# TMI: Do you masturbate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 5, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195 "2005-07-05T21:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/21 "2005-07-05T23:08:35Z")
F/39 here and nope. Lost my drive. Zero. Zilch. I’ve had no drive for about 4 years now. Threw my toys away when I needed the batteries for something else and realized, ICK, these are OLD. Whenever I start using them again, I want fresh ones. ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/22 "2005-07-05T23:12:48Z")
Yup. Male, 38, guesstimating a life time average of once a day to date. (starting since I was 13, with my teen years of 3+ times a day making up for the first 13 years of doing without.) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/23 "2005-07-05T23:16:59Z")
Male, 65, you betcha. Just not as often as in years gone by. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/24 "2005-07-05T23:26:10Z")
Oh, yeah. How else am I supposed to get my heart started in the morning? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/25 "2005-07-05T23:28:06Z")
Male, 27, married. Oh, my, yes. At least once a day, at the request of my wife. Apparently, if I go too long without ‘release,’ I am quite prolific in my…um…production. This makes swallowing more difficult than she’d like. Anyway, all things being equal, I average somewhere between 1-2 times per day. Back when I was single, I averaged closer to 4-5 times per day. Frankly, I’m much more interested in those folks that don’t masturbate. I can’t imagine a world where I don’t. Also, I wonder if anyone has ever tried a ‘stranger’ a la Chappelle show. I have not, no matter what anyone tells you. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/26 "2005-07-05T23:31:36Z")
Do I? Hell, I’m doing it right now! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/27 "2005-07-06T00:03:03Z")
I tried to see how long I could go once with out masturbating. By the end of two weeks, I was sitting on the couch with my son whatching “Scooby Doo”. I rember thinking to myself “Wow, Velma is actually kind of hot.” It was at that point I realized. " Umm… Maybe I should go to the bathroom and rub one out." Cuz’ man, I aint go’n out like that. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/28 "2005-07-06T00:03:59Z")
I can dust my keyboard while I type. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/29 "2005-07-06T00:06:38Z")
Male 35 yes of course. Tips, you aint lived until you’ve used a TENS unit. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/30 "2005-07-06T00:16:55Z")
Yes. Of course. Doesn’t everyone? We just don’t talk about it. Remember? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/31 "2005-07-06T00:21:09Z")
N N N N o p e. N N N N o t M M M M e. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/32 "2005-07-06T00:23:35Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Do you masturbate? Of course, just like 90+% of the population. Female, 28. That’s like asking if I bathe. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/33 "2005-07-06T00:31:13Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > If it’s technique you’re after, the only particular tip I can offer is to press on the perineum at the climax. This makes it more intense. There’s fun to be had with the other entrance, but I prefer have somebody else deal with that 😛 Perineum… perineum… (One google search later) Oh, the taint! Hmm, I suppose that’s similar in theory to the “male G spot.” I tried it, the G spot not the taint thing, and was never a huge fan. I wound up with a palm full of pre-cum, but it didn’t really do anything for the climax. Then again, maybe it would be better with someone else doing it. I’ll try you’re thing later **GorillaMan** By the by, don’t use Google images for “perineum.” Soooo many babies heads. :Shudder: ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/34 "2005-07-06T00:36:39Z")
I thought the prostate was the usual analogue to the g-spot? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/35 "2005-07-06T00:37:20Z")
Female, 24. Sure. And not ashamed to admit it. I mean, if I’m horny, and my man’s nowhere nearby… what’s wrong with that? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/36 "2005-07-06T00:39:55Z")
Female, 29, and yes, of course. Used to be embarrassed about it, but come on, I feel it’s a necesity. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/37 "2005-07-06T00:41:05Z")
Female, 22, fuck yes. Because if we actually had sex every time I wanted an orgasm, we wouldn’t get anything done… ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/38 "2005-07-06T00:46:43Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Perineum… perineum… > > (One google search later) Oh, the taint! Ahh, feck, yeah. That’s the one :smack: > [@](#): > > Hmm, I suppose that’s similar in theory to the “male G spot.” The prostate, internally, is supposed to be the closest equivalent. Although it’s certaily not equivalent. They really do get it better… > [@](#): > > I tried it…I wound up with a palm full of pre-cum, but it didn’t really do anything for the climax. We’re on two topics at once. What did you try? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/39 "2005-07-06T01:11:44Z")
Male-type, just freshly turned 43. Goshabooties yes. 1-2 times a day. That’s down from the nightmarishly productive prostate of say, age 14 where my recovery time was somewhere in the 90-120 second range and my body would steal H2O from my very blood supply to restock the semen pot. Ahhh, to be 14 again. 😃 It’s kind of interesting. Sometimes the fires burn, sometimes ya gotta coax 'em with kindling. Either way, as Woody Allen said ( and we all know what an expert HE is in healthy sexual expression :eek: ), " Masturbation is sex with someone who loves you". Cartooniverse, who was shown the ways of Astroglide in 1997 and has never looked back. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195/40 "2005-07-06T01:36:37Z")
Female, 43; yep. Hubby works out of town sometimes, and is gone an average of two nights a week. Almost every night that he’s not home, it’s how I get to sleep. When he is home, he thinks it’s rude for me to masturbate when he’s in bed with me. He’d rather have sex (of course, but sometimes that isn’t what I want) or, umm, lend me a hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-do-you-masturbate/311195.md?page=3)