Entries with the tag "Masturbation"
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Not Blind Yet
Ah, springtime! The birds are chirping and gathering twigs to make their nests. The trees and flowers are blooming. And just to prove that man is in touch with nature, you can bet that all across the country, chickens are choking, monkeys are being spanked, and young ladies are giving their fuzzy bunnies a carrot. As I mentioned last week, Masturbation Month got off to its usual hard-pumping start (please feel free to substitute a metaphor more suitable to your gender and/or wanking technique of choice) over the weekend with the 2009 Masturbate-A-Thon in San Francisco. The SF Weekly has a few photos. And while I haven’t found a decent report on what went on at this year’s event, SF Weekly printed an article last week that answers such questions as “How do you make all of these people comfortable while they jack off?” (answer: doggie beds) and “How do you keep track of the number of orgasms with women?” According to judge Nellie Wilson:
“It can be tricky with a woman, because they tend to run together. Is it one long one, for example, or three short ones? Do you segment? How do you make the distinction? Sometimes it’s clear. Often it’s a judgment call.”
From the event’s official site, I did find that the new record for men’s distance ejaculation is 5 feet, 4 inches. And last year’s record holder, Masanobu Sato of Japan, broke his own record for nonstop masturbation and clocked in at just two minutes short of 10 hours! (Ow.)
Elsewhere on the masturbation front, Oprah Winfrey apparently stunned her studio audience into utter silence last week when she and guest, sex educator Laura Berman, suggested that parents not only make sure their teenage daughters know it’s OK to masturbate, but to encourage them to do so, even if it means buying their girls vibrators. The fact that this sounds radical is a pretty potent argument for Masturbation Month and what may first seem like a frivolous gimmick. (We’ll know we’re in trouble when Hallmark comes up with a card.) And if Oprah pushing it and Britney Spears singing about it can help, then good for them. (OK, for those of us with a little more time perspective, I don’t think Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop” or the Divinyls “I Touch Myself” did much good. Maybe we need video? We need Good Vibes to sponsor Tristan Taormino to produce a “how to” video that would be shown to all of the 5th and 6th grade girls instead of the “how to use sanitary napkins and belts” movies Kotex used to show in the 60s and 70s. Not to date myself or anything.)
I also ran across this terrific You Tube video (from Little Plum Pictures) where young women talk about masturbation, particularly about how no one ever, ever wants to talk about girls masturbating and what that means to girls as they grow up:
Finally, there was this humorous piece about a man who discovered masturbation was actually more fun than killing time on the computer, thanks to a power outage.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
May Menage a Moi
I just watched the movie, Quiet City, on Sundance Channel. And, while I’ll readily admit to being a mumblecore slut and that therefore my opinion here may be somewhat suspect, I just want to say how much I loved this movie! Yes, the characters (naturally) didn’t do much, but that’s part of the point. While they were going on about their lives, they were genuine and likeable. I also liked the composition of the visuals in and around Brooklyn; it reminded me of when New York still had that “place to be” romance to it. Finally, I thought the lead actress (and co-writer), Erin Fisher, was adorable. Those lips, those eyes! Erin, if you want to come bum around suburban Boston (“Ooo, look! Another Dunkin Donuts!”), just let me know.
May is Masturbation Month. San Francisco’s Masturbate-a-Thon is early this year (this Saturday, May 2). Competitions this year include Longest Squirt, Longest Time Spent Masturbating, Most Orgasms (male record is 31, female is 49), and something new called the Tag Team Fun event. If you can’t attend in person, you can go all voyeur and follow along online. You can also download a pledge form, get sponsors (by the minute or by the orgasm, your choice), and go it alone or with friends. Money raised by the event benefit the Center for Sex and Culture. (And I won’t embed this, but the Center for Sex and Culture is featured in this Penn and Teller Bullshit videoclip on masturbation. The abstinence folk at the beginning and end of this clip make me want to scream… and possibly beat them over the head with a healthy 15 year old.)
I was just discussing environmental initiatives in sex with my pal, JeN. And aside from the eco lubricants (organic, no hormones, glycerin, sugars, etc.) such as Good Clean Love’s Almost Naked flavored lubes, and a new effort to recycle old sex toys (not for reuse… don’t worry), we couldn’t seem to come up with much to recommend for you green, yet horny, types. But then I found the Earth Angel Wind-Up vibrator. Made of 100 percent recycled parts, you simply wind up the vibe for 4 minutes to keep it buzzing away for a half an hour. No more batteries or vampire chargers!
