You Won't Go Blind

It's something people don't talk about, but almost everyone does it: masturbation. In one national study, 95 percent of men and 89 percent of women said they had masturbated.

"We are programmed, as best we know, to need orgasms," says Gloria Brame, Ph.D., a clinical sexologist in Athens, Ga. "It's a fundamental aspect of men's health, right up there with brushing your teeth." And the more you know about what satisfies you solo, the more pleasure you get from sex.

You likely know that a little wanking won't make you go blind or cause your penis to fall off. (Let's face it, you'd know by now.) In fact, a little time alone is perfectly healthy for you.

11 Shocking Facts You Never Knew About Masturbation

Masturbation. It’s not just a great way to kill time, but it’s also the safest sex you can have. And it has many health benefits.

Although we can all agree that masturbation is pretty much the cherry on top of the ice cream of life, there’s more to the act than that. Here are 11 things you probably never knew about your favorite hobby.

1. MALE FETUSES MIGHT MASTURBATE IN UTERO
If you thought the first time you touched yourself and realized it felt really, really good was when you hit puberty, you might be wrong. Researchers in Spain recently found that in utero masturbation is actually a thing among male fetuses, so this “gratification behavior” starts far earlier than originally thought.

7 Secrets of Female Masturbation

Your recipe for masturbation is pretty simple: A bottle of lube, an open Xtube browser, and a five-finger grip deliver results in no time flat. But women’s solo sessions are a bit more complicated.

They can’t do it wherever they want, they don’t always care about reaching orgasm, and they definitely aren’t flipping through Fifty Shades as much as you’d imagine. So how do women masturbate? Read on to discover the secrets of what happens behind closed doors.

7 Masturbation Moves to Try In the Shower

You shower every single day—and it's time to start taking advantage of that naked alone time. We talked with Astroglide resident sexologist Jessica O'Reilly, Ph.D., author of Hot Sex Tips, Tricks and Licks, to get some super sexy ideas for really steaming things up in there.

1. Play with the Temperature
"Run a warm shower, and press your frontside against the cold wall while touching yourself," says O'Reilly. "Let your clitoris respond to the sensations of the cool wall and the hot water in succession."

The Best Masturbation Tips Ever

BY DIANA SPECHLER

The maxim "He knows me better than I know myself"? Well, it probably doesn't hold true when it comes to pleasure centers. If you're like many women, you have had a long-term relationship with a vibrator and, with concentration, can get the deed done during a commercial break—without even muting the TV—if you so choose.