accidentally put it in her pants? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/5 "2014-05-07T00:46:28Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > NO. And it’s a vile slander. I resent you even asking the question. I just accidentally sat on one. It could happen to anybody. Million to one shot doc, million to one. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/6 "2014-05-07T00:52:47Z")
No. never. But it is one of the the Wife sometimes needs. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/7 "2014-05-07T01:00:34Z")
Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/8 "2014-05-07T01:06:40Z")
I had a female friend tell me about 13 years ago that EVERY female owns a vibrator. That was an eye opener for me, and in the years since I have yet to see proof that it’s not true. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/9 "2014-05-07T01:25:23Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I had a female friend tell me about 13 years ago that EVERY female owns a vibrator. That was an eye opener for me, and in the years since I have yet to see proof that it’s not true. Yeah? I had a coworker who told me that black people don’t need to wash their hair because it falls out when it’s dirty and is replaced by new, clean hair. I haven’t looked for much proof either way, admittedly. No OP, I don’t own any battery-operated toys, but thanks for asking. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/10 "2014-05-07T01:28:13Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Yeah? I had a coworker who told me that black people don’t need to wash their hair because it falls out when it’s dirty and is replaced by new, clean hair. I haven’t looked for much proof either way, admittedly. > No OP, I don’t own any battery-operated toys, but thanks for asking. I’m going to take a wild stab that you’re in the minority. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/11 "2014-05-07T01:45:06Z")
I don’t own any. And yes, I’m female. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/12 "2014-05-07T01:45:52Z")
I don’t own one, have never used one, and the same goes for several of my female friends (most in our mid-20s to mid-30s). But many women do own and use regularly. Certainly not all though. I can handle things fine on my own if I want, never saw the point of spending money on a toy that has to be cleaned, have batteries changed etc. I don’t care enough about masturbation for that hassle. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/13 "2014-05-07T01:58:49Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I had a female friend tell me about 13 years ago that EVERY female owns a vibrator. That was an eye opener for me, and in the years since I have yet to see proof that it’s not true. Woah, impressively precise date on your talk with the “female friend”, and a very liberated research interest for a (presumably) attached person. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/14 "2014-05-07T02:11:06Z")
In the video game Dead Rising you can take a vibrator and combine it with a leaf blower to make a weapon that shoots dildoes like a machine gun to kill zombies. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/15 "2014-05-07T02:18:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > In the video game Dead Rising you can take a vibrator and combine it with a leaf blower to make a weapon that shoots dildoes like a machine gun to kill zombies. Does that count? It depends on whether you get off on killing zombies. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/16 "2014-05-07T02:39:07Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I don’t own one, have never used one, and the same goes for several of my female friends (most in our mid-20s to mid-30s). But many women do own and use regularly. Certainly not all though. In surveys on this topic, it’s important to note whether or not they’ve met me. After a night with Tony, a vibrator just seems too small and limp to be of any use. And pay no attention to that cackling you hear in the background from Mrs. Sinclair. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/17 "2014-05-07T03:53:52Z")
While we in the East made plenty of sexy innovations (Kamasutra, Tantric sex et al.), we never thought to invent a vibrator and plug it up the orifices. Maybe the lack of electricity was a problem. So we are sort of naturally bashful when presented with dildos and such - it is just _foreign_ to us. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/18 "2014-05-07T04:33:26Z")
I saw one not long ago that had a USB port. :eek: No shit. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/19 "2014-05-07T05:08:37Z")
Y’all don’t think people use those back massages on their **backs** , do you? ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855/20 "2014-05-07T05:16:37Z")
Heh heh…yes. I have many toys. I enjoy them solo and with my SO. I did not own any until about four years ago. I think they add a fun, hot and naughty element to sex and masturbation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-vibrator-to-masturbate/687855.md?page=2)