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Women's Sexual Health: Masturbation

Masturbation Introduction:
Masturbation refers to touching one’s own genitals for sexual pleasure. It is a normal, healthy behavior that most people do at some point in their lives (male and female) – although some never do. It is normal if a person does, and it is normal if a person chooses not to masturbate. Masturbation, even frequent masturbation cannot harm a person physically or psychologically, unless it replaced normal, daily functioning (for example, if someone were to stop going to work just to stay home and masturbate). Masturbation can teach people how their bodies respond to sexual stimulation -- and they can share this information with a partner to enhance their sexual relationships.

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    Answered Women's Sexual Health - Masturbation Questions:

  • Hi. My wife tells me that I'm very poor in oral sex especially when I lick her pussy. So please help me out from how to lick pussy perfectly. Thank you for ur reply.
  • I have never masturbated before because I've never felt the need but I feel my body is giving me clues to do so. Is there a "how to" on healthy masturbation? Sincerely, C
  • Hello my wife is a very sexual woman and she always has an orgasm during sex. But has never masturbated and had one. She desperately needs some advice, she likes masturbating but it just doesn't make ....
  • I am 20 years old and for the past few years I have not been able to become sexually aroused. When I was younger, right before and after puberty, I could get turned on so easily. I wanted to touch mys ....
  • Hello.My friend was embarassed to ask this so I am going to for her. she was masterbating and watching porn && decided to use a small like 10 ounce bottle of juice to stick in her vagina. she broke th ....
  • why cant i orgasm? i just want to be normal!! i cant help but think that i cant because i was raped when i was 15 and am now only 18. when my bf tries to play with my clitoris my legs start to shake a ....
  • I am 40 and getting ready to have a hysterectomy w/ removal of the ovaries. I have been researching the libido issues and vaginal atrophy. I have read several things that suggest a more regular sex li ....
  • can you get pregnant from masterbation
  • Hello, i've been masterbating for a while now and i am 15. before i started masterbating there was not milky white liquid that would leak out of my vigina, but ever since i've been doing it more recen ....
  • This question comes from my friend.She is to embarresed to ask herself so i saod i'll do it for her.She says that she got board one day and she decided to do something out of the ordinary.She stuck on ....
  • I am a girl and am 13. I have been masturbating for a couple of months now and it is taking me longer to become aroused while masturbating. What can I do about it?
  • I am a thirteen-year old girl and I have been masturbating for a couple of months now. How can I tell my parents? Sexuality is an awkward topic in my family.
  • I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section, I did my best. Anyways, to the point. My girlfriend and I are worried about the possibility of her getting pregnant. Yesterday I masturbated and ejaculated o ....
  • I had a total hysterectomy 2 weeks ago and have experienced a very high libido for about 1 week now. Is it safe to stimulate the clitoris to orgasm at this time? I know that vaginal penetration is not ....
  • I am a 17 year old female who is not sure how to masterbate. I don't want to buy a sex toy because i don't have much money. I i don't use them can i not masterbate. I don't have a boyfriend to help me ....
  • hi kat, i have been with my gf for 7 months now and i wanna know how i can give her a orgams? she keeps asking me why dont i give her one but how can i knwo she wont tell me how i give her or how she ....
  • ????? Okay I want to masterbate when I feel sad because it makes me happy and when I do masterbait I watch some of my brothers porn. I was wondering Is it right for me to get aroused watching other pe ....
  • Dear Dr. Kat, Would you be so kind please to consult me on the following problem. I have never experienced an orgasm during penetration without me doing clitoral stimulation myself. I have a ve ....
  • I am disturbed. Tonight I studied web pages about female ejaculation, found an instructional site, and tried it for the first time. I made sure to empty my bladder first and then masturbated while on ....
  • I am not sexually active but my boyfriend has tried "fingering" me more than once. I was so mentally into it but I didn't cum or feel anything physically. My previous boyfriend couldn't get me to feel ....
  • Hi, I am a 30 year woman trying to figure out my sexual orientation. Growing up, I was a bit asexual in that I was more interested in being liked by people as opposed to building an intimate, real re ....
  • i am 20y girl when i had sex appeal i get totally naked n enter corner of pillow or hands of toys inside my pussy rubbing up n down n i get a nice feeling 4 a minute Is this masturbation? Is now i am ....
  • I have had sex with my ex-boyfriend quite alot while we dated...but I was never able to reach orgasm.I've even had problems with oral and also when I'm alone.I'm with a new guy and we are talking abou ....
  • When i finger my girl friend it hurts her. She is a virgin and if i go in a little bit it really hurts her. I have been with other girls and have never experienced this before only with intercourse. ....
  • I have always had considerable difficulty in achieving orgasm. At first I thought I just hadn't found a partner that knew what he was doing, but I have been in a few intimate relationships and there ....
  • I dated my ex girlfriend for 18 months and she never had an orgasm. This made me feel so bad. She was a virgin and had never masturbated and always said that she was fat, she hated oral sex and only e ....
  • Me and my boyfriend were fooling around last night, I gave him a hand job and he ejaculated and then he wiped his hand on his pants, licked his fingers, then fingered me. Is there a possiblity i could ....
  • hello my name is kelly Im 20 and ive never had an orgasm nor have I ever masterbated ive been thinking about buying a vibrator which kind do you reccomend? and How do I use it ive never done it before ....
  • I can't masterbate. It's doesn't feel good to me. It does when my husband does it but I can't have an orgasm. I know that I get really wet sometimes and other times not so much. It really bothers me t ....
  • Hi, I am a 15 year old girl. I have never had sex, but ever since my health class I have been afraid that if I touch myself I will contract a disease. I have masturbated but that is it. The past three ....
  • Hello, Thanks for answering my previous questions...I am so glad that there is a reliable source like yourself to ask questions.