Wait… it’s still April, isn’t it? So, since it is technically still National Poetry Month, I have one last link for you. Visit the A Taste of Sex podcast to listen to poets reading and/or singing their erotic poems (songs, stories, etc.).
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
I Only Do It So I Can Breathe
I’m a guy, so it seems like a silly question to ask. “Do you masturbate?” I mean, you may as well ask me whether I breathe or whether I like breasts better than ottomans. But it turns out that there’s actual value in asking the question—and a few surprising answers. A 2007 University of Chicago study on masturbation found that 61 percent of men aged 18 to 60 told researchers in a face-to-face interview that they had masturbated in the previous year. The number for women was only 38 percent. So, right away… maybe people aren’t doing for themselves quite as much as I thought. You might be thinking, “Yes, but look at the ages in the study. Once folks get married, they don’t masturbate as much.” Aha! There’s one of the surprises:
In American culture, masturbation is often viewed as a sexual refuge for singles, as a way to compensate for a lack of sex in a relationship. In this survey, that turned out not to be the case. In both genders, a sexless relationship suppressed masturbation. Respondents who masturbated the most were usually involved in a sexual relationship. Having partner sex, it appears, piques interest in solo sex.
Women were found to masturbate more if they were in a relationship in which they were not getting either enough physical or emotional closeness.
Speaking of masturbation, did you know that masturbation may help alleviate hay fever symptoms? Or sex. Your choice. The research out of Iran seems a little specious and (naturally) didn’t study women at all. The idea seems to be that, since blood flow in the genitals and in a stuffed-up nose are both related to the sympathetic nervous system, an orgasm might constrict blood vessels in the nose as well as the nads and the subsequent relaxation might unblock those nasal passages. It’s worth a try.
Monday is Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. And I’m sure Jefferson would appreciate being remembered as a man of action and not just a man of words. I’m not sure what the other presidents would think of Justine Lai’s series of paintings imagining herself having sex with each of them. Eighteen down, twenty-six to go. And why doesn’t it surprise me that Grant is into spanking?
Compared with Ms. Lai, I’m no painter. But, as I said before, I want to do more art for fun. Here’s a little painting thingee I did last night before bed.
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Friday, May 02, 2008
DIY
Happy Masturbation Month! I’m sure all of you are going to take a “hands on” approach to this. Go ahead. Do it yourself. Get your hands dirty. Wait a minute… Something about that sounds familiar. Hmm… Wait! That’s it! It’s Ms. Frizzle! “Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy!” Anyone too old to get the reference, go back to your Playboy.
In keeping with the theme… I’m not posting this video (mainly because I couldn’t get it not to autoplay), but I wanted to give you this sample from the See My Orgasm site. Filled with lots of Flash video, small size, decent quality, suitable for posting or for viewing on your PSP or portable video players, this site features lots of free videos of both men and women masturbating. So, while the video quality may not be as nice as I Feel Myself (this week’s sample) or Beautiful Agony (which only shows faces), visit this one for the hard cocks and cum shots you don’t get on those sites. Anyway, here’s that sample video I wanted you to see. What I love about this one is how this guy’s cock is “down for the count” to start. We get to see him coax it into an erection (kinda like petting a puppy, isn’t it?), do various things with it, and then slowly stroke it to orgasm and ejaculation. And his prostate says, “Amen!”
The other masturbation link I have for you to check out also has video, of a sort. Go to Advanced Masturbation and check out the links in the middle of the page under the column “Male Masturbation Techniques.” What you’ll find are small, GIF animation videos of nearly 50 different techniques for male masturbation. I admit, I didn’t need to see the use of the banana skin just after breakfast. However, it was very interesting to see the variety of techniques. You can probably get a few ideas to try out on yourself or on a friend. (Maybe it’s just me, but I think I’d avoid the one with the packing tape on the fingers. Ow.)
Lastly, I have the next two weeks of Photo of the Day themes picked out and pre-posted. And yes, they are masturbation-related:
Here are the themes for the next few weeks:
- Toy Time (May 4 to 10) Vibes and plugs and dildos. Oh, my!
- Polish the Pearl (May 11 to 17) Pick your favorite female masturbation nickname and see these women buffin’ their muffins.
I would like to do a male masturbation week after that, but have to admit that I don’t have the photos. If you have any idea where I can find decent male masturbation photos to share, please drop me a line. Clearly, my collecting habits display a heterosexual bias. 
