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Guest Post: I Masturbate! by M. Christian

Here we have a final adieu to National Masturbation Month 2011. I'm pleased to offer a guest post by my friend M. Christian.  It was the title of this piece of writing that inspired me to name my month of masturbation photos "I masturbate..." 

Thanks to everyone who helped to make "I masturbate..." such a success. I can't wait for May 2012! 
-Shilo
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I Masturbate!

Sure, I masturbate. Yeah, I jerk off. Damned straight, I yank it, pull it, stroke it, rub it, and jerk it. Lube, soap, shampoo or split. Left hand, right hand, frotage (look it up), other’s hands, sheets, and gizmos (manual, electric, and even diesel). Like it, love it--do it a lot.

Let’s get this straight--we all do it. Sure, yeah, right: “not me” someone says. Sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up. We all do it. Nuns do it, dogs do it, cats do it, bees do it, Newt Gingrich and Jessie Helms do it (god, what a thought!). You say you don’t do it, you mean it when you say you don’t do it. Well, who leaves the wet spot on the bed, a topless Tinkerbell?


I masturbate. Come on, let’s say it together, enunciate those syllables: “I” --rounding chorus of self identification. Come on, belt that fucker out--“I”--mean it now, say it true--“Mast-ur-bate.”

I masturbate. He masturbates. She masturbates. They masturbate. We all masturbate. That out of the way? Breathing maybe a bit easier now? Let me tell you this, the old cliché of imagining folks in their underwear has zilch over thinking of all of you sitting there rubbing stroking, jacking, jilling yourselves into a grazed euphoria of self-love. Makes saying that I do it real easy.

I masturbate. Bullshit on that “self-abuse” nonsense: think of them sitting on the toilet in some sleazy dive yanking their pull little wieners with two embarrassed fingers, groaning like taking a shit, popping off an eye-dropped full of fun cream, wheezing like an asthmatic marathon runner (oooooh, sexy!) then going out onto the pulpit to tell you that “it’s bad for you”, “it’s sinful”, “it’s detrimental.”

I do it. I’m proud that I do--because I do it well (hell, I like it) and I do it often: horny, need to sleep, need to relax, wanna get off quick, wanna get off slow, got a cold, don’t got a cold, at home, at parties (the right kind of parties), driving, sleeping (“Yeah, Tinkerbell, yeah!”), for myself, for others--available for weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, etc.

Been doing it for years (first time think something like twelve--late bloomer), will do it for many more. Do it tonight, do it probably tomorrow, do it with my wife, do it with my playmates, do it for pay (if anyone’s interested), do it for free. Ask me to, go on, ask me.

You can see me do it, you can hear me do it (the movie’s out there somewhere--sorry they never told me what the title was going to be) and I write about doing it ...

... stroking my long, proud self, feeling the soft skin and the ridges and bumps of the veins. Feeling the skin of my hand rise and squeeze around the thick head. The pressure, the wonderful feeling of the strong muscle that cranks me up and away. The strength in my balls, the pulse at the head as my hand cups then pulls back from it. The tiny pulls and tiny sharp plucks of my forest of pubic hairs getting caught in my hand. My asshole getting nice and tight. My grip getting tighter as my cock gets harder. When it’s good it’s very good and my cock is a iron putter wrapped in fine silk. My cock is a diving rod pulling my brain this way and that with images and sensations: entering, sucking, licking, biting, beating, feeling, touching, and more, much more.

I love to start the trip to see where it might detour. Start out with a fuck-film in your head, maybe the feeling of that one night, that one day (satin, silk, polyester, latex, leather, cotton, elastic waistbands--) and let my cock take me that way that this way through side-trips of past fucks: just that sensation, that picture, that image, that fantasy, that lover, that glimpse, that night (or day). I might start with the Standard Number Four (A) fantasy: big black tits in my face while she jumps on my rigid cock and might end up at in a mobile home somewhere below the Mason-Dixon with a scummy pre-teen (all zits and no tits and gum and smelling of piss and booze) on my face an some guy named Joe-Bob bathing my cock and balls in spit that’s mostly cheap beer.

It’s ain’t so much the destination as it is the trip.

I jerk off when I’m horny. I stroke it when I’m excited. I pull it when I’m turned-on. I also yank it when I’m bored, can’t sleep, have a cold, have a headache, or can’t think of anything else to do (or there’s nothing good on TV). I do it in bed, on the john, in my living room, at my computer (I give good email), in the backyard (that was a fun party), and everywhere in between. I’ve done it driving, in planes, in porno houses, on trains, and when I shouldn’t have been doing it and I’m damned lucky no one caught me.

