# Working from home: Do you masturbate during work hours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282 "2021-09-24T17:24:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/1 "2021-09-24T17:24:53Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/1))_ Settling a bet with Mrs. A … and hoping for some fun stories to read over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/2 "2021-09-24T21:34:21Z")
You missed an option. After a certain age, the impulse becomes less urgent. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/3 "2021-09-24T21:55:43Z")
a lot of options missing. I mean, I would say “no” but there’s more than 1 reason for that, I can’t imagine many people citing professionalism as the only reason to avoid daily masturbation during work hours. I mostly only do it for personal health and hygiene reasons and for me it’s maybe a couple times a week, with being when I first awake as the most logical and convenient option. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/4 "2021-09-24T22:07:34Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > After a certain age, the impulse becomes less urgent. > [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I would say “no” but there’s more than 1 reason for that Yeah, I probably should have added a more general “Don’t want to” answer, but I guess my inner teenager can’t imagine not wanting to. (Hey, I’m only 56.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/5 "2021-09-24T22:25:41Z")
I’m waiting for the professional sperm donors to weigh in. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/6 "2021-09-24T23:04:57Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > a lot of options missing. I think I did so once. But I was on break. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/7 "2021-09-24T23:53:27Z")
By definition, I’d count it as break time rather than work time! ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/8 "2021-09-24T23:58:43Z")
Not actively, but I do try to keep a variety of adult sex toys displayed on my desk during Zoom staff meetings. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/9 "2021-09-25T00:09:25Z")
for the life of me i cant remember where i read it but supposedly among married/together couple working from home there was a bit of a rise in in break and lunch hour massages and quickies as stress relievers … ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/10 "2021-09-25T00:10:53Z")
I don’t work from home. ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/11 "2021-09-25T01:42:02Z")
Since my wife returned to office, practically every weekday (she wouldn’t approve of it if she were home, not to mention she is damn near asexual herself). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/12 "2021-09-25T02:26:47Z")
I was in Walmart one day I turn on to an aisle and a guy who obviously worked at the lube and tire center had his hand in his pants. To be fair maybe he had an itch, or was just adjusting things, I didn’t wait around for the pay off. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/13 "2021-09-25T03:09:19Z")
One of the poll options really should have been “[Like a mother fuck!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woooo-i-am-masturbating-like-a-mother-fuck/231264)” ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/14 "2021-09-25T06:44:42Z")
I don’t work from home. But I have this to contribute: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW3lhfVpLL4) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/15 "2021-09-25T06:56:42Z")
I was caught once and I was sure Id be fired. They offered me permanent disability. I get no respect. No respect at all. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/16 "2021-09-25T09:20:04Z")
I even did it a few times when I was working in an office (I at least had the decency to do it in the men’s room). Now that my husband and I are both at home, I don’t need to masturbate; we just have sex whenever we want. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/17 "2021-09-25T10:53:58Z")
You are a creep for asking such questions. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/18 "2021-09-25T11:45:21Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > You are a creep Moderating: keep it civil, please. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/19 "2021-09-25T18:45:06Z")
I don’t have that strong an urge to masturbate during work hours, but if I did it’s not like it would be all that much different from a pee break. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282/20 "2021-09-25T18:59:02Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > By definition, I’d count it as break time rather than work time! Well yeah… how would you charge the time on your timesheet? (Maybe “Personal Time”? ) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282.md?page=2)