Thankfully, illuminette, I didn’t have the problem of masturbation ignorance in my teen years. I had been unwittingly masturbating since I was…I dunno, 3, 4, 5, something like that, rubbing against blankets and such. I just didn’t realize what it was until I was about 15. 
Anybody else have a similar experience?
(And of course, had I known more about it to begin with, it wouldn’t have taken me so long to figure it out and realize that I wasn’t weird or somehow hurting myself, and I wouldn’t have had to depend on chance discovery to figure out how to do it. Which is just why there needs to be more education about it!)
Actually, I did the same thing. It is very common. My daughter, who is a toddler, does it and I don’t think anything of it. I know that when she goes to school I will need to explain that those things need to stay at home.
Although, I do have some interesting friends that have been known to go to work and take “personal breaks” frequently during the day. They swear it increases their productivity.
Hell, I’m lucky if I can spell my name after an orgasm, much less work.
I’ve heard that it’s pretty common, yeah. I’ve vowed to be open and accepting on the subject with my children, when I have them–I have a very clear memory of my mom telling me “Don’t play with yourself” when I was young. Of course, the advice that those things should stay at home is good, at least until they’re old enough to learn discretion. 
Hee hee…“personal breaks.” I can see how it would increase productivity though (once you had time to get past the incoherent part ;))–it’s a major stress reliever, endorphins flying everywhere and all. I saw a report recently that said studies have shown people are actually more alert and can think more clearly when they get a massage, which suggests that employers should give their employees massage breaks instead of coffee breaks. Imagine, though, if we got massage breaks AND masturbation breaks! There would be a lot of happy workers out there…
Fuck dental plans, we need jerkoff plans…
17 year old female checking in. I get horny, on average, I don’t know, maybe every two hours; yeah, that sounds about right. In a given week, I’d say I probably masturbate anywhere from 7-25 times, though usually it’s about 12 or so, though more if I haven’t had a chance to see Mudshark.
I’ve been like this for the past four years or so…my sex drive has progressively gotten higher since I started masturbating at about 11. Oh, and for the past year, I’ve been on medication that’s supposed to inhibit my sex drive/ability to orgasm. When my doctor was going into the side effects, I said, “oh, that’s probably a good thing,” to which he gave me the strangest of looks. I can’t imagine how bad I’d be without it.
Figures I jump into this post first.
It might have something to do with being single, however I’m horny constantly.
When I was married sex was near at least every other day, and masturbating…well, it’s just about every day.
I’ve never been a good representation of the female mindset at large, but none of this would translate as DON’T TOUCH ME. Being irritable, hungry, tired and dirty, to me, translates as, “let me make a sandwich and then we’ll have slow shower sex.”
Forgot to mention. Ideally, at this point in my life, (whether it has to do with age or personal disposition or what), I’d have sex or some variant of it once or twice daily. While I wouldn’t have sex during my period, being on my period does little/nothing to do with hampering my sex drive. (I just don’t find sex while on my period an appealing prospect).
7-25 times might sound a little shocking, (especially considering it’s that high with a boyfriend), but I’ll usually go three times in a row, then not again for the rest of the day, and I’m counting all of those times individually, not as one session.
I’m eighteen and I’d say I’m genuinely physically horny at least once every day or two, but I’m in a constant “Looking for sex” sort of state. My male friends won’t even lay down next to me on the ground for fear of being felt up.
Masturbation is pretty much once a day, sometimes with pauses of a few days to increase pleasure. The aforementioned friends are varyingly disturbed and intrigued by my penchant for public (secretive) self-gratification… Movie theaters, school, wherever.
It’s been my experience that women can be horndogs just as much as men. The few female friends I have are very knowledgeable and comfortable regarding sex and sexuality, often to the consternation of our guy-friends.
I’ve been lurking for a few years now. It figures that this would be my first post.
I’m 37. I can’t remember when I *wasn’t *thinking about sex.
When I was 17, I thought the sex would never feel as good as it did when I was that young.
When I was 27, I knew more, had slowed the tempo (during) enough to enjoy it, and was sober for almost all of it (as opposed to when I was 20-25). Started going for quality instead of head count.
