The only time I like to make noise while I masturbate is when I am having phone sex with my girlfriend. I make noises and moan because it turns her on. Other than that, I like to be quiet. It feels more erotic trying to do it quietly, whether or not other people are around.
- age 15, California
I started out not having a lot of privacy and couldn't make any noise. So now in my adult life, I still don't make any noise while masturbating.
- age 28, Oregon
When my parents are gone, I get butt-naked, lie down in front of a mirror, and pump away, moaning and yelling at the top of my lungs. I guess it makes it feel a little more dangerous. Also it just makes the orgasm feel better when I can just go wild and release my emotions. Yeee-Ha!
- age 17, Louisiana
My ears don't have any role in it. I had to be quiet when I learned to masturbate, and later I never felt the need for noise.
- age 45, Louisiana
If I have plenty of privacy I get naked, lie in bed, and hump something, usually a large stuffed animal or a pillow. When I do this I love to go through all the motions of sex, which makes the bed creak and squeak. Hearing those realistic sounds helps me orgasm easier. However, I don't normally make vocal OOOHs and AAAHs unless the pleasure is so great that I must. Making sounds like that just for the heck of it seems too exaggerated for me and kills the mood.
- age 16, Connecticut
I mostly keep quiet to concentrate on the sensations.
- age 23, Slovakia
If there is absolutely no one home and they aren't going to be home for a while, I strip down naked and scream my lungs off. It feels so much better.
- age 14, New Jersey
I only make noises when I am on the brink of orgasm, and then I moan until I ejaculate, when I yell out "Unh" or something. It somehow makes the orgasm better when you can really let yourself make some noise!
- age 38, Texas
I don't because I am used to not making noises. Hearing myself makes it corny and turns me off.
- age 14, Michigan
How can you keep from making noises?
- age 18, Oklahoma
Sometimes I'm quiet when I don't have much privacy, but I often like to moan and say the name of some girl I'm fantasizing about. It really heightens the experience. I think my ultimate goal with masturbation is to make it as realistic as possible.
- age 15, Florida
Other than just breathing heavily, I never make any noise. I guess this is because when I started masturbating, although I had privacy in my room, someone was always home somewhere, so I would have to be quiet. To this day, when I'm having sex with my girlfriend and we are totally alone, I'm still pretty quiet.
- age 27, Pennsylvania
When everyone is going somewhere I always say I have homework. Then I have the house all to myself. When I masturbate with everyone gone, I get a tape recorder and record myself while I masturbate — and I make all the noise I possibly can. One of these times I'm going to get out the camcorder.
- age 17, Ontario, Canada (female)
Even when I am all alone and have nothing worry about, I usually don't make noises. I concentrate on the feelings and let them take control of my body. I have no need to express my pleasure when I masturbate.
- age 14, Canada (female)
When I masturbate, I usually yell "You da man! You da man! Woo! Woo!"
- age 23, Illinois
I'm not sure why, but I keep it very quiet. I guess it goes back to my days at boarding school where we slept in large dormitories. We had to keep our spanking quiet — although the guy in the bed next to me liked to show off to everyone! I also keep quiet during sex.
- age 25, South Africa
Why bother trying to be quiet when you don't have to? It's a lot more intense when you can let go and make as much noise as you want!
- age 37, Ohio
I don't have the need to make any noise. It's just so breathtaking that it leaves me silent.
- age 18, Germany
I not only like to make noise, I can't stop. My dad has yelled at me a couple of times to shut up. Once he came in the room and flipped on the light and said I sounded like a strapped-down bull. It kind of embarrassed me, but I still can't do it quietly.
- age 17, Washington
I masturbate silently all the time; I guess it's a habit from my youth. I make no noise when ejaculating. I do stop breathing and of course have to catch my breath after orgasm. I don't feel noise has anything to do with pleasure. However, as a guy, it is good for my ego to hear my wife moan when we have sex.
- age 29, Ontario, Canada
I like to be really vocal, as long as I'm alone. It's all part of the release it gives me to breathe heavily and moan a little when it feels really good. And then, alone or not, there's always that big involuntary "uhhhh" that comes when I reach orgasm.
- age 17, Michigan (female)
I used to, but it just doesn't make anything more exciting now. It's just noise that gets annoying.
- age 17, New York
Of course I would like to make noises. Sometimes I want to yell words like "oh yeah" and talk dirty as if I were really having wild sex with a girl. Mostly I would just like to pant and moan more.
- age 16, Maryland
Only if I have plenty of privacy will I yell out or talk aloud. It really gets me aroused hearing myself moan and make noise. It's fun and actually adds another level of excitement for me. I love to talk and yell aloud when my boyfriend and I have intercourse or masturbate each other. It's a big turn on for him as well.
- age 17, Maine (female)
Making noise is a must. The louder the noise, the better it feels. As a matter of fact, talking dirty is better than just moaning.
- age 23, North Carolina
Even if there were no one within a mile, I still wouldn't make noise. I sound way too corny and dumb panting out, "oohhh, ahhh" while I'm handling my willie.
