This is absolute news to me. But I am excited to have another author for this one. She is clearly a fan of masturbation and she sells sex toys which I think are fabulous!
Forget other holidays this month, like Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day, May is National Masturbation Month. Practice makes pleasure. Self pleasure is the best way to help you discover your sexual confidence, your sexual preferences and desires and valuable information about your body that you can share with your partner. AC News reports that “Masturbation Month was originally started in 1995 by a company called Good Vibrations to protest firing U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders”. Even though the month is over half over, you can still celebrate in your own special way. And don’t forget to mark your calendars: the 28th is National Masturbation Day, a great way to end the month of May.
Today, masturbation is a perfectly acceptable form of self love and pleasure with so many mental, health and sexual benefits, including:
- Stress reduction. What better way to unwind after a hectic day at work?
- Sleep enhancer. Many people who suffer from insomnia also complain about the side effects of over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids Masturbation has no adverse side effects and will not leave you feeling groggy in the morning.
- Relief from menstrual cramps. While menstruation may not make you feel very sexy, self pleasuring yourself may help eliminate cramps
- Self discovery. Many women who have never reached orgasm learn how through the practice of masturbation. In addition, women who have never experienced multiple orgasms also learn how through self pleasure.
- Enhances self esteem. An intimate relationship with your body can translate into sexual confidence, which in turn gives you an overall sense of well-being and joy. When you’re comfortable satisfying yourself physically, you’ll feel comfortable about satisfying yourself mentally and emotionally and find it easy to provide yourself with the positive affirmations you need to maintain your happiness and reach your goals
Some people take this national celebration very seriously. Take, for instance, the Masturbate-a-thon, that takes place every May in San Francisco (go figure): an all-day event hosted by the Center for Sex and Culture to raise money for sex education programs by people pledging money for the length of time the participants can pleasure themselves. The title of the event pretty much says it all, and some of the events include the men’s and women’s timed event, men’s distance record, and women’s tag team event.
The men’s World record was broken this year by Masanobu Sato, who was able to last 9 hours and 58 minutes before succumbing to orgasm. The U.S. men’s distance record was also broken, with Flint Greasewood (probably not his real name) shooting his load a distance of 5 feet, 4 inches.
Apparently, this event is catching on with major cities like London, Denmark, and Portland(Oregon) now hosting their own yearly Masturbate-a-thons. If you can’t make it to one of these this year, make plans to next year or try starting one in a city near you. Seattle, what are we waiting for?
SIN // May 22, 2009 at 7:41 am
I’d love to spend some time with you on the 28th….