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How To Masturbate
Tips and Techniques for Masturbation

By Cory Silverberg, About.com

Updated February 09, 2009

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It would be nice to think that we all know how to touch ourselves in loving ways, but the fact is that we don’t. Masturbation doesn’t come naturally to everyone, and if you can get past the taboo or embarrassing aspects of talking about masturbation, it seems a bit ridiculous that isn't more direct information on how to do it. The links below are an attempt to offer just such advice.

Basic Masturbation How Tos

You may want to start with the basics on how women masturbate and how men masturbate. Keep in mind that the way you masturbate isn’t dictated by your gender, it should be based on what feels good. While many men will masturbate focused on their penis and women may focus on their clitoris, others enjoy anal masturbation, or focusing on fantasy masturbation.

Advanced Masturbation Technique

Masturbation can be much more than a means to an end. As you start exploring more advanced masturbation techniques you may find you discover things you enjoy sexually (places you like to touch yourself, fantasies you like to have, and ways you like to stimulate yourself) that you want to share with a partner and bring into the rest of your sex life. You can experiment with different sex positions during masturbation and many people will begin masturbating with sex toys before introducing sex toys to a partner.

Masturbate With the One You Love

It might seem like an oxymoron, but if you’re in a relationship you may also want to explore mutual masturbation as a way of bringing something of your solo sex life into your relationship and as a way of changing up your partnered sex routine. If you’re interested in exploring mutual masturbation, you may want to do some homework on how to give a woman a handjob and how to give a man a handjob.

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