- age 14, Massachusetts
I never make noises — I had to masturbate for a while in a room with eight other people and then in a room with a roommate. I sure as hell learned to be quiet.
- age 16, Arizona
I don't do the noise thing unless I'm with a partner. Maybe men are so deliberately purposeful that they just go to it when they're alone. Anyway, if I were in private, who would hear me and what would the point be in making noises?
- age 44, Idaho
I used to, but I can't anymore. I don't know why.
- age 16, Washington (female)
It makes it seem somewhat more real to make some sort of noise, or sometimes to say things that get me even more in the mood. I've been trying it more and more lately — and I am starting to like it more, too.
- age 17, Georgia
If I know that my roommate and the guys who live next door will be gone for an hour or so and I am extremely horny, I masturbate for the whole time. Then I tend to let the moans out and breathe heavily near the end. It makes it all seem more natural. And after an hour my orgasms are mind-boggling.
- age 19, Pennsylvania
I don't make noise. I like to think that when you masturbate, you create a harmony between your mind and your body. I do not think any noises are needed.
- age 16, Canada
I live alone, and sometimes I make so much noise my dog thinks I'm in pain and comes over to see what's wrong. If I could lick myself the way he can, maybe I wouldn't make so much noise!
- age 36, Texas
I don't make noise because I would probably be self-conscious about groaning and moaning, knowing full well I am the person making me feel good.
- age 24, New Jersey
I don't like to make noise because I'm afraid I might get used to it and slip when I don't want to.
- age 21, Oregon
I love to be able to make noise. It makes it so much more exciting. I like to moan or talk to myself when I masturbate. I also like to lather up my erection really well and then stroke because it makes a cool sound that sounds like sex with a woman. That really gets me going.
- age 20, Oregon
I don't usually make noise, but sometimes when I'm really horny I'll fantasize about some girl and call her name. It usually brings my orgasm on more quickly, but it isn't as good.
- age 14, Kansas
I never make any noises except for the occasional involuntary noisy breathing and such. My little brother (12), though, makes tons of noise, no matter who's around. I told him I don't mind the noise unless he keeps me awake.
- age 19, New York
For the most part, I'm pretty quiet, unless I have a really good session. Then it might end in a loud groan.
- age 16, Texas
If I have the whole house to myself, I make lots of noise. There is just something about grunting and groaning that adds to the experience. I also like to scream out phrases like, "F**k me harder!" It's also nice because you don't have to worry about the slurping noise your hand makes while working up and down your lubed penis.
- age 17, Arizona
Whenever I can make noise, I do. And I'm loud. I love to scream as I go over the edge — it helps me let go of all my tension. Unfortunately, I live in a dorm now and people are always around, so I've learned to be quiet. But to me, an orgasm just isn't the same without some moaning and groaning! By the way, all my boyfriends have loved it when I was loud.
- age 20, Illinois (female)
I don't like to make noise. It just doesn't feel natural. If I make noises during regular sex it's to relay my emotions to that person; while I'm masturbating, there's no one to relay those emotions to.
- age 23, Canada
A couple of weeks ago, I had a sleep-over. A couple of my buddies and I decided to masturbate each other, something we have always done. Anyway, while I was being masturbated my friend made noises like he was a girl to help improve the mood. This really got me going and for the first time ever I cried out when I hit orgasm. If felt amazing and totally fulfilling.
- age 15, Canada
Usually I'm pretty quiet. I'll occasionally mutter my girlfriend's name as I ejaculate, but I normally don't go for the gasping, bellowing, water-buffalo-having-sex kind of noises. Even when I try to, it seems ridiculous and I stop.
- age 15, Colorado
My brother is 16. He taught me to masturbate. When we are home alone or out camping or swimming at the lake, he bounces up and down a lot, grabs and rubs his penis with both hands (it's big and fat) and laughs, groans, and keeps chanting, "It's comin', it's comin'." I do it with him and it gives us the biggest charge.
- age 14, Nebraska
I see no reason to make noises. I get the same enjoyment either way.
- age 37, Texas
I make noises anyway. It feels great. It makes the sensation better, even for my boyfriend when I masturbate him. He screams like a pig. It's sexy and turns us both on.
- age 23, Hawaii (female)
When I use a lot of lube I like to make the loudest "slurpy" sound I can and I bounce up and down on the bed naked right before I orgasm. Then when I ejaculate I usually shout a couple of swearwords, which makes it even better. I make a big mess, but I put a towel under me. It just seems to make it feel better being "loud and dirty."
- age 15, Pennsylvania
I live in a fraternity house. My fraternity brothers and I can masturbate as loudly as we like because it's just us guys. The most common night noise, which has become a lullaby to me, is that familiar slapping sound and orgasmic breathing. We also do the group thing and some guys grunt and groan.
- age 19, North Carolina
Similar to a judo kia, I enjoy expelling air through my vocal cords as I contract during orgasm. It usually produces grunts, groans, and other primal, guttural sounds.
- age 44, New Jersey
I just do what I want to do and get it over with. I don't try to make a big deal out of it.
- age 16, Ohio