I would have my masturbation experience be more sensual from the start. I started to masturbate when I was 9, and until I was 33 I didn't know my body is such a storehouse of sensual feelings. I would first touch myself all over — even run a feather up and down all over my body — before getting to my penis. I'd want to feel every pleasure of my beautiful body. I'd feel my body get hot as the feather explores my skin. Then I'd slowly begin to touch my testicles and penis, slowly stroking and running the feather up and down at the same time that I feel my penis throb with pleasure. Then I would explode in a fantastic orgasm.
- age 36, Florida
This Week's Wackiest Response:
I wish my penis would stop being so damn cranky.
- age 15, North Dakota
I'd like an ironclad guarantee of not being disturbed. It's always more pleasurable when I know I can take as long as I like.
- age 27, United Kingdom
I would make my sessions longer. I don't know why, but recently they've become quite short, and I ejaculate quickly. I have no idea why. Also, I wish I could go more slowly with my hand. It seems that whenever I try to go slowly, I can't stand it. So, I rub rapidly and end up ejaculating too quickly.
- age 15, Massachusetts
I'd like a larger penis to play with!
- age 32, Australia
Privacy. I would enjoy my sessions more if I could have more of it. Lately, it seems that every time I'm in the mood to masturbate, my stupid brother (who is 18) tries to interrupt me. He has made it his goal to "catch" me masturbating. We have to share a room, and either he never masturbates (which is unlikely), or he is just better at hiding it.
- age 16, Michigan
Ideally, I would always be able to masturbate while watching pornographic videos or reading erotic stories. Unfortunately, I don't have the privacy to do that now. So often, I must masturbate in the shower, or have a quickie session in the bathroom or computer room. I find that as I age, visual stimulation is becoming more necessary.
- age 60, Texas
I would like to be able to keep going after I reach orgasm. Also, I'd like to be able masturbate anytime, anywhere, without restrictions.
- age 16, Puerto Rico
I would like to get my wife involved in mutual masturbation. She knows I masturbate often. She understands the fact that we all have these basic needs and shrugs off the fact that I do it alone. However, I'd love it if I could get her to do it with me even some of the time.
- age 47, Canada
I would have a lot more semen. I love to play with it.
- age 16, Tennessee
I would make it so that I don't lose all sexual interest immediately after orgasm. This isn't that bad when I'm alone, but there have been times when I swore I would do something right after I ejaculated, but then lost interest and never did. For example, a female friend once dared me to make a video of myself masturbating. The idea turned me on as I was making the tape, but when I finished, I suddenly felt extremely dumb, so I erased the tape. Perhaps you could say I started thinking clearly, and maybe that's good — but it sure didn't feel like it.
- age 19, Connecticut
Being uncircumcised would sure make it different!
- age 16, California
I've never masturbated with another guy, and it's definitely something I want to try!
- age 20, Alberta, Canada
I would choose that my penis be more sensitive to touch, because sometimes when I try to masturbate to orgasm, I can't. If it were more sensitive, I could get erections more quickly and have more and better orgasms.
- age 14, Rhode Island
I'm married with two kids, so my masturbation sessions are usually very time-restrained. Our marital sex life is great, but I still enjoy masturbation — usually twice a week or more. Most often, I have to do it while I'm in the shower in the morning. My wife doesn't know — she just thinks I spend too much time in the shower! Ideally, I would have a good 30-45 minutes — at home, alone, with lube, and my thoughts!
- age 30, Virginia
I'd have a girl do it.
- age 15, Canada
As a wife and mother of 3, one thing I need when masturbating, beyond all else, is *more time!*
- age 32, Pennsylvania (female)
I would use a lube. I know I probably could do it now, but it makes the whole process so much more work. It's all such a hassle now — getting a lube, applying it, being careful not to make an even bigger mess, and then hiding it so my parents don't find it. When I move out, I'm definitely going to get some lube.
- age 15, Michigan
I lost a lot of sensation when I was circumcised. I would like to have my foreskin back so I could feel the sensation of a long slow masturbation session with a natural penis.
- age 50, Canada
I would have bigger testicles so that my hand could slap them every time I pump.
- age 14, Georgia
I would definitely want to buy some toys, including a vibrator and maybe some beads. I usually masturbate lying on my back, using my right hand. This gives me great orgasms, but I find myself wanting more — wanting to be filled up inside and to get a little kinky. Also, I wish I could be as loud as I want. I have to keep it quiet when my roommates are home so they don't hear me when I climax. If I am alone in the house, sometimes I moan and scream out, making my orgasms that much more intense.
