The penis is icky to them, and so the thought of one being used daily is entirely grotesque.

All this article is says to me is that prudish broads need to spend more time working the knob.

It was a turn of phrase. Are you this weirdly literal all the time?

Yes, sadly he is. Trust me, I've learned the hard way ;-)

Recreational sex (and masturbation) isn't a spectator sport, just watching people have sex (or masturbate) is entertainment, and learning and developing sexual techniques is a hobby.

It was a turn of phrase. Are you this weirdly literal all the time?

Leftchris, were it not for the fact that I respect you, I would have twisted your letter against you. Be careful my friend, the world isn't as safe you might think.

Huh? How would you twist my letter against me? Because I said women and men? I told you on a previous thread that I've tried just about every consensual adult sexual activity imaginable, and enjoyed just about all of it. As for my sexual orientation or preferences, I'm keeping mum, but I really don't care what anyone on this site thinks about it. Why do you seem to care so much? If people want to think I'm gay, let them. If they want to think I'm straight, let them. If they want to think I'm bi, let them. If they want to think I'm pansexual, they'd be a lot closer to the mark and we might have something to talk about ;-)

Recreational sex (and masturbation) isn't a spectator sport, just watching people have sex (or masturbate) is entertainment

"Spectator sport" and "entertainment" mean essentially the same thing.

I do like your suggestion of holding "sex sports" contests, however! You might be on to something there! LOL Maybe we could convince one of the adult pay-per-view channels to program something like that? haha

I'm sorry. You're the one that came up with that great idea.

You have my deep apreciation.

Leftchris, were it not for the fact that I respect you, I would have twisted your letter against you. Be careful my friend, the world isn't as safe you might think.

Recreational sex (and masturbation) isn't a spectator sport, just watching people have sex (or masturbate) is entertainment, and learning and developing sexual techniques is a hobby.

However, wouldn't it be great if we had sex sports, where sexual athletes could compete against each other to win sexual competitions by scoring high marks from judges base on their technique, style, longevity, recuperation, and originality?

My friend, you may have inadvertently come up with a very good idea.

I'm sorry, but those numbers are painfully far from surprising. How sheltered are you, anyway? Frankly, I'm glad my husband pleases himself on a regular basis. It makes him happy, relieves his stress and makes our sex together better because he's not desperate (and we get plenty of mano-a-mano time). What is the problem here, besides the reporter's attempt to shock us and embarrass men? I'm just embarrassed for you.

I'm not impressed with this at all. It's exactly what I would have expected, actually. Is there a problem with it? I don't get why we demonize men for this. There is no evidence that I'm aware of that it is the cause, or the result of anything bad.

There are bad things about the porn industry. This I'm clear about, but watching other people have sex? Not so much. Masturbation? It can become a harmful addiction, but that's not what this article is about.

This is where feminism crosses the line into puritanism, and I'm just plainly not interested. Furthermore, it's nasty and it's petty and it's as offensive to the women who love men, as it is to men themselves.

It has never even occurred to me to make it my business to know how much my boyfriend masturbates. As long as he's still fucking me, and not fucking around, or breaking the law or neglecting his life while doing it, I couldn't care less.

If you want to run around spouting some religious bull about the moon going around the earth every 29 days, we are going to have some serious issues.

The two chariots cross the heavens once a day. Luna and Mercury ever valiant in their duties to light our earthly plane.

This isn't a religious forum, so keep your crazy round earth stuff to your self. Now back to ejaculating.

...hear her out; maybe she's onto something. If the moon DOES revolve around the earth once a day in the Broadiverse, that means those poor women would be on the rag, like... all the time!

Explains a bit, don't it?

/I keed!

//Anonymously!

Cancer there is reputed (NEJM 2003) to be prevented by lots of ejaculation

almost any kind you come onto...hetero-, homo- or home-alono-.

Great place for the 'existential' word...ejaculation is an existential good.

The Kinsey Institute's Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality provides some interesting statistics on masturbation in the United States (follow my signature link). I particularly find it interesting that masturbation frequency increases with education.

Another interesting tidbit: "Not all women feel comfortable with masturbation. Among college women, 30% reported 'shame' as a major reason for not engaging in this outlet. Other research indicates that only about half of college women believe that masturbation is a 'healthy practice.'"

Given that masturbation provides an outlet for stress, does not limit other forms of sexual expression, is pleasurable and does not put individuals at a risk of STDs, perhaps the Broadsheet writers would be better off not reinforcing the shame that may stop some portion of their readership from engaging in healthy sexual expression.

So can either Salon's editors or perhaps Ms. Price please apologize for demonizing people who masturbate? You've gotten about thirty responses all detailing how idiotic this entry is.

Or perhaps Salon could start an intelligent sex advice column to balance this "Eww! People who masturbate are gross!" nonsense.

It seems plenty of other people have mentioned the strange reference to the moon's (monthly) orbit, so I won't go into that. But this: "At this point I need to pause so that you might think about what I just typed. Eight times a week. On average." is just as bizarre. For guys who do masturbate, around once a day isn't outrageous at all. I'm surprised Ms. Price didn't mention the study's findings regarding women at all, or look for any studies of American masturbatory habits for comparison. Both would have been more instructive than her weirdly prudish surprise at daily masturbation. Instead of any relevant news relating to women, the post seems to have been "Men jack off a lot! Ewww!" About once a day seems to me to be just healthy self-knowledge. But then, it's been my direct experience that women tend to have more hangups about masturbation than men do, so maybe it's my turn to make some unproven generalizations. Would Ms. Price agree with religious injunctions not to masturbate? I'd guess no: masturbation is okay, just as long as it's once a month.