Don’t act so fucking surprised, either, a lot of you have done a lot worse--or a lot better.

Stigma? Masturbation should be prayer. It should be the way we show our love for the God/dess in ourselves (how better than to show him/her/it a really good time?). We should have it fucking institutionalized. No more of this bullshit white-haired old men yelling at us from inside their million dollar temples about a hateful god who doesn’t want you to yank it or jill it. Nah, we should tune in every goddamned morning to the right kind of prayer--”Put your hands where they belong, Brothers and Sisters, and give unto you the pleasure that is the God/dess’s gift to you--your genitals. Rub them with me, dear people, and feel the rising power of prayer in you (and remember to clean up afterwards).”

Jerking off should be a fucking sporting event! “Live from the Superbowl the longest ejaculation, most powerful orgasm, most orgasms (women and men’s divisions), most female ejaculate, and quickest (longest takes way too much time for television).” Personally, I favor the San Francisco Queens (got ten bucks riding on them, too).

It should be taught in school, it should be continuing ed, it should be an extracurricular activity (“For today, class, we are going to examine the social, personal, physical repercussions of long fingernails--”). It should be part of the glee club (high notes), cheer leading, and shop (bookend, sailboat, coat rack, dildo, butt-plug ...). We should be told and shown how to do it well, safely and effectively.

Maybe it will. Maybe, maybe, maybe. But for certain it is safe, harmless, natural, comfortable common, and--best above all else--hellava lot of fun!

I know you masturbate. I know you do, because I do. A lot. So get off it, get on it and--

--love thyself. Damnit!

The End

M. Christian

www.mchristian.com

"I masturbate..." Day Thirty-One

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"I masturbate..." Day Thirty

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe

I masturbate because I love myself, and I believe that healthy pleasure is really good for you. I also think that sex is proof that God loves us and wants us to have fun, and what is more sacred than the relationship to oneself? Plus, self-pleasuring helps deepen connection to our bodies and build pleasure-centered nervous channels in your pelvic floor. Self-pleasuring is also a meditation on how we all generate our own turn-on (in life)... your focus becomes the moment in which you're in: being more present in the moment increases the pleasure, with mental focus on the sensations of the body that INCREASE WITH AWARENESS. Om.   -Sexploration with Monika

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-Nine

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe

I masturbate…a lot.

I started masturbating pretty young, but I remember in 3rd grade I discovered the wonder of the showerhead and the following year I decided that it was a good idea to pass this information along to my friend…while we were showering. I was unaware that there was any shame associated with what I was doing until Middle School. This did not stop me, but I became very aware that it was meant to be shameful and became self-conscious about masturbating. When I was introduced to the concept of sex-positivity and began discussing jerking off with my friends in college, the shame disappeared again and I was able to enjoy myself. I love to masturbate, it is something that I do just for myself, although I really enjoying jerking off for a partner. I explore fantasies, I watch porn, but sometimes I’m just watching TV and find my hand wander into my pants. I love my cock and love finding new ways to get myself off.
-- Bean

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-Eight

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate for me. I masturbate for her. I masturbate for every filthy dirty thought that passes through my head all day long. I masturbate to know my own body and to hear my own pleasure. I masturbate to give myself some time for me, sometimes it's just once a week, sometimes it's twice a day. Years ago, I often had entire days where I would stay in bed, read a book, jack off, take a nap... wake up, read some more, take a nap, wake up, jack off again, back to nap, all day long. Such decadence. Those days are sweet and rare now, but I delight in the luxury of them so much more.     -Kitty

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-Seven

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate because it feels good, because it's hot, because it's fun, it makes me feel sexy,because it makes me happy,because it's mine and because it reminds me that I belong to me.

I've loved getting off with myself since I figured out how at 13. Masturbation was an important physical, psychological and emotional safe space for me during adolescence,as my early childhood involved a lot of incredibly negative overcultural and intracommunal messages around  being a nerdy black boy with multiple chronic health issues. Masturbation let me know it was possible to eventually be the kind of man, the kind of person I wanted to be. 

Masturbation for me has long held elements and ideas of personal and political resistance- resistance against narrow social conscriptions that discourage or deny bodily autonomy and integrity; against cultural nationalist "self-determination" and  "liberation" rhetorics steeped in internalized racism,misogyny, and sexual shaming;against a variety of male "rites of passage" ceremonies that involve fearful and hateful misogynist and homophobic  contextualizations of  joy and the ecstatic as "feminine" and therefore dirty,worthless, undesirable,or simply a waste of time.