- age 22, Ohio (female)
One thing I would change is to have more privacy. I love when nobody is home — I can go at my own pace and enjoy the session.
- age 17, Canada
I'd like to be able to lie on my back with my hands and arms in any position I want and still be able to masturbate. I know that with a vibrator I can accomplish this, but not needing a vibrator or any other assistance sounds much more erotic.
- age 48, California
It would be to masturbate with my brother. I have never gotten the nerve to talk to him about it, though.
- age 14, New Jersey
I would love to have a mutual session with a guy! I think it would be *so* much more sensual and enjoyable. I can only assume, but I think I would be much more aroused and have a more intense orgasm!
- age 22, Texas (female)
I would like to have more time to myself during the day! When I masturbate, about 90% of the time I'm viewing pictures on my computer. The only feasible time to do this is when my parents and little brother are asleep, which makes it less fun because I must be careful. If I hear someone move in the house, I have to shove my penis back into my pants and pretend I'm doing homework. So I'm short on sleep because I stay up all night to get in some good masturbation sessions.
- age 15, California
The one change I would make is to have someone else join in. Luckily for me, my partner is into full-on sex — not much into messing around with foreplay. She just wants me in. She isn't very interested in mutual masturbation. But variety is the spice of life, you know. One day when not in a committed relationship I would also like to experience same-sex mutual masturbation. Often, when I am alone and masturbating, I imagine doing it in a group with other guys. I had the opportunity once, but I didn't. My girlfriend and I have been together for 5 years and we don't believe in playing around. I regret not taking the opportunity, but you also have to weigh whether a bit of fun is worth risking a loving, long-term relationship.
- age 25, Australia
I would want my penis to be circumcised.
- age 16, Indiana
I wish I had more time. That goes for sex, too. I still masturbate often, but most sessions are "quickies." I think when they say men reach their "peak" at age 18, they mean they have more time for sex and masturbation than they ever will again. College, and then work, marriage, and kids take more and more time and energy from you. Enjoy it while you can, kiddies!
- age 29, Virginia
If I could change one thing, it would be my sex. I always wondered what it's like to masturbate with a penis!
- age 17, Minnesota (female)
I would like to feel what masturbation is like with a vagina instead of my penis.
- age 15, Australia
I'm married and still have a strong sex drive. My wife and I both enjoy masturbation very much. If one of us is at work, and the one at home is in the mood, we go ahead and take care of ourselves. We are open about this and feel no need to explain to the other about *every* time we need to masturbate. Still, we do occasionally discuss our individual sessions. Anyway, if either of us could change something, it would be to make our bedroom soundproof so we could masturbate, or even have sex, and be as loud as we wanted to. But due to two teenage kids and their friends, we have to be quiet.
- age 43, California
I would change the location. I live in a big house with a big family, and more than once, I've almost been caught. Just once, I'd like to have a place to masturbate that's not in a corner in the middle of the night, or in the bathroom in the middle of the day, with my hearing turned to its most sensitive. (If everyone does it, then why is it so embarrassing?)
- age 14, Canada
I'd like to use a specialized device called "Another Person" when I masturbate. They're not terribly hard to find, but just try to find one that works right!
- age 20, California
I would be able to change my penis size at will. If I wanted to suck it, I would make it about 3 feet long. If I wanted to "hide it" (like in a bathing suit around family or something) I would make it quite small. But most of the time I would have it nice and big, so I'd have to use two hands.
- age 15, Tennessee
I would like to have a bigger penis and be more flexible. This way, if I wanted to, I could perform auto-fellatio. That would be the only thing I would ever change. But even that's just a fantasy.
- age 20, Ohio
The one thing I would change is to have my best friend be enthusiastic about masturbating with me. All the time, I try to talk to him about masturbating. I even give him tips from this site! All he says is, "Dude, you're sick. You do that every night, don't you?" Those of you who have a best friend to masturbate with are so lucky. Don't take these friends for granted, because a friend who masturbates with you is a *true* friend. My friend just thinks I'm nasty.
- age 14, California
Can I have two things? Like all 62-year-old men, I would love to have the frequency and volume of the good old days — two, and often three times a day, with my stuff flying everywhere. I once prayed for help to get my frequency from three times a day down to one. Now I would *love* to have to do it three times a day instead of three times a week. Every time I masturbate, it feels great and the memories are wonderful, but the sheer uncontrollable urgency is not nearly as intense or as frequent as in the old days.
- age 62, Australia.