Male Dopers only: Questions about masturbation (ahem)

[Toxylon]

I discovered orgasms at age 6 or so, while climbing trees. After a while, I perfected the technique of climaxing by climbing, fully clothed, without touching my penis. Had some mighty orgasms that way, every day. Then, at age 11 onwards, the clean & dry, sweet releases gave way to gradually messier ones, which was a bummer. I had to start learning the more cumbersome traditional method, which didn’t even feel all that great, until I slowly got it figured out. Much easier to utilize porn this way, though

[Antinor01]

@a35362

I am reading a book by Paul Feig, the creator of Freaks and Geeks, called Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence, in which he claims he discovered masturbation at age seven, after a rope-climbing exercise in gym class. I know babies have been born with erections and that toddlers and young boys touch themselves, but I didn’t think boys actually masturbated to the point of ejaculation until maybe age 12 or so. So, male Dopers:

1. How old were you when you started masturbating to the point of ejaculation?

2. Supposing you had had no other demands on your time (school, activities, chores, work) and the privacy to pleasure yourself any old time, how often do you estimate you could have done so (per week, day, hour, whatever applies to you)?

3. Assuming the frequency changed over time, how did it change from whenever you began to about age 25?

1. Probably 12, considering that I couldn’t physically ejaculate yet.
2. 3-5 a day.
3. Not at all, I’m 38 and my sex drive is the same as it was then.

[Antinor01]

@Antinor01

1. Probably 12, considering that I couldn’t physically ejaculate yet.
2. 3-5 a day.
3. Not at all, I’m 38 and my sex drive is the same as it was then.

Correction, number of times per day would rise and fall some, depending on how much sex with someone else I was having.

[Ulf_the_Unwashed]

@a35362

1. How old were you when you started masturbating to the point of ejaculation?

2. Supposing you had had no other demands on your time (school, activities, chores, work) and the privacy to pleasure yourself any old time, how often do you estimate you could have done so (per week, day, hour, whatever applies to you)?

3. Assuming the frequency changed over time, how did it change from whenever you began to about age 25?

1. Okay, I’ll be the outlier. I was playing with my genitals as a kid…I’m not sure exactly when, but certainly by the time I was 11 or 12. Despite my best efforts, though, I did not manage to achieve orgasm or ejaculate until I was 19. What can I say–I was a slow learner. (No internet back then–that would’ve helped.)

2. Maybe three times a day, understanding that the refractory period did not come into play (ha!) till much later than most others in this thread. For quite some time once I figured out how it was done I was masturbating at least once a day.

3. I found a girlfriend and got married before age 25, so masturbation was at least in part replaced by sex.

[slowlearner]

My Mom passed away 20 years ago but I still feel bad about all those wet socks I was always forgetting to hide…

[OurLordPeace]

1. I don’t ever remember not having erections, but all they did was make me somewhat curious as to what was going on. I didn’t connect them with pleasure, or touching myself at all, in any way. I finally masturbated at fifteen. I had tried to deny my own heterosexuality and be asexual for a (relatively) long time, and that acceptance of my sexuality was a very gradual process, with fits and starts. Finally, it was 1997, and I was on the computer, and there were lots of naked women, and I just couldn’t take it anymore.

2. I don’t really know, since I’ve almost always done it once per day, with rare exceptions. The most I’ve ever done is three per day, and that was at 27, and only once or twice.

3. There has been little change. On the rare occasions when I’ve had a sexual partner, I’ve had to make a decision, since “I might see her later… hmmm…”

[billfish678]

@OurLordPeace

. Finally, it was 1997, and I was on the computer, and there were lots of naked women, and I just couldn’t take it anymore.
"

I LOLed. A lot.

Sounds like an intro line for an updated Wonder Years series.

[scabpicker]

@billfish678

I LOLed. A lot.

Sounds like an intro line for an updated Wonder Years series.

Seriously, a lot of humanity in that statement.