Now that I am 37, and hitting my plateau (women don’t peak, we plateau ), I’m not nervous about asking for what I want, not embarrassed about doing anything & everything that comes to mind, and I have an orgasm every single time I have sex.
Really, I think men got the short end of the stick on this one… (pun DECIDEDLY intended)
I was just talking to some women tonight about this very thing. They were asking for sex tips (we are all friends but not sex friends) and the consensus of th guys was that women need to be more forthcoming in directing the guy to what they (the woman) personally likes. WE actually got spome resistance on this point that they don’t feel comfortable with doing that. We toald them they only stood to gain from doing so and while they agreed with the logic the looks on their faces suggested to me that it wasn’t likely to happen. Too bad because it’s a win-win situation…everyone is happier. (Further discussion detailed that how the direction is given is important if you don’t want to kill the moment but direction is still essential for best sex…everyone is different so guiding your partner is crucial for maximum effect unless you already know each other well enough to dispense with that [or are lucky]).
As an aside why is it that the women like Maureen never seem to live in Chicago (or the midwest)? Maybe I’m missing something but these ladies NEVER seeem to live within striking distance…more’s the pity (for me anyway) 
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Reporting as requested.
Like some of the posters above, I find that my horniness peaks when I’m ovulating, which is logical. During the week before my period I might get myself off two or three times in a week, and the week after it I won’t be in the mood at all.
However, a lot of how horny I get depends on whether I’m getting enough exercise, whether I’m all stressed out, and whether I’m getting good sexy touch from people I’m attracted to. It’s not an issue of whether I’m horny or not so much as it’s whether I can go from 0-60 in five seconds or in five minutes.
“Personal breaks” at work?
Am I the only one that thinks that is way unprofessional?
I’m 27 years old, and I would say my answer is “always.” Of course, I’m single, so I don’t have regular access. With proper care and treatment, I could be reduced to wanting it only every 12 hours or so.
Probably. As long as you’re not doing it at your desk how is it any different from a bathroom or smoke break?
I’m nearly 36 I have been horny most of my freakin’ life…LOL.
No really. I masturbate nearly everyday but if I have a regular steady lover, I want to have sex with him at least 3 or 4 times a week…still doesn’t keep me from masturbating everyday…that is like a between meal snack.
The only time that really changed was when my children were newborns. I don’t know if it was exhaustion or hormonal but that was the only time in my life when I had no sex drive.
Thank you, how nice! 
But inaccurate. There is a two part answer to your question. First: there are. Plenty. You just have to stop chasing little girls and go after women. Second: sex for most women is something we are programmed from childhood to NOT WANT. “Nice girls don’t do that. Or talk about it.” Don’t sit that way. Don’t wear that. Don’t walk like that. Don’t laugh loud. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON’T DANCE LIKE THAT!! This is reinforced by men’s belief that there are women you fuck, and women you marry, and never the twain shall meet. “I couldn’t ask my wife to do THAT. That’s why I have a mistress.” As a result, there’s a lot of unhappy people out there. And most of them have no clue why, and won’t talk to each other, because they’re too embarrassed. Sad.
AARGH!! Sorry. Could some mod please fix my profanity?
Thanks.
I’m ready to “go” 99% of the time! My lucky lucky b/f …
Okay, I just turned 20. I am horny pretty much all the freaking time. Basically like a low, background, if-anyone-wanted-to-do-me-I’d-say-hell-yes kind of horniness. About once or twice a day my brain goes “Okay, I really really want sex NOW.” And I just have to ignore it. I masturbate usually every night, as long as I’ve got my room to myself, and I own two vibrators. I think I started masturbating at about age 5 or 6, not even knowing what I was doing for years, only that it felt really really good.
The problem with me is that I have never had a steady source of sex. I’ve had one boyfriend, but he was long-distance and I only saw him about once a month so we only ever had sex twice, and that was the night I lost my virginity. I’ve had sex with two other guys since then, once each, and haven’t really dated anyone since then either, so I would guess part of the reason I’m constantly horny is that I’ve never had a long-term sex partner. I just really really really love sex and I never get to do it so I want it all the freaking time. I’m sure if I had a boyfriend I’d maybe only wanna do it 3 or 4 times a night.