    I have two more questions if you don't mind me asking:

    1. ....

  • Before my boyfriend fingers me, as an extra precautionn he uses anti-bacterial hand sanitizing gel (the new Purell stuff) to clean his fingers of any sperm that *may* be on them (though he normally do ....
  • I am 32 years old. I have two children 8 and 6. My husband and i havent had the time to have sex at all this summer because of them. They never go to sleep and they are always by my side. Not only hav ....
  • Hi, I'm 12, and i'm still a virgin, but i have masterbatted. I'm in the 7th grade, and for the sex education week, a girl asked a question about "popping the cherry". When my female teacher answered t ....
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  • Hi,

    I'm a sixteen year old virgin; but, my boyfriend and I have engaged in mutual masturbation, and during this period some of his sperm may have gotten in contact with my vagina, although ....

  • Dear Dr. Konstance McCaffree:

    May I ask more two questions regarding my two cases of masturbation in the school which I described you recently? I have read your explanations many times. You cann ....

  • First off, Dr. McCaffree I would like to thank you for reading my question. I am a 19 year old female with a problem. I have for as long as I remember decided to abstain from sex til I get married. I ....
  • Im 16, and I've started Masterbating about a year ago...I've noticed myself getting "loose" and i was wondering, if i stop do i get tight again or am i always gonna be that loose?
  • hello, i am 15 years old, i never had sex before but i masturbait about twice a week and i have this oder comming from my vigina... i shower daily if not 2 times a day but with in 2 hours i can smell ....
  • My question is related with my daugther behavor she is 5 years old and usually musturb herselve . She knows is somethin private and is not wrong. today my dog has puppies and while the dog was in the ....
  • I have suffered with this problem for a long time now but never had the nerve or the care to really do something about it,now I am over 40 madly in love and married to the man of my dreams, and having ....
  • I have been masterbating for about 2 years now and I am ashamed of it. I am 15 years old now and I do not wish to continue it whatsoever. I am afraid that it is bad for me, as in future affects. I ....
  • Dear Larry,I have a few questions actually. The first has to do with masturbation, atleast a form of it. when i was around 14 i found out that if u lay under the faucet of the bathtub and let it run o ....
  • If my boyfriend ejaculates into my mouth, how long do the sperm stay alive in my mouth? Are the sperm killed by brushing my teeth, using mouthwash, etc? Or, can the sperm be completely washed away b ....
  • I'm nineteen years old and sexually active. I have never experienced an orgasm. I have tried masterbation, sex toys, etc. but still have never even come close to climax. I have very little clitoral ....
  • I'm a virgin, and have been masturbating externally (clitorally) for years now, with perfectly satisfying orgasms. Recently, though (since just about over a month), I have been having problems reach ....
  • I'm a virgin, and have been masturbating externally (clitorally) for years now, with perfectly satisfying orgasms. Recently, though (since just about over a month), I have been having problems reach ....
  • All I would like to do is to thank-you very much for taking the time out to answer my question. It felt better to know that someone out there might care, and listen and give me some advice. Although I ....
  • Is it true that you can "de-sensitise" your clit by masturbating too much?
  • My girlfriend is a runner for our university, and she runs typically around 5-10 miles per day, and she thinks maybe that this fact contributes to her inability to have an orgasm; she's never had one. ....
  • I am a school nurse and I had emailed you before about a problem with a second grader that has been unable to control masturbation behavior during class time. This behavior has caused her to get behi ....
