# Thoughts and Masturbation
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662 "2010-08-27T13:23:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/21 "2010-08-27T15:58:48Z")
I went with the just watching porn but as many have already said it really is several of the choices listed depending on what mood I’m in. I suppose the 2nd option would be remembering past events.
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### Author:  [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/22 "2010-08-27T16:11:34Z")
> [@Serenata67](#):
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> I’m fantasizing about being gang banged.
You come here often?
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/23 "2010-08-27T16:12:57Z")
Depends on whether there is visual stim material or not. And, if there IS, whether it consists of still shots or video.
If no images, I’m usually conjuring up in my head some short little scene that has visual and emotional and sensory elements. Usually a short little virtual loop that I replay while I play.
If still images, same thing except that the image in front of me is going to be the centerpiece of what I conjure up, and I’m going to impart some attitude or motivation to she who is thusly pictured.
If video, I mostly just get absorbed in the video. I might imagine something different from what was actually plotted out in the video if it’s a sexy scene but a stupid rationale.
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/24 "2010-08-27T16:21:09Z")
> [@tdn](#):
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> Just for the record, I don’t think that there’s a legitmate sex therapist out there who would think that that’s anything other than completely healthy. A lot of them recommend throwing out all porn.
It’s strange that you made the jump to patting me on the head for not using porn. I use plenty of porn, I just don’t think about it while masturbating.
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### Author:  [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/25 "2010-08-27T16:25:30Z")
There needs to be one entire poll option for “Kate Beckinsale.”
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### Author:  [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/26 "2010-08-27T16:28:53Z")
I chose “other” because I don’t often put faces on my “sex partners” while I’m masturbating.
My fantasies are almost wholly based on situations - like a gang-bang or a boss/secretary scene or something like that. Basically, it doesn’t matter who’s calling me a dirty whore 🙂
Female
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/27 "2010-08-27T16:31:31Z")
> [@ReticulatingSplines](#):
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> There needs to be one entire poll option for “Kate Beckinsale.”
being there done that, over and over and over again 🙂
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### Author:  [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/28 "2010-08-27T17:17:40Z")
It _is_ funny how eager we are to relate the minutiae of our lives.
I think about general scenarios, often “identifying” with both people involved. I guess I occasionally fantasize about people I know, but only if I think there is a reasonable chance that I will soon be having sex with them and I’m getting excited about the prospect.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/29 "2010-08-27T17:30:30Z")
> [@even\_sven](#):
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> I guess I occasionally fantasize about people I know, but only if I think there is a reasonable chance that I will soon be having sex with them and I’m getting excited about the prospect.
This, or if I just saw someone really sexy earlier that day.
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### Author:  [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/30 "2010-08-27T17:39:33Z")
I have never masturbated while reading the straight dope. Don’t flatter yourself. Your posts are just not that good.
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/31 "2010-08-27T17:46:39Z")
I couldn’t vote in the poll because multiple options apply.
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/32 "2010-08-27T17:47:23Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#):
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> I don’t think about anything other than the sensations I’m actually feeling. In other words, I don’t _think_ a narrative of any type, I’m just focusing on physical sensations. A few people I’ve shared this with find this strange. _shrug_
Not strange, it’s exactly how I am about it. Why would I have to think of a person?
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/33 "2010-08-27T17:49:00Z")
> [@OpalCat](#):
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> I couldn’t vote in the poll because multiple options apply.
If you don’t have a clear preference, couldn’t you check off “other” and explain if need be what choices are tied for first place?
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### Author:  [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/34 "2010-08-27T17:49:48Z")
I chose other, simply because there isn’t an all of the above and then some option.
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/35 "2010-08-27T17:52:50Z")
> [@even\_sven](#):
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> It _is_ funny how eager we are to relate the minutiae of our lives.
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> I think about general scenarios, often “identifying” with both people involved. I guess I occasionally fantasize about people I know, but only if I think there is a reasonable chance that I will soon be having sex with them and I’m getting excited about the prospect.
This is a spot where grammar matters a good deal–I can’t read **Sven** ’s post without thinking that by using the plural noun and pronoun rather than the singular (“people” and “them” rather than “someone” and “him” or “her” or “him or her”), she’s thinking of group sex as her norm.
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### Author:  [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/36 "2010-08-27T17:59:05Z")
> [@History\_Geek](#):
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> Does R&D involve wearing lab coats and goggles in the bedroom? 😃
Hey, I’ve had some wild times wearing nothing but a Victorian doublebreasted laboratory smock.
Back To The OP
You really should have allowed multiple choices.
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/37 "2010-08-27T18:03:18Z")
Like I said, first poll. I’ll get better. Glad someone picked up on my R&D joke.
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### Author:  [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/38 "2010-08-27T18:04:50Z")
I have very little to add to this thread because I don’t tend to think about very much at all (unless I just had a super-sexy dream and have to deal with the residual sexy thoughts from that), but I did feel the overwhelming urge to post to say that I’m singing the thread title to the tune of “[Police & Thieve](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6FZwVvS8_8)s” in my head.
You know, _Police and thieves in the street
Fighting the nation with their
Thoughts and masturbation_
(You can thank me later.)
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/39 "2010-08-27T18:10:42Z")
PPR, you’re a guy, right? I bet that’s why there’s no option for “I’m not an actor in my fantasties, but a viewer” which is an extremely common theme for women’s fantasies. You know, like how many women enjoy romance novels? It works the same way when you make the story up in your head too.
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### Author:  [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-masturbation/551662/40 "2010-08-27T18:14:50Z")
> [@elfkin477](#):
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> PPR, you’re a guy, right? I bet that’s why there’s no option for “I’m not an actor in my fantasties, but a viewer” which is an extremely common theme for women’s fantasies. You know, like how many women enjoy romance novels? It works the same way when you make the story up in your head too.
Elfkin,
Why is being a viewer more common than an actor in women’s fantasies?
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