Tag: masturbation

The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life." ~ Wilhelm Reich

Some of my most vivid memories of my early sex life are not of the satisfying post-coitus elated release, but the opposite. It is hard to forget the many years when sex was more a path of frustration than pleasure; when I was still figuring out how my body responded and why it often didn’t. In retrospect, I think it was my strong intention to find pleasure that kept me coming back to try again—of being willing to live inside the questions I had about pleasure even without many answers. And even now, some 30 years later, I often notice that it is this same deliberate attention, the essence of wanting to want, that gives me the courage to keep seeking out my own erotic truth.

May is "International Masturbation Month," and it’s something you shouldn’t shy away from in addressing and talking about masturbation and self-pleasure. Physicians and sex therapists the world over agree it is a natural part of a sexually healthy life.

??To celebrate, here are four things you might not know about masturbation and the practice of self-pleasure.

It's no secret what every man's favorite toy is... his dick! Experts report that about 94% of adult men masturbate regularly. So why not do it with an amazing masturbation sleeve or device? There are toys on the market that will produce some extremely powerful orgasms. Toys in this area range from simple sleeves to pocket pussies to Fleshlights to the new Tenga Flip. The Fleshlight is the top selling male sex toy in the world. However, the Tenga Flip (and the various other male masturbation tools in the Tenga line) are extremely popular in Japan and sure to be a favorite for men in North America.