You Do not Have to Obey Every Urge

A  7-point examination of female masturbation, pleasure, discipline, and self-control. For the men: your edition is coming.   Opening: The Double Standard   There is an interesting double standard in the way masturbation is discussed when the subject is a man versus when the subject is a woman.   When a man masturbates, the conversation is often about control. He is told to stop beating his meat, stop watching porn, discipline himself, and learn to control his sexual urges. Male masturbation is frequently associated with weakness, lack of self-control, addiction, or excessive sexual gratification.   But when the conversation shifts to women, the tone can be completely different.   A woman can openly buy a vibrator, dildo, or wand, talk about it with her friends, see sexual pleasure products being advertised specifically for her, and encounter an entire culture that presents female masturbation as normal, empowering, liberating, or simply a form o...