  • A second grader who has a problem controlling masturbation during class time at school.
  • i am 17 years old, and i have a rather embarrasing question to ask. i have only masturbated a couple times, but i do not get any pleasure from it. my boyfriend also has tried to get me to have an or ....
  • i feel embarassed about this, and i dont know if there is any help...while sleeping with out knowing,(my husband tell's me)i am masterbating and i have no knowledge of it..how is this possible, and st ....
  • Hi Dr.McCafree, I am 17 years old and having problems getting "wet". I am not sexually active and do not plan to be until I am married. I have only been fingered by two guys but I find no pleasure i ....
  • Two questions for you: 1) Last night, I was using my fingers to massage my girlfriend's vagina and clitoris and various speeds. At one point, I was moving quickly along her clitoris and she became ve ....
  • I am a 24-year-old female who has been divorced for over a year now. Since my divorce, I have found someone special and am now pregnant with my second child. However, I have not been able to have orga ....
  • I also meant to say somehting else last time when I wrote. When I masturbate I don't insert my finger in my vagina I just rub my clitoris with my fingers. Someone told me that that isn't reall masturb ....
  • I am 15 and I think I am too horny. I am a christian and I read my bible daily. But I have been searching for scriptures about masturbating. And I masturbate and I just wonder if it's a sin. It feels ....
  • I love to masturbate, but I am unable to get myself to come to a climax so I will be able to taste it on my fingers. Why is this happening and what can I do to correct this poblem?
  • I am a 23-year old virgin female, and have been keeping myself sane and happy by self-pleasuring for many, many years. Lately (for a few months) after I masturbate and reach orgasm, I get extremely p ....
  • My question concerns an inability to orgasm during manual stimulation. I know little about where the clitoris actually is, but have engaged in enough "exploration" to be come frustrated with the ....
  • I have a 5 year old daughter who has been masterbating since she was 2 or 3 years old. I have tried to be understanding and have explained that this is something done in private. I have recently fou ....
  • I'm writing you in order to find out if there is any possibilituy to know, for sure, if i'm still virgin. I never had sexual intercourse with men but i usually masturbate (really deep) and I wear tamp ....
  • i'm 28 now and i've never had any intercoure with a man .but i've been masturbating for a few years now.i have two problems: first in my culture a virginity is only known by the existance of the hymn ....
  • I have not had a sex drive for several years and in the last few weeks I have had an intense, constant desire to masterbate or have sex. This is not a normal feeling for me and it is disrupting my dai ....
  • since i was 11 years old i started masturbating .i masturbate daily till now i dont know how i can get free from that habit another ques is that as i was masturbate a lot my skin started wrinkling is ....
  • I have never been sexually abused, or if I have, I have no awareness of it. From very early on in my life I have found severe abusive sexual scenarios attractive. Were I a man I would struggle with ....
  • I have been pleasing myself for about 4 years now and for awhile now, i have been doing it everynight, i was wondering if that was normal. Also i wanted to know- when i do it i get a better orgasm whe ....
  • Hello. I am 19 and I am in great need of your help. I know this question will sound like I'm under age but you must trust me. I do not know how to properly masturbate. Please, I need your help greatly ....
  • I have never been able to orgasm with a partner. When I masturbate, it takes a while for me to build up to orgasm, but once that happens, I am able to have dozens, with a short downtime between each. ....