Masturbation is part of my ongoing self-care and was my first intersectional advocacy conversation before I had a formal understanding of the concept. Masturbation helps keep me aware, connected and continually working on being a good human.      -Juba Kalamka

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-Six

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate because I love it. I want to feel that delight and that delirium to reach the darkest most erotic areas of my mind. Here I can go so many places my body is not always able to endure. I can be with anyone and be anywhere.  I can remember a wonderful sexual encounter and replay my favorite parts over and over. I masturbate to be a better lover learning everywhere I like to touch and give myself permission to try something new.    -Severina

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-Five

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate therefore I am. It’s a philosophical discussion really. I feel alive when I masturbate. I masturbate for sanity. I masturbate persistently but not consistently. I sometimes masturbate five times in a day and sometimes go five days without. It’s relaxation, meditation, and pornification all rolled into one for me. I love how my masturbation fantasies have evolved for me over time. I remember when a threesome was a wild fantasy. Now, it can be anything from octopus bondage to extreme abduction scenes. Of course, there’s always room for gentle realities to stimulate my libido. Oftentimes I use toys, the N’joy Eleven as seen in the photo, the Betty Dodson Barbell, and of course my beloved Hitachi to name a few favorites, but it’s also interesting to simply use the hands.

Speaking of which, I had a dominant hand wrist injury last year and had to learn to masturbate entirely with my weaker hand. I would stroke myself in frustration, sometimes leading to tears. It brought me to an amazing self-discovery on how dependent I had become on my own “dominance”. The toppy behavior that had brought me many profound experiences and loves was beginning to impede me from deeper connection. So the psychological work that occurs from unburying parts of our selves is paramount to my masturbation.

Sometimes I will get a Proustian moment, a sexual memory, whether difficult or beautiful and I can allow it to be or I can reform it into a sexually empowering experience. Of course, even the straight up pornographic masturbations can bring excellent results. Being aware of my carnal needs and then fulfilling them has been a blessing in helping me evolve into the independent and sexually self confident woman I am. I masturbate to relax, to play, to laugh and to enjoy life! I love masturbating my partners also, watching their expressions, how their bodies respond, and taking them to the edge and back again delights me to no end. In the end, whether I masturbate for relaxation, meditation, or pornification, I masturbate, donc, je suis.        -Eve Minax

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-Four

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate because it feels good. I can be completely selfish with myself and not worry about anyone else. Me time. I strive to improve my orgasms. So don't bother me.
 
The older I get the fussier I've become. I'd rather spend quality time with myself than attend a social event or keep up appearances. Our society is too aggressive. Someone is always trying to sell me something or influence my mind or change my behavior. I can’t think of a better way to shut out all the noise than to undress and get with it.

 
Why is masturbation so shameful? I know I have to work through a mountain of shame to get a great orgasm.
Society uses shame to maintain social order and regulate human behavior. The body is diminished. We even treat it with ridicule. I think we’ve gone too far. Isn’t the body supposedly made in God’s image? Does he have a penis? Is he ashamed of his?

 
When I have an orgasm I feel close to God.
                                                                                  -Jim

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-Three

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate because my body deserves pleasure. No shame, no fear, no guilt.

One of my best friends bestowed that shower head to me. She was moving out of our building and her new place only had a tub faucet. When she handed it to me, she had this knowing look in her eye, "Here you go. Enjoy." I wasn't sure what she meant, but then I hooked it up. After sliding the discs this way and that, I found it: the perfect pulsating pressure. I texted her, "Best shower ever." And she texted back, "You're welcome, and you owe me."     -Airial

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-Two

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate whenever I'm able to. Living with my mother and son can make it difficult to just enjoy it anywhere, anytime. I love making myself feel good, like no other can, releasing stress and basking in sensation. Most commonly, I end up in the shower or my bedroom (after midnight), snatching that piece of alone time and embracing it with ecstasy.      -Jen

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty-One

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate because I am emerging, like the chrysalis of a butterfly. Spreading my wings and moving towards light. I am free and in the perfect moment. Breath meets beat. Dancing with the rhythm of vibration, a song playing on my clit. I am one with myself. Connected, present, ecstacy melting down my face. I am power, I am fire, I am energy moving, teasing, tantalizing. I am blossoming, growing, and evolving with orgasmic bliss.    -Lolo

