SO I was reading the thread about someone threatening to spread a video of masturbation as blackmail and it got me thinking.
The big meme about men and sex is the classic cold shower to get rid of being horny.
So, why do they torment themselves with 5 minutes of cold water when they could take the same 5 minutes and whack off to relieve the sexual tension?
I don’t think anyone actually takes a cold shower “to get rid of being horny.” So, there’s your answer.
The idea of the classic cold shower comes from a time when masturbation was not considered a perfectly reasonable thing to do. The cold shower was suggested as an alternative that would prevent you from having to masturbate (and therefore sin, or violate societal norms, or go blind, or whatever). It’s related to all of the things that John Kellogg suggested for masturbation prevention.
Obviously, if you don’t think that masturbation is something bad that needs to be avoided, then cold showers serve no purpose.
If you can orgasm yourself within five minutes, you must be going around with a permanent hard-on.
On the other hand, “It’s your California feeling and your Mississippi smile/That makes me come on slowly…” is probably the key to my Success with the Ladies over the years.
Different strokes…
maybe someone should start a poll. Five minutes doesn’t seem off to me, if one is in a hurry.
Yeah, 5-10 minutes is my usual time. Maybe 15-20 minutes, if it’s my birthday.
Really? Circumstances vary, but if I decide I’m on a mission 5 minutes is very achievable.
Some people feel a moral opposition to masturbation so they feel that removing the urge via a cold shower is preferable.
There’s a whole sequence in Matheson’s novel I Am Legend where Neville describes the efforts he takes to find, capture, and restrain a “vampire” in order to (essentially) rape her in order to relieve his “tensions”.
Even in the deep past when I read it, I was thinking “has the guy never heard of whacking off?” I guess The Last Man On Earth still had to follow all the religious and societal prohibitions he was raised to.
5 minutes? Shit, If I time it right, I can crank one out, take the shower and get back to the TV before the show comes back on. If it’s BBC America, I can fit in beer, too.
I am old enough to recall the time that the bluenosers preached that masturbation was sinful, that it would make you blind, cause mental problems, sort of like AIDS on steroids. You are fortunate if you are not that old. But, believe me, it was a live issue when I was a teen.
5 minutes is even possible for, er, some ladies, assuming they’re comfortable with themselves and the act and going after things with intent.
Although unwanted arousal seems it should be less of a problem for a woman, no worries about erections or anything, the historically heavy stigma against women being aroused by pretty much anything at all makes me suspect some ladies have tried the ‘cold shower’ technique to get rid of those naughty, sinful feelings too. :rolleyes:
I do have a question… does the cold shower thing… work? I mean, does it get rid of arousal, or is that just more of John Kellogg’s highly questionable “medical” advice?
I do like his cereal, though.
Someone really needs to make this poll! 5 minutes seems absurdly quick to me. How does that even feel good or enjoyable? That seems more like a chore to me and absurdly quick.
Shrinkage.
As for 5 minutes… these things vary, but guys can a run a mile in less than 4 minutes, so I’m not seeing why that’s considered too quick for, uhm, other things. And for teenagers? Two minutes might be a long one.
Yeah, I think that;s a myth started by people who didn’t want to admit to yanking it.
As if it were something to be ashamed of. :rolleyes:
I thought the term “cold shower” always *was *a euphemism for masturbation all along? It’s not?
My turn to add a dumb question: Is it true that for women, masturbation doesn’t help to relieve sexual desire, and in fact just intensifies it?
(And no, that’s not related at all to the thread I started last night.) 
Well… if you don’t (or for some reason, can’t) finish things off, yes. And it’s possible for some women to take more than one turn, although others will be too sensitive, just like guys would be. But a woman who works at it until orgasm will not generally be ‘worse off’ than when she started, in my experience.
Even though this thread is full of people discussing masturbation, I feel weird about it, even in the abstract. I guess this is puritan values raising its ugly head again. I appreciate that nobody’s posted anything weird at me for participating.
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The answer is that you’re hoping for the real thing somewhat soon. The cold shower takes your mind off the thoughts of the moment and you’re ready to go when the opportunity presents itself .