Few boys masturbate before the onset of adolescence. Only 10% of children masturbate at age nine and only 13% at age ten. Male masturbation frequencies vary significantly across population, indicating not only a range in responsiveness, but also the different conscious choices men make about how they enjoy their arousal cycle from erection to ejaculation.
There is a link between masturbation frequencies and creative imagination. Children only begin to use fantasies once they have some sexual experience (either alone or with a partner). A child engages in fantasies (at least to begin with) because he enjoys remembering an episode from real life. He uses his memories (perhaps enhanced over time by imagination) to accomplish what initially occurred spontaneously or only through physical stimulation.
Men can achieve orgasm through a variety of penis stimulation techniques, including intercourse, masturbation, and oral sex. Men masturbate to orgasm in a minute or less due to the more specific physical stimulation that masturbation provides. Some men choose to masturbate because they enjoy the variety of sexual outlets. Masturbation is a substitute for intercourse that may not be available. Men do not masturbate if there is an opportunity to have sex because of the excitement of penetrative sex.
Only 92% of men masturbate. Out of every 100 men, 8 men never masturbate. Some boys have their first ejaculation through intercourse. They may never masturbate because they have sex often enough that they never need an additional sexual outlet. A small number of men have a low enough sex drive that they do not need to masturbate.
Men masturbate emulating the male role in sexual intercourse. Men use two or three fingers of one hand or the entire fist to vigorously massage the shaft of the penis. Men generally stand and move the foreskin firmly and with considerable speed back and forth over the glans. The glans is only stimulated through the foreskin and is a fleeting movement. Most of the stimulation is directed towards the shaft of the penis, which is where blood flow is concentrated in the corpora cavernosa. Men can watch your erection while pushing your penis down and pushing your hips forward.
Men are usually quite flexible about where and in what position they can masturbate. They have no difficulty for a lover to masturbate them to orgasm. Some men can masturbate in public, such as in front of their friends of the same sex. The most natural position for male masturbation is standing. The standing position means that a man can easily tense the buttocks. But men can also masturbate when they are sitting or lying down, for example when they are with a lover.
Men masturbate with their eyes open. A man can squeeze out some precum to lubricate the glans. A man is turned on by the visual evidence of his own arousal. Usually, you watch the action of your hand pumping the shaft of your penis. As he nears orgasm, a man stands on tiptoe and thrusts his hips forward. This has the effect of tightening the muscles of the buttocks, which also puts pressure on the internal sexual organ from behind.
Although male speeds toward orgasm are faster with masturbation (than intercourse), orgasms can be erotically less rewarding. Masturbation is based on being able to imagine what excites, while with intercourse a man has the excitement of a partner that allows him to achieve the best sexual liberation. Intercourse has the advantage of providing a warm and humid environment. Men enjoy the exciting sensations of full-body contact and the thrust of intercourse (especially as they age and their hormone levels decline).
Male masturbation simulates intercourse as much as one can with just one hand. The action of using the fingers to massage the skin covering the shaft of the penis rapidly up and down over the glans, stimulates the shaft of the penis in a similar way to sexual intercourse. Men masturbate using mental images or fantasies that involve quite realistic opportunities for intercourse.
Younger and very receptive men are easily turned on. Therefore, men only need to use fantasy to increase their natural arousal only during masturbation. Some men rely exclusively on imagination, but visual material is often more effective. Masturbation related to having a creative imagination. The closer a scenario is to real life, the easier it will be to create a scenario in your imagination. Porn movies work better than pictures. Young men naturally transition to sex because their fantasies reflect realistic scenarios.
As technology improves, some men even use inflatable dolls to masturbate. This is a reflection of men’s dependence on the erotic stimuli involved in having a partner in real life. The advantage of a sex doll is that it is always available. Sex dolls are typically female. Gay men don’t need sex dolls. This is a reflection of the active role of men and the passive role of women. Women do not buy sex dolls or try to replicate the erotic stimuli of a real life lover because they are not turned on by the erotic stimuli of the real world. Women do not imagine real life partners or realistic scenarios when they masturbate.
In the human male, masturbation techniques are largely manual … Most males bring the activity to climax as quickly as possible, which means that it does not normally continue for more than a minute or two. (Alfred Kinsey 1948)
