# Those men who can +++ their own +++ **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555 "2016-08-12T13:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/41 "2016-08-14T04:40:59Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Basically it’s all masturbation. Not as much fun as being with another person. I wonder how many people think of masturbation as second-rate sex. I don’t and it always strikes me as odd that others do. If anything there’s way less pressure. [QUOTE=pianodave] But it must be hard to enjoy it. [/QUOTE] Literally! _rimshot_ ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/42 "2016-08-14T05:01:35Z")
> [@pianodave](#): > > But it must be hard to enjoy it. Or in the case of **panache45’s** husband penetrating himself, \*somewhat \*hard, but not too hard! Literally! _rimshot_ Don’t worry folks, \*\*Spice Weasel \*\*and I are going to be here all week. Oh great Og, now someone’s going to make a “rim” joke ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/43 "2016-08-14T05:54:14Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I wonder how many people think of masturbation as second-rate sex. I don’t and it always strikes me as odd that others do. If anything there’s way less pressure. [Nothing second-rate about it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7YoRZymDqk) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/44 "2016-08-14T12:13:48Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I wonder how many people think of masturbation as second-rate sex. I don’t and it always strikes me as odd that others do. If anything there’s way less pressure. Don’t think I’ve ever gotten to the end and said to myself “sorry, I guess my mind was elsewhere…” ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/45 "2016-08-14T20:42:20Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > What makes it not great? Is it the walking and chewing gum thing? Tell me I’m right. That’s some of it, but it was just mostly just the low return on investment. I wasn’t a trained gymnast or yoga practitioner or something. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/46 "2016-08-14T22:42:20Z")
Homo sapiens sapiens is not the only species that does this. May be NSFW. [http://www.amusingtime.com/funny-monkey-pulling-his-penis-with-mouth/](http://www.amusingtime.com/funny-monkey-pulling-his-penis-with-mouth/) p.s. I had Googled “monkey with penis in mouth” because I remembered seeing that photograph, or at least one like it, on another website, and most of the pictures are of proboscis monkeys, who in addition to having very large noses also have perpetually erect penises. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/47 "2016-08-15T08:00:25Z")
I could do it when I was younger. It had less to do with flexibility (I always failed the stretching fitness tests in gym class) than waist size, at least for me. I’ve never wanted to do it to anyone else, fwiw. It was kinda cool, I guess. No one else was doing it for me and no one else has done it in years at this point either. Maybe I should lose weight. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/48 "2016-08-17T00:19:56Z")
I could when I was younger and more limber. It was everything I dreamed of. There was initially discomfort due to the stretching of tendons and whatnot in the back, and the compression of organs in the front. This discomfort went away with practice as I became more flexible. Then, when I hit 22 or so, there was some kind of glandular shift. I quickly went from being more flexible than normal to being less flexible than normal. My meds stopped working and I entered a deep depression. sigh. Re Giving Vs Receiving That was a big part of the charm- to be both the giver and the receiver at once. Re Prerequisites IMO you need either a much longer than average penis, or much greater than normal flexibility. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/49 "2016-08-17T21:13:08Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode;IMO you need either a much longer than average penis, or much greater than normal flexibility.[/QUOTE] Checklist for self: Longer than average penis Yes/No No. Greater than normal flexibility Yes/No No. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/50 "2016-08-18T13:59:13Z")
Do you swallow? Or spit it out? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/51 "2016-08-19T05:11:33Z")
> [@Me\_Billy](#): > > Do you swallow? Or spit it out? Why would that be different than doing it with another person? Always swallow. It’s not like you’re siphoning gas. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555/52 "2016-08-19T17:59:55Z")
Think of it as recycling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555.md?page=2)