  • The problem: I'm 20 now. When I was 13 or so, I started masturbating,and I developed a habit of doing so whenever I was extremely stressed. I found it to be of immense relief. I've since tried ....
  • I am 17 and I don't know if you can help, but for some reason I don't seem to enjoy sex. I have had some problems in the past (the guy I lost my virginity too was abusive and our relationship ended in ....
  • I am 23 years old and have had several sexual partners. I have never particularly enjoyed intercouse but this could be due to the brief nature of the encounters. I have been in a loving and sexually ....
  • During intercourse, I cannot feel the ejaculation of the male during penetration. Most women report feeling the heat as the man ejaculates. I can't, never have. I also usually have to masturbate mysel ....
  • how do we find it. i have a hard time reaching orgasims during sex???
  • I can't orgasm. I feel good, but i never get to the point of orgasm. What are some things i can do? i've tried relaxing and i enjoy it, i know i dont have to have an orgasm every time but once in a ....
  • Just as I am about to orgasm I fall off the cliff. I feel like there is something wrong with my clitoris It is if it hides once it has been stimulated about 2minutes I had a hystorectomy at age 27I am ....
  • I'm doing a project for university course. My group is looking for behaviour modifications to promote 'private' masturbation in a positive way. And to start eliminating 'public' masturbation. In the ....
  • can it hurt you to masturbate with a banana? how do i wash it?
  • You've probably been asked this question a ba-zillion times, but I need to know something about orgasms. I've just recently become sexual active and when I come to orgasm all the muscles tense up aro ....
  • My question is not really health related. I am a virgin and plan on remaining so till my wedding night. My question is what are your views as a doctor on pre-marital sex? Do you believe there a hea ....
  • Does over-mastrubation creates any problems ?
  • PLEASE HELP! ever since i have been with my current girlfriend i have only been able to give her a clitoral orgasm on 3 occasions. (1 yr) we have sex quite regularly and it's great however she is only ....
  • To not experience risks of pregnancy and sex, and due to not finding the good person to experience sexual things with, I choose to masturbate. I haven't been pleasing myself enough. I don't know how t ....
  • I'm 18 yrs old and I used to love to have sex. Recently though I have taken a liking to masturbation. I would prefer to masturbate than have sex. Is this normal for a female my age?
  • Losing Interest I've heard that before you have sex with someone after spinal cord injury it is best to masturbate first to find out what feels good. Well I've tried and I'm not getting ....
  • Solo Pleasure Before my partner and I split up, I had an active sex life. He was the only sexual partner I'd had since the onset of my disability. Now that I am on my own sexually, I am ....
  • While my partner and are are having sex I come so close to having a orgasm, but then all of a sudden the feeling stops. I don't cum, nothing, I hav ....
  • My wife and I have been married for 6 years. We have been having sex for eight. She has never been able to have an orgasm th ....
  • I am very excited when me and my fiancee are in foreplay but in the 4 years and 1 kid later I have only orgasmed maybe 3 ti ....
  • I need help with orgasm. I've never have been able to have one and my husband says i stop myself and i don't know how i sto ....
  • I am in a long-term committed relationship of almost 3 years. I had never had an orgasm at all prior to this relationship. (my second sex partner) And, I had never really masturbated. At first it wou ....
  • Ever since I can remember, I have masturbated twice a week or so. Probably from the age of 5 (and I am now 19). But I don't use my hand or any small objects (because it really isn't intense enough). ....
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