"I masturbate..." Day Twenty

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe

I masturbate as an act of self-care. I often imagine scenarios of coercion, in which I'm either giving or receiving-- I flip back and forth, a true switch. Pain intensifies my orgasms, but isn't required. I can come simply from feeling leather softly caress my wet, swollen cunt. I can come again from turning slowly to bite the inside of my own wrist. I can come a third and fourth time from slapping my pussy hard while I imagine my legs bound spread-eagle and my body being used as a fuckhole. At some point, my orgasms will start to roll. If I'm feeling fancy I'll get out a cane to create flashes of exquisite rapture with each hard stroke. Endorphins flying high, I might conjure up memories of a girl I beat the week before, the image of her youthful vulnerability, tears, and bruised flesh causing me to peak all the harder. I enjoy withholding penetration until I can stand it no longer. I imagine begging for it. "Daddy, pretty please? I need your cock inside of me and I've been such a good girl." My cunt, so hungry, finally grabs onto the cock, pulling it deep inside, pushing it out again. I fuck myself as hard as I fuck my own girl. I keep coming. I haven't yet found the end of my body's ability. I usually stop because I'm overwhelmed, I've run out of time, or I'm too sore to continue.      - Leland Carina
LelandCarina.com


*all acts referred to above are about play between consenting adults

"I masturbate..." Day Nineteen

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe

I masturbate and my mind wanders as much as my hands. There are special fantasies and special spots, sensitive places on my body and secret situations that meander to the front of my thoughts then dance back into the shadows. Technology has been steadily creeping into my bedroom, (or sofa, or kitchen table...) and it gives me both something concrete to focus the wondering and a springboard for more elaborate technolusts. Masturbation as alternative to war. Teledildonics as pathway to the divine.    -Damani Starr

"I masturbate..." Day Eighteen

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
Masturbation gives me some of my best orgasms. I love it for the orgasms alone, but I also do it to relieve pain, leg cramps, cranky moods, anxiety, and to help me get to sleep. I like to do it daily, finding that when I stop for a while the orgasms are smaller and less fulfilling, and I need to get back in practice to have the best ones again. I love my Wahl, it's the best tool out there for me, nothing else gives the groaning, heart pounding acmes I want.    -Elle

"I masturbate..." Day Seventeen

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate because I love it! I can have all the partnered sex one can offer, and I still need to masturbate. It is a form of sex after all. I watch porn when I masturbate. I like watching a scene that will probably never occur in my life in exactly that way. I can get into a fantasy and really play with the voyeuristic energy and stroke myself for a good amount of time before cumming. I'll bring myself right up to the edge of orgasm and then back off until I can't take it anymore and have to release. I also like masturbating in public spaces. As to where...well, some things are best kept secret!    -Andrew

"I masturbate..." Day Sixteen

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate when I’m bored, tired, cozy, horny, lonely, excited, celebratory, or in need of self-care. I masturbate one, two, three times a day, with my hands or with a vibrator, sometimes on my back, but usually on my belly.

I masturbate because it makes me feel warm, embodied, juicy, alert, calm, self-possessed, and fulfilled. I masturbate to celebrate my body and my sovereignty.

I masturbate and am not ashamed to do so. There are other things I do when I’m alone that are far more embarrassing...              -Allison

"I masturbate..." Day Fifteen

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate when I'm tired of people's drama. And when a fantasy is dreamy and divine. When I feel there's no tomorrow. It's best to masturbate when angry to release the demons inside. I like to watch or be watched sometimes...       -Carmin

"I masturbate..." Day Fourteen

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe

They say masturbation relieves stress. It makes me wonder why I don’t masturbate more. I know when I'm feeling sexual and I want sex; it’s pretty much all the time. Being divorced but most recently having been in a committed relationship where we lived separately (both of us with kids), it was tough - damn near IMPOSSIBLE sometimes - to have sex on demand. Masturbation was my go-to. That said, I don’t masturbate as often as I need. I’m not sure why… maybe I’m simply just too busy! I have no need to be the master of my domain. Plus I have plenty of stress in my life that needs to be relieved. ;) Happy Masturbation Month!

“Maybe this will take off and Hallmark will make a card for it next year.”    -This Blogger

"I masturbate..." Day Thirteen

Copyright 2011 Shilo McCabe
I masturbate because I never have to worry about being too much for myself. I have a high libido and a lifetime of conditioning has made me self-conscious about being too intense, too hungry, too sexual, too wet, or too kinky for even my most enthusiastic and generous lovers. But I can always rely on myself to get me off as often as I want and in exactly the way I need. I sometimes think that if I didn't masturbate, the sheer force of my sexual desire might destroy the world--or at least my ability to make intelligent decisions.   -Rhiannon